Detroit Tigers vs Kansas City Royals Prediction: Tigers to draw the first blood in this series

Friday, Major League Baseball will take place at Comerica Park with the Detroit Tigers and Kansas City Royals. The Detroit Tigers are coming off a series against the Tampa Bay Rays, while the City Royals are coming off a series against the Toronto Blue Jays. 

The Detroit Tigers picked two wins in their road series for the second time in a row. The first was against the Minnesota Twins, losing only the second game, and the second was against the Tampa Bay Rays, where they lost the last game of the series. In their last series against Tampa Bay, Detroit Tigers powered a 1-7 win and then went on to win game two by a score of 2-4. However, despite powering five runs in game 3, they conceded 7. The Detroit pitching staff has conceded 94 runs for the season and come in with a team ERA of 3.00 (76 earned runs surrendered). The Detroit Tigers are ranked 20th in the league with a save percentage of 57.1%, and they have dispatched 76 relievers to the hill so far this season.

The Kansas City Royals are coming into this game following a series against the Toronto Blue Jays. The Kansas City Royals started the series with a 3-5 defeat in game one. However, they went on to win the three matches of that set. In each win, Kansas City Royals powered a one-win margin, with games 2 and 3 ending 3-2, while the finale ended 2-1. However, the prior series to the one against the Blue Jays saw the Kansas City Royals lose two matches against the Baltimore Orioles, coming in games two and three, which ended 7-9 and 0-5, with their win ending in a 9-4 encounter in game 1. Kansas City Royals have a slugging percentage of .399 and have been rung up 174 times while taking a walk on 77 occasions. This season, the Kansas City Royals are compiling 4.7 runs per game, 12th in baseball.

We should expect a tough encounter. Kansas City Royals were lucky against the Blue Jays, with a slight margin in each encounter. The Detroit Tigers are favored in this game; they have had enough rest and are coming into this game with full energy. The Tigers lost their last match and should prepare well for this one, and a win sure for them.