Ryan Hodges
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Thursday’s MLB slate is a small 6-game appetizer to another jam-packed weekend of 15 games per day. Fans can come up for air a little bit and enjoy a quieter bridge to Friday in terms of baseball watching. As always this time of year, the playoff picture begins to take shape with just over a month of play remaining. Although Thursday’s schedule does not have quantity, it certainly has quality in terms of meaningful games for contenders.
Enjoy this lead into the end of the week!
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Tigers ML (-120)
Under 8.5 (-120)
Spencer Torkelson 2+ total bases (-105)
Same Game Parlay odds: +575
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Detroit Tigers ML over Cleveland Guardians (-120)
The Guardians have fallen out of playoff contention in August. They are 6-12 in their last 18 overall and now 4.5 games out of the AL Central. Of course, a 4.5-game deficit is far from insurmountable with around 40 games left. But given their recent form, the Twins’ division lead feels safe. Cleveland has not won a series in its past 6 series and now has a 4-game set with a team that has had their number this season.
The Tigers have won 6 out of the last 9 head-to-head games against the Guardians, as well as 4 out of the last 6 played against the Guardians on the road in Cleveland. Detroit is a respectable 7-7 in August considering it has played only 2 games against teams with a losing record. Things are just looking up a bit more for the Tigers right now, as the Guardians are on a bit of a slide.
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Under 8.5 (-120)
The under has been trending for both the Guardians and Tigers. The total has stayed under in 5 out of the Tigers’ last 6 games and in 4 out of their last 5 on the road. The under has also hit in 13 of the Guardians’ last 18 games, in their last 5 consecutive games at home and in 5 out of their last 6 against the Tigers. The under always has a good look when these teams are in play — let alone playing against each other.
In their respective last 10 games, the combined over under record of these teams is 7-13 in those combined 20 games including 1-9 combining Guardians home games and Tigers road games. Cleveland home games and Detroit road games combine for an over under record on the season of 48-70-2. The lack of offense makes on both sides makes the under appealing and continues to be the case on Thursday.
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Spencer Torkelson 2+ total bases (-105)
The Tigers have not had much offensive production this season. But any production they muster up has a good chance to go through Spencer Torkelson. Torkelson leads the Tigers in several offensive categories, including at-bats, home runs, RBIs, runs scored, slugging, OPS, hits, doubles and walks. He is enjoying an August in which he has hit 6 home runs and accumulated 32 total bases while having a .955 OPS. That is not a bad couple of weeks.
Spencer Torkelson appears to be seeing the ball well this week, especially. In the Tigers’ last 4 games, he is 7-16 with 4 home runs, 5 RBI’s, and 20 total bases. This is a good player to take a chance on right now. The Tigers will be facing a young, less experienced pitcher in Xzavion Curry — who has allowed 7 earned runs in his last 10.0 innings pitched. Look for Torkelson continue to be involved in any offense the Tigers can generate.
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