Rangers vs. Tigers odds, tips and betting trends

Sportsbook Wire

31 May 2023

The Texas Rangers (35-19) and Detroit Tigers (25-28) will meet on Wednesday at Comerica Park, with first pitch at 1:10 PM ET.

The Rangers are the road favorite (-151) versus the Tigers (+129). The matchup on the mound for this contest is set with the Texas Rangers looking to Dane Dunning (4-0), and Joey Wentz (1-5) taking the ball for the Detroit Tigers.

The Rangers defeated the Tigers 10-6 yesterday, with Grant Anderson getting the win (2.2 IP, 0 R, 1 H, 7 K) and Josh Jung leading the way offensively (going 3-for-5 with a double, a home run and two RBI). Alex Faedo (4.1 IP, 6 R, 7 H, 4 K) took the loss for the Tigers.

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Texas Rangers vs. Detroit Tigers Odds and Betting Lines

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Favorite: Rangers (-151, bet $151 to win $100)
Underdog: Tigers (+129, bet $100 to win $129)
Over/under: 9

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Rangers Stats and Trends

Rangers Betting Records

This season, the Rangers have been favored 32 times and won 22, or 68.8%, of those games.
Texas has a record of 16-3 in games when oddsmakers favor them by at least -151 on the moneyline.
The Rangers have a 60.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
So far this season, Texas and its opponents have hit the over in 31 of 54 games with a total.
The Rangers are 36-18-0 against the spread in their 54 chances this season.

Dane Dunning (Rangers Probable Starter)

The Rangers will send Dunning (4-0) to make his fifth start of the season. He is 4-0 with a 1.67 ERA and 26 strikeouts in 43 2/3 innings pitched.
In his most recent appearance on Monday, May 22 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, the right-hander threw 5 2/3 innings, allowing one earned run while surrendering six hits.
In 12 games this season, the 28-year-old has amassed an ERA of 1.67, with 5.4 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are hitting .206 against him.
Dunning is seeking his fifth straight appearance lasting five or more innings. He averages 3.6 innings per appearance on the hill.
He meets a Tigers offense that ranks 28th in the league with 201 runs while batting .228 as a squad. It has a collective .355 slugging percentage (29th in MLB play) and has hit a total of 46 home runs (27th in MLB).

Rangers Batting Stats

The Rangers have hit 71 homers this season, which ranks ninth in the league.
Hitters for Texas rank fourth in the majors with a combined .451 team slugging percentage.
The Rangers lead baseball with a .272 batting average.
Texas has scored the most runs (344) in baseball so far this year.
The Rangers are among the best in the league at getting on base, ranking second with an OBP of .340.
Texas ranks 13th with an average of 8.8 strikeouts per game.

Tigers Stats and Trends

Tigers Betting Records

The Tigers have come away with 21 wins in the 47 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
Detroit has a mark of 13-18 in contests where sportsbooks favor it by +129 or worse on the moneyline.
Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Tigers have a 43.7% chance of pulling out a win.
Contests with Detroit has gone over the total set by bookmakers in 29 of 53 chances this season.
The Tigers are 29-24-0 against the spread in their 53 games with a line set by sportsbooks this season.

Joey Wentz (Tigers Probable Starter)

Wentz (1-5) takes the mound first for the Tigers in his 11th start of the season. He’s put together a 7.80 ERA in 42 2/3 innings pitched, with 35 strikeouts.
In his last time out on Friday, the lefty went four innings against the Chicago White Sox, giving up five earned runs while surrendering six hits.
The 25-year-old has an ERA of 7.80, with 7.4 strikeouts per nine innings in 10 games this season. Opponents are hitting .307 against him.
Wentz has not registered a quality start on the season.
Wentz has pitched five or more innings in a game five times this season entering this game.
The opposing Rangers offense has the fourth-ranked slugging percentage (.451) and ranks ninth in home runs hit (71) in all of MLB. They have a collective .272 batting average, and are third in the league with 511 total hits and first in MLB action scoring 344 runs.

Tigers Batting Stats

The Tigers have hit the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball this season (46).
This season, Detroit has the second-lowest slugging percentage in baseball (.355).
The Tigers have the fourth-worst batting average in the league (.228).
Detroit is the third-lowest scoring team in baseball averaging 3.8 runs per game (201 total).
The Tigers’ .306 on-base percentage is the fifth-worst in the majors.

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