Tigers vs Phillies Picks, Odds & Starting Pitchers (June 5)

Finally back home after a season long 10 game road trip, the Phillies (27-32, 14-10 home) welcome the Detroit Tigers (26-31, 12-18 away) into the City of Brotherly Love on Monday, June 5th with the opening pitch scheduled for 6:40 pm ET at Citizens Bank Park.

You can catch the action on NBC Sports Philadelphia or Bally Sports Network Detroit as the Tigers look to snap a three game losing skid and break out of an offensive funk that’s seen them score just six runs in their last four games.

Below, you can find the Tigers vs Phillies odds for this affair as we offer up our best bet and picks between these two sides.

Tigers vs Phillies Odds

Things were looking quite despondent for Philly after starting off 2-8 on their voyage through National League East cities before finishing off with consecutive wins. Returning home, the Phillies are -225 moneyline favorites to extend their winning streak to three games.

It’s been over a month since Philadelphia were such strong chalk and at -225, they have an implied win probability of 69.23% to take out the Tigers in their series opener, while Detroit has a 35.09% projected chance at victory according to their +185 moneyline odds.

Odds as of June 4th at DraftKings. Claim a DraftKings promo code or view the best sportsbooks for US players. 

Detroit vs Philadelphia Probable Pitchers

In his first foray into the big leagues, Detroit’s Joey Wentz acquitted himself quite nicely in in seven starts last year, going 2-2 with a 3.03 ERA. At 25-years old, he landed a full time job with the Tigers out of Spring Training this campaign, but the wheels have fallen off quite dramatically.

Through 11 starts this season, the southpaw has a 1-5 record and an ugly 7.28 ERA as opponents have hit over .300 for the year off of him with an .882 OPS.

With a litany of injuries in their starting rotation, it looks like Detroit has no choice, but to stick with Wentz. They’re hoping he can perform more like he did in his last outing, where he allowed just a single earned run despit not making it through five full innings.

Wentz vs Nola Stats

In the last year of a five year contract, Aaron Nola has a long way to go in order to command the big pay day he’ll be yearning for as a 30-year old free agent in the off season.

Inconsistency has plagued the right-hander this year after leading the league with a phenomenal 8.1 strikeout to walk ratio last season, although that didn’t translate to a winning record.

Nowhere to be seen in the Cy Young odds at this point, Nola has been impressive at home recently, tossing 20 innings and allowing just seven earned runs in his last three starts at Citizens Bank Park.

Power Outage for Tigers

While Detroit has met or surpassed expectations up to this point, they are the fourth worst road team in the American League in the MLB odds so far, with just 12 victories in 30 games as visitors.

While their starting rotation is decimated, they have no excuse for owning one of the worst MLB lineups, ranking amongst the bottom five teams in runs per nine innings, team batting average and home runs.

— Terry Sports (@TMihulka) June 4, 2023