Mark Canha's Detroit Tigers (15-12) and Salvador Perez's Kansas City Royals (17-11) will go head to head in the series rubber match on Sunday, April 28 at Comerica Park. The contest will begin at 1:40 PM ET.

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Tigers vs. Royals Game Info

  • Date: Sunday, April 28, 2024
  • Time: 1:40 PM ET
  • TV: BSDET
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  • Location: Detroit, Michigan
  • Venue: Comerica Park

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Pitching Matchup

Tigers: Tarik Skubal

  • Tarik Skubal makes the start for the Tigers, his sixth of the season. He is 3-0 with a 1.82 ERA and 35 strikeouts in 29 2/3 innings pitched.
  • His most recent time out was on Monday against the Tampa Bay Rays, when the lefty went six scoreless innings while giving up three hits.
  • The 27-year-old has a 1.82 ERA and 10.6 strikeouts per nine innings across five games this season, while giving up a batting average of .162 to his opponents.
  • Skubal is aiming for his third straight quality start.
  • Skubal will look to go five or more innings for his sixth straight appearance. He's averaging 5.8 innings per outing.
  • He has had three appearances this season in which he held his opponents to zero earned runs.

Royals: Michael Wacha

  • The Royals will send Michael Wacha (1-2) out for his sixth start of the season. He is 1-2 with a 3.81 ERA and 25 strikeouts over 28 1/3 innings pitched.
  • The right-hander's most recent appearance was on Tuesday against the Toronto Blue Jays, when he tossed 4 1/3 innings, surrendering two earned runs while allowing eight hits.
  • The 32-year-old has put up an ERA of 3.81, with 7.9 strikeouts per nine innings in five games this season. Opponents are batting .257 against him.
  • Wacha has two quality starts this season.
  • Wacha enters this matchup with four outings of five or more innings pitched this campaign.
  • In one of his appearances this season he has not allow an earned run.

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Team Comparison

Tigers Royals
4.0 Runs Scored (PG) 4.7
4.0 Runs Allowed (PG) 3.1
.220 Batting AVG .237
.213 Batting AVG Against .237
21 Home Runs 29
27 Home Runs Allowed 17

Tigers Offensive Leaders

  • Canha's batting average this year is .273, and he has an OPS of .919 (.407 on-base, .511 slugging). He has five homers and 15 RBI, plus 13 runs scored. His strikeout rate is 18.5%, and his walk rate is 13.9%.
  • In 2024, Riley Greene's batting average is .234, to go along with an OPS of .837 (.379 on-base, .457 slugging). He has five homers and 11 RBI, plus 22 runs scored. His strikeout rate is 25.9%, and his walk rate is 19%.
  • Kerry Carpenter's current batting average is .277, and he has three home runs and 14 RBI, plus eight runs scored. He has a .812 OPS (.318 on-base, .494 slugging). His strikeout rate is 24.7%, and his walk rate is 3.4%.
  • The Tigers' Spencer Torkelson is hitting .214, with a .287 on-base percentage and a .291 slugging percentage. He has no home runs and 11 RBI, plus 10 runs scored. His strikeout rate is 20.7%, and his walk rate is 8.6%.

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Royals Offensive Leaders

  • Perez has produced a batting average of .350 with an OPS of 1.014 (.404 OBP; .610 SLG) this season, while belting seven HRs with 13 runs and 26 RBI. He's drawing free passes at a 7.3% clip and fanning 11.9% of the time.
  • In 122 plate appearances, Bobby Witt Jr. is batting .310/.352/.558 this season with a walk rate of 5.7% and a K rate of 20.5%. In addition, he's swatted four home runs while driving in 15 runs and scoring 23 times. Plus, he's swiped eight bags on 11 tries.
  • So far this season, Vinnie Pasquantino is hitting .220/.330/.407 with four dingers, 13 RBI and 14 runs. He's striking out at an 11% clip and walking 14.7% of the time.
  • At the dish, Maikel Garcia is hitting .222/.277/.380 with four homers, 20 RBI and 13 runs scored, with seven steals. He's fanning 18.5% of the time and walking at a 7.6% rate.

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