Detroit Tigers at Kansas City Royals 4/15/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Detroit Tigers play the second game of a four-game series on the road Friday against the Kansas City Royals. Detroit dropped to 2-4 following its 9-7 loss to the Boston Red Sox Wednesday. Detroit lost two of three against Boston, including each of the last two. The Tigers are last in the American League Central, 2 ½ games behind the first place Chicago White Sox.

Austin Meadows is batting .471 to lead Detroit and the left fielder has team highs in on-base percentage .571 and hits with eight. Jonathan Schoop is one of five players for Detroit with one home run and Javier Baez is the leader in RBIs with four. On Friday, Detroit will send Tarik Skubal to the mound. The left-hander is 0-1 with a 9.00 ERA, 3 Ks and 1 BBs.

Kansas City dropped to 2-3 following its 6-5 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals on Tuesday. The Royals have lost three straight after opening the season with two consecutive victories. Kansas City’s Wednesday game scheduled against St Louis was postponed due to inclement weather. The Royals are third in the American League Central, two games behind the first place Chicago White Sox.

Andrew Benintendi is batting .412 to lead Kansas City and the left fielder  has team highs in RBIs with four, hits with seven and on-base percentage at .500. Catcher Salvador Perez is the leader in home runs with two. On Friday, the Kansas City Royals will send Brad Keller to the mound. The right-hander is 0-0 with an 0.00 ERA, 5 Ks and 1 BBs.