Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers 9/4/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Last Updated: 09/03/2022 at 10:03 PM ET

Kansas City Royals at Detroit Tigers 9/4/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

The Kansas City Royals complete a three-game series on the road Sunday versus American League Central rival the Detroit Tigers. Kansas City is 53-80 following its 5-4 loss to Detroit in the opening game of the series on Friday. Kansas City has lost three straight and the Royals are fourth in the American League Central, 16 ½ games behind the first-place Cleveland Guardians. Keep up with all the action with our free MLB predictions.

Shortstop Bobby Witt Jr is batting .248 to lead Kansas City and has team highs in the RBis with 66 and hits with 118. Catcher Salvador Perez is leader in home runs with 90 and first baseman Hunter Dozier is the leader and on-base percentage at .301. Kansas City has not released the name of its starting pitcher for Sunday's final game of a three-game series versus Detroit.

The Detroit Tigers improved to 51-81 following their one-run victory over Kansas City on Friday. Detroit had eight hits in the win, led by Javier Baez who hit a two-run home run and Willi Castro who hit a solo shot. Detroit is last in the American League Central, 18 games behind the first-place Cleveland Guardians.

Third baseman Harold Castro is batting .310 to lead Detroit, while shortstop Javier Baez is the leader in home runs with 12, RBIs with 49, hits with 100 and on-base percentage at .268. On Sunday, the Detroit Tigers will send Matt Manning to the mound. The right-hander is 1-2 with a 3.79 ERA, 32 Ks and 10 BBs.

Kansas City has won four of the last five overall versus Detroit. The Tigers have lost nine of the last 13 at home and 20 of the last 26 versus an opponent from the American League Central. Detroit starting pitcher Matt Manning is coming off a very poor start after allowing seven runs on seven hits across only 2 ⅓ innings including serving up a pair of home runs in a 9-3 loss last Tuesday to Seattle. Final Score Prediction, Kansas City Royals win 6-2.

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