The Detroit Tigers and the Arizona Diamondbacks meet Sunday in MLB action from Chase Field. We will look at this from a betting perspective and determine the best bets for this game. Here’s a Arizona Diamondbacks vs Detroit Tigers Prediction.
Starting Pitching Matchup
The Detroit Tigers will send out Matt Manning here and Manning is 0-1 with a 4.37 ERA and 22 strikeouts this season. This will be Manning’s first career start against the Diamondbacks. Jordan Montgomery will start for the Diamondbacks here and is 2-2 with a 4.76 ERA and 17 strikeouts this season. In his career, Montgomery is 1-1 with a 2.96 ERA and 20 strikeouts against the Tigers.
Detroit Tigers Recap
The Detroit Tigers will be looking for the series sweep on Sunday after picking up an 8-3 win in Saturday’s clash. The Tigers have already secured the series win, which snaps a lengthy run of series losses after falling to the Marlins, Astros and Guardians all in the last week and a half.
Tigers Starting To Heat Up In This Series
Riley Greene leads the Tigers with 41 hits including 9 home runs and 20 RBIs along with a .248 batting average and a .356 OBP this season. Spencer Torkelson has a team-high 14 doubles along with 16 RBIs while Greene has a team-high 50 strikeouts this season. Mark Canha has 8 doubles, 6 home runs and 20 RBI and Javier Baez has a team-high 6 stolen bases.
Why the Detroit Tigers will win
- The Diamondbacks have lost each of their last six games as favorites against American League opponents.
- The Tigers have won each of their last three games as underdogs against National League opponents.
- The Diamondbacks have failed to cover the run line in each of their last nine games as favorites after playing the previous day.
- The Tigers have covered the run line in each of their last nine games as road underdogs following a win.
- The Tigers have led after 3 innings in each of their last three day games against NL West opponents.
- The Tigers have won the first inning in each of their last four day games against NL West opponents.
- The Tigers have led after 5 innings in three of their last four games as underdogs.
Arizona Diamondbacks Recap
The Diamondbacks will be hoping to salvage something from this series after their loss to the Tigers on Saturday. The D-Backs couldn’t keep the run of form going after taking out the Reds in their most recent series and got back to the disappointing form from the series before against the Orioles.
Diamondbacks Scuffling At The Plate
Ketel Marte leads the Diamondbacks with 52 hits in addition to a .287 batting average and 12 doubles with 9 home runs and 25 RBIs while Lourdes Gurriel Jr. also has 5 home runs and 26 RBIs as well this season. Corbin Carroll has a team-high 8 stolen bases while Eugenio Suarez has a team-high 51 strikeouts this season. Christian Walker also has 8 home runs with a team-high 28 RBIs of his own this season.
Why the Arizona Diamondbacks will win
- The Tigers have lost each of their last five day games after playing the previous day.
- The Diamondbacks have won each of their last four day games at Chase Field following a loss.
- The Diamondbacks have covered the run line in each of their last four day games against American League opponents.
- The Tigers have failed to cover the run line in four of their last five games after playing the previous day.
- The Diamondbacks have led after 3 innings in each of their last three home day games.
Arizona Diamondbacks vs Detroit Tigers Prediction
I’m on the Tigers here. I’m not really sure what we’re going to get from Matt Manning in his second start since coming back from the IL, but his first start was solid and the Tigers have heads and shoulders been the better team in this series up to this point after I thought maybe the tigers used up all of their runs in Friday’s beatdown. Arizona just continues to be hit or miss and as much as I like Jordan Montgomery, the Tigers do hit lefties fairly well and have the much better bullpen. I’ll roll with Detroit here.