The Detroit Tigers and Philadelphia Phillies meet Thursday in MLB action at Citizens Bank Park. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.

Detroit Tigers Betting Preview

The Detroit Tigers have scored 5 runs in their last 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 6 straight games. The Tigers have lost 5 straight games when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Riley Greene leads the Tigers with 60 hits and 18 RBI, while Spencer Torkelson and Javier Baez have combined for 96 hits and 53 RBI. Tyler Holton gets the ball, and he is 0-0 with a 2.32 ERA and 23 strikeouts this season. This will be Holton’s second career game against the Phillies.

Philadelphia Phillies Betting Preview

The Philadelphia Phillies have scored 20 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 5 of their last 10 games. The Phillies have won 5 of their last 8 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Nick Castellanos leads the Phillies with 75 hits and 35 RBI, while Bryson Stott and Trea Turner have combined for 129 hits and 40 RBI. Zack Wheeler gets the ball, and he is 4-4 with a 4.33 ERA and 79 strikeouts this season. This will be Wheeler’s second career game against the Tigers.

Trends

The Tigers are 22-47 in their last 69 Thursday games and 5-2 in their last 7 during game 3 of a series. The Phillies are 4-1 in their last 5 during game 3 of a series and 36-17 in their last 53 home games. The under is 5-1 in Tigers last 6 overall. The under is 9-4-1 in Phillies last 14 interleague home games. The Tigers are 0-5 in the last 5 meetings.

Randy’s Pick

The Philadelphia Phillies are going to get the benefit of the doubt because they’re at home and Zack Wheeler is a sexy name. However, the Phillies have been hit or miss all year and Wheeler is fresh off a game where he gave up 7 runs in 3.2 innings to the Nationals. It does feel like the Tigers are due for a breakout offensive game. I’ll take a shot at more than two times my money.