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Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Michael Fulmer (32) delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Sunday, June 12, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)
Detroit Tigers starting pitcher Michael Fulmer (32) delivers during the first inning of a baseball game against the New York Yankees, Sunday, June 12, 2016, in New York. (AP Photo/Kathy Willens)Kathy Willens/Associated Press

MLB Betting Preview: Detroit Tigers vs. Kansas City Royals Odds, Analysis

OddsShark.com
Jun 17, 2016

Few pitchers in baseball have been better than Michael Fulmer (7-1, 2.52 ERA) of the Detroit Tigers (34-32) lately, as the rookie has been nearly unhittable over his past four starts en route to a personal five-game winning streak.

Fulmer will try to make it six in a row when he and the Tigersย visit the defending World Series champion Kansas City Royals (35-31) in the second game of a four-game series Friday as -115 road betting favorites (bet $115 to win $100) at sportsbooks monitored by Odds Shark.

Fulmer has pitched 28.1 consecutive scoreless inningsโ€”allowing just nine hits over his previous four starts combinedโ€”with his ERA dropping four full runs over his last five outings.

Detroit has won in each of his previous seven trips to the mound, as he walked away with a no-decision only once during that stretch. The teamโ€™s top pitching prospect has yet to face Kansas City, but he is 5-1 in seven road outings with a 3.10 ERA.

Opposing Fulmer for the Royals will be mercurial righty Yordano Ventura (5-4, 4.93 ERA), who ended a two-game losing streak by earning a victory against the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.

After getting ejected for throwing at Manny Machado in a 9-1 loss to the Baltimore Orioles, Ventura bounced back nicely with one of his better starts. He allowed one run and five hits with one walk and a season-high 10 strikeouts in seven inningsย versus the White Sox.

The lone run he gave up came on a solo home run by Jose Abreu in the sixth inning with his team leading 2-0 on its way to a 3-1 win.

Ventura has not lost at home this year, going 3-0 with a 4.55 ERA in five outings. He is also 1-0 with a 3.60 ERA against the Tigers in 2016, allowing two runs and six hits with three walks and five strikeoutsย in five innings of an 8-6 home victory April 19.

Kansas City had won two of three meetings with Detroit before blowing a 4-3 lead in a 10-4 loss on Thursday. The Tigers scored seven times in the last three innings, as the over improved to 9-2 in 11 meetings, according to the Odds Shark MLB Database.

The Royals enter the weekend back in the pack at +1800 on the World Series odds at the sportsbooks in their quest to repeat as champions.

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