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Tigers vs. Cubs Prediction, Odds, Picks
Data Skrive Spencer Torkelson and the Detroit Tigers will meet Kyle Tucker and the Chicago Cubs on Friday at Comerica Park, at 7:10 p.m. ET. The Cubs are +172 moneyline underdogs for this matchup against the favored Tigers (-205). Detroit is a 1.5-run favorite (at +110 odds). The over/under is 7 runs for the matchup. Here is everything you need to know from a betting perspective on the Tigers-Cubs game, regarding the run line, moneyline and total, plus expert picks. Keep up with MLB on FOX Sports. Check out the best moments between Chicago Cubs and Washington Nationals. Tigers vs. Cubs Game Information & Odds When: Friday, June 6, 2025 at 7:10 p.m. ET Where: Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan How to watch on TV: Apple TV+ Favorite Favorite Moneyline Underdog Moneyline Total Over Total Odds Under Total Odds Run Line Favorite Run Line Odds Underdog Run Line Odds Tigers -205 +172 7 -122 +100 -1.5 +110 -132 Tigers vs. Cubs Prediction Score Prediction: Tigers 4, Cubs 3 Total Prediction: Under 7 runs Win Probabilities: Tigers 54%, Cubs 46% Tigers vs. Cubs Betting Insights The Tigers have entered the game as favorites 41 times this season and won 28, or 68.3%, of those games. This season Detroit has won eight of its 10 games, or 80%, when favored by at least -205 on the moneyline. Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Tigers have a 67.2% chance to win. The Cubs have been victorious in nine, or 47.4%, of the 19 contests they have been chosen as underdogs in this season. Chicago has played as an underdog of +172 or more just one time this year and came away with a win in that game. The Cubs have an implied victory probability of 36.8% according to the moneyline set by oddsmakers for this matchup. Tigers Recent Betting Performance The Tigers went 5-3 over the eight games they were favored on the moneyline in their last 10 matchups. Over their last 10 outings, the Tigers and their opponents combined to go over the total four times (all 10 games had set totals). The Tigers' record against the spread is 6-4-0 over their past 10 games. Tigers Recent Stats Stat Avg/Total Record 7-3 Runs Per Game 3.9 HR 10 ERA 2.55 K/9 7 Tigers Player Insights Torkelson is the Tigers best power hitter, connecting on 14 home runs this season in addition to accumulating 42 RBI, both team highs. Torkelson ranks 12th in homers and 13th in RBI among all hitters in the majors. Gleyber Torres is batting .264 with nine doubles, five home runs and 32 walks. Torres is 151st in homers and 76th in RBI among all major league hitters this year. Riley Greene has accumulated a team-best batting average of .282 and paces the Tigers in runs batted in (42). Kerry Carpenter has eight doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and seven walks while batting .273. Cubs Recent Betting Performance Over the past 10 games, oddsmakers have not installed the Cubs as underdogs once. The Cubs and their opponents have combined to hit the over three times in their last 10 games with a total. The Cubs have six wins against the spread in their last 10 chances. Cubs Recent Stats Stat Avg/Total Record 8-2 Runs Per Game 4.6 HR 8 ERA 2.47 K/9 7.3 Cubs Player Insights Tucker has 11 doubles, four triples, 12 home runs and 42 walks while hitting .283. Among all batters in the big leagues, Tucker's home run total is 24th and his RBI tally ranks 22nd. Pete Crow-Armstrong has been a reliable source of runs this year, leading the lineup with 16 home runs and 53 RBI. Crow-Armstrong is currently seventh in homers and third in RBI in the major leagues. Seiya Suzuki has collected a team-best 53 runs batted in. Nico Hoerner leads the Cubs with a .294 batting average. Check out the best moments between Chicago White Sox and Detroit Tigers. FOX Sports created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily. FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience Detroit Tigers Chicago Cubs recommended
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26-05-2025
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How to Watch Tigers vs. Giants: TV Channel & Live Stream
Data Skrive The Detroit Tigers and San Francisco Giants will meet on Monday at Comerica Park, at 1:10 p.m. ET, with Spencer Torkelson and Jung Hoo Lee among those expected to produce at the plate. Check out everything you need to watch the Tigers vs. Giants game. Keep up with MLB on FOX Sports. Check out the best moments between the San Francisco Giants and the Washington Nationals. Tigers vs. Giants Game Information & How to Watch When: Monday, May 26, 2025 at 1:10 p.m. ET Where: Comerica Park in Detroit, Michigan TV: Watch on MLB Network, FDSDET, NBCS-BA Box Score: Fox Sports Tigers vs. Giants Prediction Score Prediction: Tigers 4, Giants 3 Total Prediction: Under 8.5 runs Win Probabilities: Tigers 55%, Giants 45% Tigers vs. Giants Head to Head Date Favorite Spread Total Favorite Moneyline Underdog Moneyline Result 8/11/2024 Giants -1.5 8 -187 +154 5-4 DET 8/10/2024 Giants -1.5 7.5 -250 +203 3-1 SF 8/9/2024 Giants -1.5 7.5 -194 +162 3-2 SF 7/24/2023 Tigers -1.5 9 -113 -106 5-1 DET 4/15/2023 Giants -1.5 9 -145 +124 7-6 DET 4/14/2023 Giants -1.5 8.5 -152 +130 7-5 DET 8/24/2022 Giants -1.5 8 -158 +134 6-1 DET 8/23/2022 Giants -1.5 7.5 -212 +178 3-1 SF 6/29/2022 Giants -1.5 8 -197 +167 3-2 DET 6/28/2022 Giants -1.5 7 -215 +179 4-3 SF Tigers Last 10 Game Stats Stat Avg/Total Record 5-5 Runs Per Game 3.4 HR 8 ERA 3.63 K/9 8.8 Tigers Player Insights The Tigers' best power option comes in the form of Torkelson and his 13-dinger 40-RBI season, both team highs. In all of MLB, Torkelson ranks 11th in home runs and seventh in RBI. Gleyber Torres has a club-leading .282 batting average. Torres is 126th in homers in the majors, and 60th in RBI. Torres heads into this matchup looking for his third game in a row with a hit. In his last five games he is batting .273 with two doubles, six walks and three RBIs. Riley Greene is hitting .270 with 10 doubles, 12 home runs and 17 walks. Kerry Carpenter is batting .281 with eight doubles, a triple, 10 home runs and seven walks. Carpenter takes a three-game streak with at least one hit into this one. During his last five outings he is hitting .250 with two doubles, a home run, two walks and an RBI. Tigers Recent & Upcoming Games Giants Last 10 Game Stats Stat Avg/Total Record 6-4 Runs Per Game 3.5 HR 9 ERA 2.50 K/9 6.9 Giants Player Insights Lee leads the Giants with a team-high batting average of .281. In all of the majors, Lee ranks 93rd in home runs and 24th in RBI. Lee takes a hitting streak of six games into this matchup. In his last 10 games he is hitting .250 with three doubles, a home run, three walks and four RBIs. Wilmer Flores has been a reliable source of runs this year, leading the lineup with 10 home runs and 43 runs batted in. Flores ranks 25th among all batters in the big leagues in homers, and fifth in RBI. Heliot Ramos paces the Giants with a team-high batting average of .281. Matt Chapman is hitting .216 with seven doubles, nine home runs and 34 walks. Giants Recent & Upcoming Games Date Opponent Score Pitching Matchup May 20 Royals W 3-2 Hayden Birdsong vs Michael Lorenzen May 21 Royals L 8-4 Logan Webb vs Daniel Lynch May 23 @ Nationals W 4-0 Landen Roupp vs MacKenzie Gore May 24 @ Nationals L 3-0 Kyle Harrison vs Jake Irvin May 25 @ Nationals W 3-2 Robbie Ray vs Mike Soroka May 26 @ Tigers - Hayden Birdsong vs Keider Montero May 27 @ Tigers - Logan Webb vs Jack Flaherty May 28 @ Tigers - Landen Roupp vs Jackson Jobe May 30 @ Marlins - TBA vs Cal Quantrill May 31 @ Marlins - Robbie Ray vs Edward Cabrera June 1 @ Marlins - TBA vs TBA FOX Sports created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar. Want great stories delivered right to your inbox? Create or log in to your FOX Sports account, follow leagues, teams and players to receive a personalized newsletter daily. FOLLOW Follow your favorites to personalize your FOX Sports experience Detroit Tigers San Francisco Giants recommended
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22-05-2025
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How former top pick Spencer Torkelson found his way after getting 'humbled'
Five years after being drafted as the No. 1 overall pick, and just two years after blasting 31 home runs in Detroit, Spencer Torkelson entered this spring on the brink. A spot on the Tigers' roster hung in the balance. Torkelson regressed enough in 2024 that nearly 42% of his plate appearances came at Triple-A Toledo. He finished the year back up with the big-league club and started each of the Tigers' seven playoff games, but the steep decline invited questions about the long-term viability of sticking with him on an ascending squad that appeared ready to take the next step. Those questions intensified after Detroit signed second baseman Gleyber Torres and intended to bump 23-year-old second baseman Colt Keith over to Torkelson's spot at first base. Torkelson understood the reality and the reasoning. He hadn't performed. He also recognized he could no longer continue down the same path and expect different results. "Something needed to change," Torkelson said. And it has. Two months into the 2025 season, after a series of mechanical adjustments designed to make him more athletic in the box, Torkelson has been the best hitter on the best team in baseball. With Torkelson pacing the offense in OPS, extra-base hits and RBI, the Tigers have 33 wins through 50 games and a 5.5-game lead in the American League Central. A below-league-average hitter last year, Torkelson is batting 50% above league average in 2025. His .889 OPS puts him among the top four first basemen and top 20 qualified hitters in the game. "I feel dangerous at the plate," Torkelson said. "As a hitter, that's all you can ask for. You're not going to hit 1.000, but when you're feeling dangerous, and you're seeing the ball well, you feel like you can't be beat." The turnaround was sparked more by a return than a reinvention. He had to get back to what worked before he became the top overall pick. Torkelson's power at Arizona State was prodigious enough for the Tigers to make him the first corner infielder to be selected first overall in the draft in 20 years. The choice did not come as a surprise. He launched 54 homers in 129 college games. "In college and high school, they teach guys, 'Throw it at the knees,'" Torkelson said. "So, you can just kind of look down there. Then you get to pro ball, and it's changing eye levels, and you're like, 'I need to cover that.'" In an effort to catch up to the high fastball after getting drafted, Torkelson began to stand up taller in his stance. "Let's kind of like make the high fastball not as high," Torkelson thought. "And it worked. I got away with it. I hit 31 homers [in 2023], and I didn't even feel that great." But there were opportunity costs. Success would come and go. He lacked the consistency he needed to live up to expectations and began to veer off course from what made him such a prolific offensive force. Torkelson performed below replacement level as a rookie in 2022. Even when he mashed those 31 homers a year later, he was still barely a league-average hitter. Both years, he struggled to cover fastballs on the outer half. Last year, he improved that issue only to then falter against heaters on the inner half. His hard-hit rate plummeted, he struggled to find the barrel, and his strikeout rate rose. "As a hitter, when you try to cover everything, you cover nothing," Torkelson said. "When you're simple, and you try to cover one pitch in one spot, you cover a lot. I think early in my career, I was trying to be a hero." How much of that was trying to live up to being a No. 1 pick? "Maybe, yeah, definitely," Torkelson said. "Coming out of college, too, I felt like I had it figured out. 'Greatest hitter ever.' I got humbled." Last summer marked a low point. On June 1, 2024, after going 0-for-4 with two strikeouts, mired in a 3-for-37 funk, he was sent down to Triple-A. He would remain there for more than two months. At that point, he didn't feel comfortable making wholesale changes in the middle of the season. "I just tried to put a Band-Aid on it and compete and have fun," Torkelson said. This offseason provided more time to repair his approach. He was challenged to make adjustments and sought to rediscover the setup and swing that had garnered so much acclaim as an amateur player. "It was just kind of getting back to what I've always done my entire life," Torkelson explained. For his numbers to get up, he had to get low. He thought about how one of his favorite hitters, three-time MVP Mike Trout, had struggled throughout his career against elevated heaters. "We don't get paid to hammer the high fastball, we get paid to hammer the mistakes," Torkelson realized. "If you're kind of wasting too much energy worrying about that, you miss that." Torkelson started to sink deeper into a more athletic and open stance. He moved slightly off the plate and farther back in the box in an effort to see pitches longer. But the biggest adjustment was narrowing the space between his feet. Last year, that distance was 36.7 inches. This year, it's nearly a foot less. "It wasn't crazy, but it felt crazy for about two weeks," Torkelson said. "Then it felt like myself, and I kind of stuck with that since November, December. When you feel comfortable and athletic in the box, you see the ball better and can actually trust that approach." It may not look quite as drastic as all of that sounds, but the uptick in production is staggering. Torkelson already has more home runs and RBI than he did all of last season. He's averaging one homer every 14 at-bats in 2025 after averaging one every 34 in 2024. Coincidentally, he is producing significantly better on pitches at the top of the zone with a less upright stance this year and is pummeling fastballs basically anywhere they're thrown. His expected slugging percentage last year was .351. This year, it's over .550. He's pulling the ball in the air significantly more often than ever before while still demonstrating power to all fields — four of his 12 homers have gone the other way — and registering both the highest barrel rate and walk rate of his career. "I've always had a good eye, always known the strike zone," Torkelson said. "Now, my approach lets me see the ball better." This spring, his teammates could tell immediately that something was different. Beyond the better results, there appeared to be a renewed level of confidence. "A little bit of a chip on his shoulder," Zach McKinstry explained, "which we hadn't seen — for me, anyway. It was cool to watch. He's a really good dude to be around. He was a little bit quiet in spring and just kind of let himself kind of grow back into it." As questions lingered about where he would play in the field or whether he'd make the team at all, Torkelson kept raking. After hitting .340 with five homers in the spring, his 2025 regular season debut at Dodger Stadium epitomized his improvements. He went 1-for-1 with a home run and four walks as the Tigers' designated hitter. Two days later, Torkelson was back at his usual spot at first base, where he now remains while starring on a young Tigers offense that is far exceeding expectations. He has the third highest slugging percentage among all qualified first basemen this year, trailing only Freddie Freeman and Pete Alonso. "He's always been open-minded, he's always been someone easy to work with, and he's always been someone who has the burden of expectation on him from the minute he showed up in the big leagues to be perfect," Tigers manager AJ Hinch said. "And even though it hasn't been a perfect ascent, I'm very proud of the person, very proud of the player, to continue to endure the rigors of the challenge of playing up here." With that success, questions about his future with the club have subsided. Considering the raw power he has always possessed, this level of play always seemed possible for the 2020 top overall pick. Now, the only question is whether he can sustain it and weather the inevitable ups and downs to come. "I always had that internal belief that I'm going to figure it out, and I'm going to find my way," Torkelson said. "I still don't have all the answers, but I definitely feel that I'm on the right track." Rowan Kavner is an MLB writer for FOX Sports. He previously covered the L.A. Dodgers, LA Clippers and Dallas Cowboys. An LSU grad, Rowan was born in California, grew up in Texas, then moved back to the West Coast in 2014. Follow him on X at @RowanKavner . recommended Get more from Major League Baseball Follow your favorites to get information about games, news and more
San Francisco Chronicle
21-05-2025
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- San Francisco Chronicle
Tigers stay on a roll with a 3-1 win over the Cardinals
ST. LOUIS (AP) — Spencer Torkelson had a pair of hits, walked twice and drove in a run to help the Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Wednesday for Detroit's 15th win in its past 20 games. Brant Hurter allowed one hit in three scoreless innings in his second career start, and Chase Lee (1-0) followed with two scoreless innings to earn his first major league win as the Tigers used six pitchers in a bullpen game. Andre Pallante (4-3) allowed three runs and four hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings for his first loss at home since Sept. 10, 2024, against Cincinnati. Willson Contreras had an RBI single to center field off Brenan Hanifee to score Victor Scott II in the sixth inning and cut Detroit's lead to 3-1. In the fourth, Torkelson lined a double to the right-center field warning track that bounced off the glove of Jordan Walker to score Riley Greene and expand the Tigers' lead to 2-0. Pallante issued one-out walks to Torkelson and Greene before Colt Keith flied out to left field in the top of the sixth to end Pallante's day. Dillon Dingler stroked a single to left field off Phil Maton to put the Tigers ahead 3-0. Key stat Up next Tigers: Open a seven-game homestand Thursday night with RHP Jack Flaherty (2-5, 2.67 ERA) facing Cleveland RHP Tanner Bibee (3-4, 4.06). Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (3-2, 3.77 ERA) opposes Arizona RHP Zac Gallen (3-5, 5.14) in the opener of a three-game series Friday night. ___
21-05-2025
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Tigers stay on a roll with a 3-1 win over the Cardinals
ST. LOUIS -- Spencer Torkelson had a pair of hits, walked twice and drove in a run to help the Tigers beat the St. Louis Cardinals 5-1 on Wednesday for Detroit's 15th win in its past 20 games. Brant Hurter allowed one hit in three scoreless innings in his second career start, and Chase Lee (1-0) followed with two scoreless innings to earn his first major league win as the Tigers used six pitchers in a bullpen game. Andre Pallante (4-3) allowed three runs and four hits and four walks in 5 2/3 innings for his first loss at home since Sept. 10, 2024, against Cincinnati. Willson Contreras had an RBI single to center field off Brenan Hanifee to score Victor Scott II in the sixth inning and cut Detroit's lead to 3-1. In the fourth, Torkelson lined a double to the right-center field warning track that bounced off the glove of Jordan Walker to score Riley Greene and expand the Tigers' lead to 2-0. Pallante issued one-out walks to Torkelson and Greene before Colt Keith flied out to left field in the top of the sixth to end Pallante's day. Dillon Dingler stroked a single to left field off Phil Maton to put the Tigers ahead 3-0. St. Louis lost by more than one run for the first time since falling to the New York Mets 9-3 at home on May 2. Tigers: Open a seven-game homestand Thursday night with RHP Jack Flaherty (2-5, 2.67 ERA) facing Cleveland RHP Tanner Bibee (3-4, 4.06). Cardinals: RHP Miles Mikolas (3-2, 3.77 ERA) opposes Arizona RHP Zac Gallen (3-5, 5.14) in the opener of a three-game series Friday night. ___
