At Comerica Park on Monday, the Minnesota Twins (52-59) face the Detroit Tigers (65-48), fellow members of the AL Central, at 6:40 p.m. ET.
The Tigers are favored (-158 on the moneyline to win) when they host the Twins (+134). The scheduled starters are Casey Mize (9-4) for the Detroit Tigers, and Simeon Woods Richardson (5-4) for the Minnesota Twins.
The Tigers lost 2-0 to the Phillies yesterday, with Charlie Morton (six innings, giving up one earned run on four hits while striking out six) on the line for the loss.
The Twins took down the Guardians 5-4 yesterday. Matt Wallner led the way offensively after going 2 for 3 with a triple and an RBI, and Kody Funderburk got the win, pitching two innings without giving up an earned run on three hits, while striking out two.
Here’s what you need to prepare for Monday’s Tigers vs. Twins contest, including viewing options.
Detroit Tigers vs. Minnesota Twins odds, line and spread
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Monday at 12:16 a.m. ET. For a full list of sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.
Favorite: Tigers (-158, bet $158 to win $100)Underdog: Twins (+134, bet $100 to win $134)Over/under: 8Tigers vs. Twins: Game time and live stream infoGame day: Monday, August 4, 2025Game time: 6:40 p.m. ETLocation: Detroit, MichiganStadium: Comerica ParkTV channel: FDSDET and MNNTLive stream: Watch LIVE with Fubo! (Regional restrictions may apply)
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Tigers stats and trendsTigers betting recordsThe Tigers have been favorites in 76 games this season and won 49 (64.5%) of those contests.Detroit has a record of 28-10, a 73.7% win rate, when favored by -158 or more by bookmakers this season.Oddsmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Tigers have a 61.2% chance to win.Games involving Detroit have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 56 of 113 chances this season.The Tigers are 57-56-0 against the spread this season.Casey Mize (Tigers probable starter)Mize will try for his 10th victory when he gets the start for the Tigers, his 19th of the season. He is 9-4 with a 3.43 ERA and 84 strikeouts in 94 1/3 innings pitched.The righty’s last appearance was on Tuesday against the Arizona Diamondbacks, when he tossed 1 2/3 innings, surrendering one earned run while giving up three hits.In 18 games this season, the 28-year-old has put up an ERA of 3.43, with 8 strikeouts per nine innings. Opponents are batting .266 against him.Mize is trying to pick up his seventh quality start of the season in this matchup.Mize will try to secure his 14th outing of five or more innings pitched this season. He averages 5.2 innings per appearance.He has had two appearances this season in which he kept his opponents to zero earned runs.He will face off against a Twins offense that is batting .241 as a unit (22nd in MLB). It is also slugging a collective .396 (17th in MLB) with 126 total home runs (13th in MLB).Mize has a 4.38 ERA and a 1.054 WHIP against the Twins this season in 12 1/3 innings pitched, allowing a .245 batting average over two appearances.Tigers batting statsThe Tigers’ 144 home runs rank eighth in Major League Baseball.Fueled by 342 extra-base hits, Detroit ranks seventh in MLB with a .421 slugging percentage this season.The Tigers’ .250 batting average ranks 13th in the league this season.Detroit has scored 543 runs this season, which ranks sixth in MLB.The Tigers have an OBP of .317 this season, which ranks 16th in MLB.Detroit is one of the least-disciplined teams at the plate this season, ranking 26th with an average of 8.8 strikeouts per game.Twins stats and trendsTwins betting recordsThe Twins have won in 15, or 38.5%, of the 39 contests they have been named as odds-on underdogs this year.Minnesota has a mark of 3-5 in contests where oddsmakers favor it by +134 or worse on the moneyline.Sportsbooks have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Twins have a 42.7% chance of pulling out a win.Contests with Minnesota has gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 46 of 110 chances this season.The Twins have posted a record of 58-52-0 against the spread this season.Simeon Woods Richardson (Twins probable starter)Woods Richardson gets the start for the Twins, his 17th of the season. He is 5-4 with a 4.24 ERA and 69 strikeouts in 80 2/3 innings pitched.In his most recent time out on Monday against the Boston Red Sox, the righty went 4 2/3 innings, allowing three earned runs while surrendering seven hits.The 24-year-old has amassed a 4.24 ERA and 7.7 strikeouts per nine innings over 17 games this season, while giving up a batting average of .252 to opposing hitters.Woods Richardson is trying to secure his second quality start of the season in this matchup.Woods Richardson is looking to secure his ninth start of five or more innings this year in this outing.He has had three appearances this season that he kept his opponents to zero earned runs.He will face a Tigers offense that ranks sixth in the league with 543 total runs scored while batting .250 as a squad. His opponent has a collective .421 slugging percentage (seventh in MLB action) and has hit a total of 144 home runs (eighth in the league).Woods Richardson has pitched five innings, giving up one earned run on five hits while striking out five against the Tigers this season.Twins batting statsThe Twins are 13th in baseball with 126 home runs. They average 1.1 per game.So far this season, Minnesota’s .396 slugging percentage is 17th in the majors.The Twins are 22nd in the majors with a .241 batting average.Minnesota scores the 23rd-most runs in baseball (462 total, 4.2 per game).The Twins are 20th in MLB with an on-base percentage of .312.