The Pittsburgh Pirates have Paul Skeenes, but the rest of the rotation and bats have been much below average. The Pirates sit at 29-44 and are at the bottom of the NL Central standings. The Tigers have played great baseball since the start of the season. Their 46-27 record is the best in MLB. The Tigers have few, if any, weaknesses, as they can both score and pitch effectively. This is an even tougher spot for the Pirates as the Tigers are 24-11 at home on the season. The Pittsburgh offense has been brutal of late. They lost three out of four games to the Cubs, despite holding them to nine runs in the four-game series. I like Detroit in this one.
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June 19, 2025 6:10pm ET
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Pittsburgh Pirates
#929
Skenes
Detroit Tigers
#930
Tbd
Lines & Odds
-1.5 (+140)
Runline
+1.5 (-163)
-125
Moneyline
+110
OVER 7 (-115)
Total
UNDER 7 (+100)
Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 73% of the public money was on Detroit Tigers to win on the moneyline. And, 60% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Detroit would win by a score of 4.7 to 3.9 with Detroit winning on the moneyline and on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
Final Score
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0
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8
Detroit Tigers
0
0
0
0
2
0
2
0
0
0
4
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June 19, 2025 1:10pm ET
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Pittsburgh Pirates
#921
Heaney
Detroit Tigers
#922
Skubal
Lines & Odds
+1.5 (+133)
Runline
-1.5 (-153)
+283
Moneyline
-365
OVER 7 (-110)
Total
UNDER 7 (-110)
Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 77% of the public money was on Detroit Tigers to win on the moneyline. And, 63% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Detroit would win by a score of 5.0 to 3.6 with Detroit winning on the moneyline, Pittsburgh winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
Final Score
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Detroit Tigers
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0
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9
June 18, 2025 6:40pm ET
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Pittsburgh Pirates
#971
Heaney
Detroit Tigers
#972
Skubal
Lines & Odds
+1.5 (+110)
Runline
-1.5 (-130)
+258
Moneyline
-313
OVER 6.5 (-115)
Total
UNDER 6.5 (-105)
Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 79% of the public money was on Detroit Tigers to win on the moneyline. And, 56% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Detroit would win by a score of 4.8 to 3.8 with Detroit winning on the moneyline, Pittsburgh winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
June 17, 2025 6:40pm ET
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Pittsburgh Pirates
#921
Falter
Detroit Tigers
#922
Mize
Lines & Odds
+1.5 (-134)
Runline
-1.5 (+114)
+175
Moneyline
-202
OVER 8 (-110)
Total
UNDER 8 (-110)
Public Consensus
Who was the public on? 72% of the public money was on Detroit Tigers to win on the moneyline. And, 69% of the bets were on the game to go UNDER the total.
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Detroit would win by a score of 4.7 to 4.3 with Detroit winning on the moneyline, Pittsburgh winning on the runline and the game going OVER the total.
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Pittsburgh at Detroit
June 17, 2025
6:40 PM Eastern
Final Score
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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Detroit Tigers
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0
1
1
3
0
0
7
March 14, 2025 6:05pm ET
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Detroit Tigers
#935
Pittsburgh Pirates
#936
Lines & Odds
-1.5 (+140)
Runline
-1.5 (+155)
+115
Moneyline
-145
OVER 8.5 (-115)
Total
UNDER 8.5 (-125)
Computer Predictions
My computer prediction for this game was that Detroit would win by a score of 0.0 to 0.0 and the game going UNDER the total.
Final Score
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Pittsburgh Pirates
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0
0
0
6
0
0
2
0
8
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