The Kansas City Royals, including Nelson Velazquez (.171 batting average in his past 10 games), take on starting pitcher Tarik Skubal and the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park, Thursday at 1:10 PM ET.

In his most recent game he had a hitless performance (0-for-4) against the Tigers.

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Nelson Velazquez Game Info & Props vs. the Tigers

  • Game Day: Thursday, September 28, 2023
  • Game Time: 1:10 PM ET
  • Stadium: Comerica Park
  • Live Stream: Watch this game on Fubo!
  • Tigers Starter: Tarik Skubal
  • TV Channel: BSDET
  • Hits Prop: Over/under 0.5 hits (Over odds: -149)
  • Home Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 home runs (Over odds: +525)
  • RBI Prop: Over/under 0.5 RBI (Over odds: +220)
  • Runs Prop: Over/under 0.5 runs (Over odds: +165)

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Nelson Velazquez At The Plate

  • Velazquez is hitting .227 with six doubles, 17 home runs and 14 walks.
  • Velazquez has recorded a hit in 25 of 45 games this year (55.6%), including eight multi-hit games (17.8%).
  • He has gone deep in 35.6% of his games this season, and 10.2% of his trips to the dish.
  • Velazquez has had an RBI in 20 games this season (44.4%), including 10 multi-RBI outings (22.2%). He has also driven in three or more of his team's runs in two contests.
  • In 57.8% of his games this season, he has scored at least once. And he's had six games with multiple runs (13.3%).

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Nelson Velazquez Home/Away Batting Splits

Home Away
21 GP 5
.276 AVG .083
.349 OBP .083
.763 SLG .333
15 XBH 1
11 HR 1
22 RBI 1
20/8 K/BB 4/0
0 SB 0

Tigers Pitching Rankings

  • The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.6 K/9, which ranks 19th in MLB.
  • The Tigers have the 18th-ranked team ERA across all league pitching staffs (4.34).
  • Tigers pitchers combine to surrender 183 total home runs at a clip of 1.2 per game (to rank 12th in baseball).
  • Skubal gets the start for the Tigers, his 15th of the season. He is 7-3 with a 2.95 ERA and 94 strikeouts in 76 1/3 innings pitched.
  • In his last time out on Friday against the Oakland Athletics, the lefty went seven scoreless innings while surrendering two hits.
  • In 14 games this season, the 26-year-old has a 2.95 ERA and 11.1 strikeouts per nine innings, while allowing a batting average of .201 to opposing batters.
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