Tigers vs Phillies Picks, Odds & Starting Pitchers (June 5)
By George Nassios in MLB Baseball
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- Fresh off a 10 game road trip the Phillies are back home to host the Tigers on Monday, June 5th
- Carrying a two game winning streak, the Phillies are strong -225 favorites for this matchup
- Have a look at the Tigers vs Phillies odds below, as well as our best bets and prediction
Finally back home after a season long 10 game road trip, the Phillies (27-32, 14-10 home) welcome the Detroit Tigers (26-31, 12-18 away) into the City of Brotherly Love on Monday, June 5th with the opening pitch scheduled for 6:40 pm ET at Citizens Bank Park.
You can catch the action on NBC Sports Philadelphia or Bally Sports Network Detroit as the Tigers look to snap a three game losing skid and break out of an offensive funk that’s seen them score just six runs in their last four games.
Below, you can find the Tigers vs Phillies odds for this affair as we offer up our best bet and picks between these two sides.
Tigers vs Phillies Odds
| Team | Moneyline | Runline | Total |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detroit Tigers | +185 | +1.5 (-105) | O 9 (+100) |
| Philadelphia Phillies | -225 | -1.5 (-115) | U 9 (-120) |
Things were looking quite despondent for Philly after starting off 2-8 on their voyage through National League East cities before finishing off with consecutive wins. Returning home, the Phillies are -225 moneyline favorites to extend their winning streak to three games.
It’s been over a month since Philadelphia were such strong chalk and at -225, they have an implied win probability of 69.23% to take out the Tigers in their series opener, while Detroit has a 35.09% projected chance at victory according to their +185 moneyline odds.
Odds as of June 4th at DraftKings. Claim a DraftKings promo code or view the best sportsbooks for US players.Â
Detroit vs Philadelphia Probable Pitchers
In his first foray into the big leagues, Detroit’s Joey Wentz acquitted himself quite nicely in in seven starts last year, going 2-2 with a 3.03 ERA. At 25-years old, he landed a full time job with the Tigers out of Spring Training this campaign, but the wheels have fallen off quite dramatically.
Get Joey Wentz off this damn team. It’s just an auto L whenever he starts
— SBR (@SBR_bets) May 26, 2023
Through 11 starts this season, the southpaw has a 1-5 record and an ugly 7.28 ERA as opponents have hit over .300 for the year off of him with an .882 OPS.
With a litany of injuries in their starting rotation, it looks like Detroit has no choice, but to stick with Wentz. They’re hoping he can perform more like he did in his last outing, where he allowed just a single earned run despit not making it through five full innings.
Wentz vs Nola Stats
| 1-5 | Record | 4-4 |
| 7.28 | ERA | 4.70 |
| 1.68 | WHIP | 1.13 |
| .312 | OBA | .237 |
| 2.4 | SO/W Ratio | 3.6 |
In the last year of a five year contract, Aaron Nola has a long way to go in order to command the big pay day he’ll be yearning for as a 30-year old free agent in the off season.
Inconsistency has plagued the right-hander this year after leading the league with a phenomenal 8.1 strikeout to walk ratio last season, although that didn’t translate to a winning record.
Nowhere to be seen in the Cy Young odds at this point, Nola has been impressive at home recently, tossing 20 innings and allowing just seven earned runs in his last three starts at Citizens Bank Park.
Power Outage for Tigers
While Detroit has met or surpassed expectations up to this point, they are the fourth worst road team in the American League in the MLB odds so far, with just 12 victories in 30 games as visitors.
While their starting rotation is decimated, they have no excuse for owning one of the worst MLB lineups, ranking amongst the bottom five teams in runs per nine innings, team batting average and home runs.
Final Score today from Chicago;
Chicago White Sox 6
Detroit Tigers 2
Tigers lose their 3rd game in a row as the Sox sweep the 3 game series.
Tigers remain 3 1/2 games out of 1st place as the Twins also lost today
Sunday, 6/4/23 pic.twitter.com/5t6I3n3xkO— Terry Sports (@TMihulka) June 4, 2023
That power outage has really come to the forefront of late, as Detroit scored just three runs on the South Side of Chicago on the weekend, suffering a three game sweep to the White Sox.
Tigers vs Phillies Prediction
For some, it might feel like ages ago that the Phillies were facing Houston in the Fall Classic, but that was just over seven months ago, and Philly is looking to get that swagger back.
Their World Series odds have faded from +1600 at the start of the season to +3000 currently, and the way to climb back into contention is to begin beating the teams they’re supposed to.
Following two victories over the Nationals on the weekend, our prediction is that Philadelphia does some damage to an impotent Detroit lineup in the series opener, so take the Phillies to win easily on Monday.
Pick: Philadelphia Phillies -1.5 (-115)
Sports Writer
George has had a lifelong love affair with sports and studying sports statistics since he was a kid. He graduated from Ryerson University with a Bachelor's Degree in Journalism and has worked in the sports & media industry ever since in various roles from writer to producer.
