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Detroit Tigers
@
Boston Red Sox
Date
Sat, Apr 18
Time
8:10 PM
Venue
Fenway Park
Spread
Tigers ML
Odds
-175
Risk
MOD
PICK
Tigers ML
-175 · 1 Unit
72%
✅ Winner
Detroit Tigers 4, Boston Red Sox 1
+57.14u
The Edge
Skubal's elite ERA against Bello's ugly 6.14 is a near-automatic lean on Detroit per methodology, and the team-level pitching and run differential edges reinforce it despite the Tigers' poor road record.
Key Factors
Starter ERA gap: Skubal 2.22 vs Bello 6.14 — a 3.92 differential, well above the 1.5 threshold for a significant edge per methodology
Detroit's team ERA (3.46) is nearly a full run better than Boston's (4.27), and opponent OPS allowed (0.645 vs 0.719) confirms the pitching staff quality gap
Detroit's overall run differential (+0.6) outpaces Boston (-0.4), a +1.0 edge in team quality
Detroit ATS overall 10-10 (.500) vs Boston's 6-13 (.316) — an 18% gap in ATS win rate, and Boston is 0-2 ATS as an underdog this season