Detroit at Kansas City

Edinson Volquez threw seven shutout innings and gave up only two hits as Kansas City beat Cleveland 2-1 on Monday and Volquez now has a 2.06 ERA at home this season with a .228 opponent batting average. The right-hander already has blanked Detroit in seven innings earlier this season. Detroit has continued a pattern of scoring runs in bunches one game and then struggling the next. The Tigers belted six home runs on Thursday and then were shut out until the ninth inning in Friday's loss. Matt Boyd takes the mound for Detroit after pitching 4 1/3 ineffective innings at the Chicago White Sox following a good performance against Toronto when he allowed just one run and three hits in 5 1/3 innings. The Royals have are 6-1-1 UNDER in Volquez' last eight home starts and 9-4-1 UNDER in his last 14 outings overall. Take this one to finish UNDER.