Zach Thompson runs through his three best bets, picks and predictions for Sunday night’s Tigers at Phillies matchup.

After a beautiful Sunday slate of baseball, the Sunday Night Baseball spotlight shines on the City of Brotherly Love, where the Phillies host the Tigers for the rubber game of their three-game series. Let’s dive into the matchup and pick out some Tigers Phillies best bets from the many markets available on DraftKings Sportsbook.

The Phillies won Game 1 of this series, 5-4, but the Tigers bounced back to win on Saturday, 7-5. In the standings, the Phillies start the day 0.5 games back of the Mets in the NL East, while the Tigers have a comfortable eight-game lead in the AL Central. Both teams have over 60 wins and look to be on track to secure spots in the postseason.

On Sunday, the Phillies are -186 favorites as they give the ball to lefty Cristopher Sanchez, who will start against new-Tiger Charlie Morton in his debut for Detroit. The run line is 8.5 runs for Sunday night’s matchup.

Check out all the options available on the MLB page of DK Sportsbook, and here is a look at my best bets for Tigers vs. Phillies on Sunday night.

Best Bets for Tigers at Phillies on 8/3/25 on DraftKings Sportsbook

Cristopher Sanchez over 6.5 strikeouts thrown (+105)

I highlighted Sanchez’s outs recorded line in my starting pitcher prop bets. However, in this post, I’m focusing on his strikeouts prop. Sanchez has been excellent over his last few outings and typically works deep into games, while being very efficient and effective.

He has averaged 6.6 strikeouts per game this season and has gone over this strikeout line in three of his last six contests. In his last home start, he had 12 strikeouts against the Red Sox. At home, he has gone over this strikeout line five times in nine starts.

Sanchez is in a favorable strikeout spot against the Tigers, who have the fifth-highest K% in the majors this season, and the second-highest over the last 14 days. In their last 13 games, the Tigers have averaged 9.5 strikeouts per game, and since I think Sanchez will work into the seventh inning, I think he’ll be able to get at least seven strikeouts.

Bryce Harper 3+ Hits + Runs + RBI (+135)

I highlighted Harper in my top home run prop bets of the day, and if he does go yard, he’ll hit this HRR (hits + runs + RBI) over in one big swing. There are plenty of other paths to him hitting for at least three HRR, though, as long as he can avoide another early exit due to a clash with the umpires.

Harper has been mashing since the break, and he had three hits on Saturday with a total of seven HRR. Over his 14 games since the All-Star break, Harper has 41 HRR in 14 games for an average of 2.9 HRR per contest.

He has gone over this HRR line in seven of those 14 contests, and his odds are still at plus-money for this contest to get over it again. In addition to his recent production, Harper also makes sense as one of the Tigers Phillies best bets since he has a good history against opposing starter Charlie Morton.

In their overlapping careers, Harper is 12-for-29 (.414) against Morton with a home run, seven RBI and 11 walks. He should be able to get on base and fuel the Phillies to plenty of runs while pushing past this HRR line on Sunday.

Gleyber Torres 2+ Total Bases (+120)

Torres has settled into the second spot in the Tigers’ lineup and will bat between Matt Vierling and Jahmai Jones in Sunday night’s matchup against Sanchez. Riley Greene is the Tigers’ only lefty in the lineup, as they try to avoid giving Sanchez too many lefty-lefty matchups to attack.

Torres has hit .278 against lefties on the season with a .394 wOBA and 156 wRC+. Of his 25 hits in 90 at-bats against southpaws, 13 have gone for extra bases, giving him an average of 0.53 total bases per at-bat against lefties. If he can get an extra-base hit of any kind, he’ll deliver the win in this prop bet on Sunday Night.

In his last six games, Torres has four home runs, which gives him an impressive total of 20 total bases (3.3 per game). He also has an average exit velocity of 93.3 miles per hour since the All-Star break with a 51.1% hard-hit rate. He’s hitting the ball well enough to be a great play to pick up multiple total bases as my favorite bet from the Tigers side of this matchup on Sunday night.