Tigers face the Red Sox with 1-0 series lead
Boston Red Sox (22-21, second in the AL East) vs. Detroit Tigers (27-15, first in the AL Central)
Detroit; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Brayan Bello (2-0, 2.01 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 13 strikeouts); Tigers: Tyler Holton (2-2, 3.12 ERA, 1.21 WHIP, 17 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Red Sox -115, Tigers -104; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers take a 1-0 lead into the next game of the series against the Boston Red Sox.
Detroit is 27-15 overall and 15-5 in home games. The Tigers have the third-best team ERA in the majors at 3.13.
Boston has a 22-21 record overall and an 11-12 record on the road. Red Sox hitters are batting a collective .252, which ranks fourth in the AL.
The matchup Tuesday is the second time these teams meet this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Spencer Torkelson has 11 doubles and 10 home runs while hitting .238 for the Tigers. Trey Sweeney is 17 for 40 with a double and three home runs over the last 10 games.
Alexander Bregman has 15 doubles and nine home runs while hitting .309 for the Red Sox. Wilyer Abreu is 11 for 41 with a double and five home runs over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 7-3, .295 batting average, 3.40 ERA, outscored opponents by 38 runs
Red Sox: 5-5, .259 batting average, 3.26 ERA, outscored opponents by three runs
INJURIES: Tigers: Casey Mize: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (arm), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (spine), Jacob Rogers: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ty Madden: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Cobb: 15-Day IL (hip), Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-Day IL (hip), Alex Lange: 60-Day IL (lat)
Red Sox: Robert Refsnyder: day-to-day (back), Romy Gonzalez: 10-Day IL (back), Triston Casas: 10-Day IL (knee), Walker Buehler: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
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