The Boston Red Sox (69-65) visit the Detroit Tigers (68-67) on Friday to start a three-game series, with the first pitch at 6:40 p.m. ET from Comerica Park. The Red Sox are listed as -120 favorites, while the underdog Tigers have +102 odds on the moneyline.
Boston’s Tanner Houck gets the start, and he’ll go against Detroit’s Casey Mize.
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The Red Sox have compiled a 36-30 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 54.5% of those games).
In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -120 or shorter, Boston has a 31-23 record (winning 57.4% of its games).
This season, the Tigers have won 38 out of the 83 games, or 45.8%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Detroit has entered 65 games this season as the underdog by +102 or more and is 28-37 in those contests.
The Red Sox have played in 132 games with over/under set, and have combined with opponents to go over the total 69 times (69-56-7).
The Tigers and their opponents have hit the over in 68 of their 134 games with a total this season.
Red Sox Stats & Insights
The Red Sox are the seventh-highest scoring team in baseball, averaging 4.8 runs per game (649 total).
Boston ranks seventh-best in MLB action with 168 total home runs.
The Red Sox have the fourth-best batting average in the league (.258).
Boston strikes out 9.7 times per game, the third-worst mark in the majors.
The Red Sox pitching staff ranks 19th in MLB with a collective 8.4 strikeouts per nine innings.
Boston has the 18th-ranked team ERA across all MLB pitching staffs (4.14).
Tigers Stats & Insights
The Tigers have scored the 19th-most runs in the league this season with 571 (4.2 per game).
Detroit has hit 140 homers this season, which ranks 22nd in the majors.
The Tigers’ .234 batting average ranks 24th in the league this season.
Detroit ranks 22nd in strikeouts per game (8.8) among MLB offenses.
The Tigers strike out 8.6 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 13th in MLB.
Detroit pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.79 ERA this year, eighth-best in baseball.
Red Sox Key Players to Watch
The Red Sox will send Houck (8-9) out to make his 27th start of the season. He is 8-9 with a 3.23 ERA and 137 strikeouts through 158 2/3 innings pitched.
Jarren Duran leads Boston in batting average (.292) this season while adding 20 home runs and 68 RBI.
Rafael Devers is batting .290 this season with a team-high 28 home runs and 80 RBI.
Ceddanne Rafaela has collected 120 base hits, an OBP of .286 and a slugging percentage of .399 this season.
Wilyer Abreu has collected 87 hits this season and has an OBP of .335. He’s slugging .494 on the year.
Tigers Key Players to Watch
The Tigers will hand the ball to Mize (2-6) for his 17th start of the season.
Riley Greene leads the Tigers with 19 home runs and 56 runs batted in, while accumulating a team-high batting average of .260.
Matt Vierling has 24 doubles, five triples, 15 home runs and 28 walks while batting .259.
Colt Keith has a team-high batting average of .260.
Kerry Carpenter is batting .287 with 11 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 16 walks.
Red Sox and Tigers Injuries
Red Sox: David Hamilton: 10 Day IL (Finger), Lucas Sims: 15 Day IL (Lat), Cam Booser: 15 Day IL (Elbow), LuÃs Garcia: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Chris Murphy: 60 Day IL (Elbow), James Paxton: 60 Day IL (Leg), Liam Hendriks: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Bryan Mata: 60 Day IL (Hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60 Day IL (Oblique), Trevor Story: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
Tigers: Wenceel Perez: 10 Day IL (Abdominal), Reese Olson: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Javier Báez: 60 Day IL (Hip), Brendan White: 60 Day IL (Elbow), Alex Faedo: 60 Day IL (Shoulder), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60 Day IL (Groin)
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