Zach McKinstry (10 games) will look to add to his hitting streak when the Detroit Tigers (68-68) and Boston Red Sox (70-65) meet Saturday at 6:10 p.m. ET, live on BSDET from Comerica Park. McKinstry and the Tigers are favored by sportsbooks with -140 odds on the moneyline.
Detroit’s Tarik Skubal gets the start, and he’ll go against Boston’s Nick Pivetta.
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The Tigers have a 28-22 record in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 56% of those games).
Detroit has a 16-9 record (winning 64% of its games) when it has played as moneyline favorites of -140 or shorter.
The Red Sox have been underdogs in 66 games this season and won 32 (48.5%) of those contests.
Boston has entered 24 games this season as the underdog by +120 or more and is 10-14 in those contests.
The Tigers have had an over/under set by bookmakers 135 times, and have combined with opponents to go over the total in 69 of those games (69-62-4).
The Red Sox and their opponents have hit the over in 70 of their 133 games with a total this season.
Tigers Stats & Insights
The Tigers are the 19th-highest scoring team in MLB play averaging 4.2 runs per game (576 total).
Detroit ranks 21st in baseball with 141 home runs. They average one per game.
The Tigers’ .234 batting average ranks 24th in MLB.
Detroit strikes out 8.8 times per game to rank 22nd in the majors.
The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Tigers pitching staff ranks 14th in MLB.
Detroit has a 3.80 team ERA that ranks eighth across all MLB pitching staffs.
Red Sox Stats & Insights
The Red Sox have scored the seventh-most runs in the league this season with 656.
Boston ranks seventh in Major League Baseball with 171 home runs.
The Red Sox have a team batting average of .258 this season, which ranks fourth among MLB teams.
Boston ranks 28th in strikeouts per game (9.7) among MLB offenses.
The Red Sox strike out 8.4 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, 19th in MLB.
Boston has pitched to a 4.14 ERA this season, which ranks 17th in baseball.
Tigers Key Players to Watch
Skubal gets the start for the Tigers, his 27th of the season. He is 15-4 with a 2.58 ERA and 193 strikeouts through 160 1/3 innings pitched.
Riley Greene leads Detroit in home runs with 19 and runs batted in with 56.
Matt Vierling’s batting average of .260 leads all Detroit hitters this season.
Colt Keith has 113 hits this season and a slash line of .259/.311/.388.
Kerry Carpenter has collected 57 hits this season and has an OBP of .348. He’s slugging .593 on the year.
Red Sox Key Players to Watch
The Red Sox will hand the ball to Pivetta (5-9) for his 21st start of the season.
Jarren Duran leads the Red Sox with a team-best batting average of .295.
Rafael Devers’ 28 home runs and 80 runs batted in are both team-highs.
Ceddanne Rafaela is hitting .256 with 20 doubles, four triples, 14 home runs and 15 walks.
Wilyer Abreu is batting .270 with 30 doubles, two triples, 14 home runs and 34 walks.
Tigers and Red Sox Injuries
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)
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)
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