The Detroit Tigers (82-74) will look to Kerry Carpenter, who is coming off a two-homer game, to lead them in a matchup with the Tampa Bay Rays (78-78) Tuesday at 1:10 p.m. ET on MLB Network. The Tigers are -188 favorites for the contest, according to bookmakers.
Detroit’s Tarik Skubal gets the start, and he’ll go against Tampa Bay’s Ryan Pepiot.
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The Tigers have been the moneyline favorite 58 total times this season. They’ve gone 34-24 in those games.
Detroit has a 5-2 record (winning 71.4% of its games) when playing as moneyline favorites of -188 or shorter.
This season, the Rays have won 40 out of the 85 games, or 47.1%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
Tampa Bay has entered eight games this season as the underdog by +159 or more and is 2-6 in those contests.
The Tigers have played in 155 games with an over/under set, and have combined with their opponents to go over the total 77 times (77-74-4).
The Rays and their opponents have hit the over in 66 of their 156 games with a total this season.
Tigers Stats & Insights
The Tigers are the 18th-highest scoring team in MLB action averaging 4.2 runs per game (660 total).
Detroit averages one home run per game to rank 23rd in MLB action with 159 total home runs.
The Tigers’ .234 batting average ranks 24th in the majors.
Detroit strikes out 9 times per game, the No. 21 average in MLB.
The 8.5 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Tigers pitching staff ranks 17th in MLB.
Detroit has the third-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.64).
Rays Stats & Insights
The Rays are among the lowest scoring teams in the league, ranking 29th with just 589 total runs (3.8 per game) this season.
Tampa Bay ranks 27th in Major League Baseball with just 144 home runs as a team.
The Rays rank 27th in MLB with a team batting average of just .231.
Tampa Bay ranks 25th in strikeouts per game (9.2) among MLB offenses.
The Rays have an 8.7 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in the majors.
Tampa Bay pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.80 ERA this year, ninth-best in baseball.
Tigers Key Players to Watch
Skubal gets the start for the Tigers, his 31st of the season. He is 17-4 with a 2.48 ERA and 221 strikeouts through 185 2/3 innings pitched.
Riley Greene leads Detroit in home runs with 24, runs batted in with 72 and his batting average of .262 is also best on his team.
Matt Vierling has 130 hits and an OBP of .310 to go with a slugging percentage of .426 this season.
Colt Keith has 131 hits this season and a slash line of .261/.311/.381.
Carpenter has collected 72 hits this season and has an OBP of .351. He’s slugging .601 on the year.
Rays Key Players to Watch
The Rays will hand the ball to Pepiot (8-6) for his 25th start of the season.
Yandy Diaz has put up a team-best batting average of .284 while leading the Rays in runs batted in (65).
Brandon Lowe is batting .242 with 19 doubles, three triples, 20 home runs and 33 walks.
Christopher Morel paces the Rays with 21 home runs.
Jose Caballero is batting .229 with 24 doubles, a triple, nine home runs and 27 walks.
Tigers and Rays Injuries
Tigers: 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)
Rays: Peter Anderson Fairbanks: 15 Day IL (Shoulder), Jeffrey Springs: 15 Day IL (Elbow), Shane McClanahan: 60 Day IL (Forearm), Jacob Waguespack: 60 Day IL (Shoulder)
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