Rays face the Tigers with 1-0 series lead

Updated Apr. 1, 2023 3:00 a.m. ET

Detroit Tigers (0-1) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (1-0)

St. Petersburg, Florida; Saturday, 4:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Spencer Turnbull (0-0); Rays: Zach Eflin (0-0)

FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK MLB LINE: Rays -181, Tigers +154; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

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BOTTOM LINE: The Tampa Bay Rays play the Detroit Tigers, leading the series 1-0.

Tampa Bay went 86-76 overall and 51-30 in home games last season. The Rays scored 4.1 runs per game while allowing 3.8 last season.

Detroit went 65-96 overall and 31-50 in road games last season. The Tigers slugged .346 with a .287 on-base percentage as a team in the 2022 season.

INJURIES: Rays: Tyler Glasnow: 15-Day IL (oblique), Shane Baz: 15-Day IL (elbow), Shawn Armstrong: 15-Day IL (neck), Andrew Kittredge: 60-Day IL (elbow)

Tigers: Tyler Nevin: 10-Day IL (oblique), Beau Brieske: 15-Day IL (arm), Michael Lorenzen: 15-Day IL (groin), Freddy Pacheco: 60-Day IL (elbow), Tarik Skubal: 60-Day IL (elbow), Casey Mize: 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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