Boston Red Sox (70-66, third in the AL East) vs. Detroit Tigers (69-68, fourth in the AL Central)
Detroit; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Cooper Criswell (5-4, 4.34 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 61 strikeouts); Tigers: Ty Madden (0-0, 1.80 ERA, 1.40 WHIP, two strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Red Sox -120, Tigers +100; over/under is 9 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Both the Detroit Tigers and the Boston Red Sox are looking for a series win with a victory on Sunday.
Detroit has a 69-68 record overall and a 34-34 record in home games. The Tigers have a 51-13 record in games when they record at least eight hits.
Boston has a 39-28 record on the road and a 70-66 record overall. Red Sox hitters have a collective .322 on-base percentage, the seventh-best percentage in MLB play.
Sunday's game is the seventh time these teams match up this season. The season series is tied 3-3.
TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Greene leads the Tigers with 47 extra base hits (23 doubles, five triples and 19 home runs). Kerry Carpenter is 11-for-34 with a double, three home runs and 11 RBI over the last 10 games.
Jarren Duran leads the Red Sox with a .295 batting average, and has 44 doubles, 13 triples, 21 home runs, 49 walks and 69 RBI. Masataka Yoshida is 10-for-35 with three RBI over the past 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 7-3, .264 batting average, 3.40 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 runs
Red Sox: 3-7, .199 batting average, 4.00 ERA, outscored by 17 runs
INJURIES: Tigers: Alex Faedo: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Javier Baez: 60-Day IL (hip), Wenceel Perez: 10-Day IL (abdominal), Brendan White: 60-Day IL (elbow), Reese Olson: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-Day IL (groin)
Red Sox: David Hamilton: 10-Day IL (finger), Luis Garcia: 15-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Sims: 15-Day IL (lat), James Paxton: 60-Day IL (leg), Cam Booser: 15-Day IL (elbow), Bryan Mata: 60-Day IL (hamstring), Garrett Whitlock: 60-Day IL (oblique), Trevor Story: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Liam Hendriks: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Lucas Giolito: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
