Detroit Tigers (65-73, third in the AL Central) vs. Pittsburgh Pirates (48-89, fifth in the NL Central)
Pittsburgh; Monday, 1:35 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Tarik Skubal (8-12, 4.26 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 150 strikeouts) Pirates: Bryse Wilson (2-6, 4.61 ERA, 1.34 WHIP, 37 strikeouts)
LINE: Pirates +115, Tigers -134; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: Pittsburgh and Detroit will play on Monday.
The Pirates are 28-38 in home games in 2020. Pittsburgh is slugging .361 as a unit. Bryan Reynolds leads the team with a .516 slugging percentage, including 56 extra-base hits and 22 home runs.
The Tigers have gone 30-38 away from home. Detroit is slugging .403 as a unit. Akil Baddoo leads the team with a slugging percentage of .463.
The Pirates won the last meeting 4-2. Sam Howard secured his second victory and Adam Frazier went 3-for-5 with a double for Pittsburgh. Jose Cisnero took his first loss for Detroit.
TOP PERFORMERS: Reynolds leads the Pirates with 81 RBIs and is batting .299.
Jeimer Candelario leads the Tigers with 54 extra base hits and is slugging .448.
LAST 10 GAMES: Pirates: 2-8, .235 batting average, 6.83 ERA, outscored by 20 runs
Tigers: 4-6, .256 batting average, 4.30 ERA, outscored opponents by two runs
INJURIES: Pirates: Duane Underwood Jr.: (shoulder), Jose Soriano: (elbow), Dillon Peters: (back), Chase De Jong: (knee), Blake Cederlind: (elbow), Trevor Cahill: (calf), JT Brubaker: (shoulder), Michael Chavis: (elbow).
Tigers: Spencer Turnbull: (forearm), Julio Teheran: (shoulder), Rony Garcia: (knee), Jake Rogers: (arm).
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
