Tigers and Rangers play, winner secures 3-game series

By  THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
 
Share

Texas Rangers (19-21, fourth in the AL West) vs. Detroit Tigers (26-14, first in the AL Central)

Detroit; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rangers: Nathan Eovaldi (3-2, 2.03 ERA, 0.80 WHIP, 53 strikeouts); Tigers: Reese Olson (4-2, 3.03 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, 40 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -116, Rangers -103; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers and Texas Rangers meet on Sunday with the winner claiming the three-game series.

Detroit has a 26-14 record overall and a 14-4 record in home games. The Tigers have the third-best team ERA in MLB play at 3.08.

Texas is 19-21 overall and 7-13 in road games. The Rangers have the seventh-best team ERA in the majors at 3.47.

Sunday’s game is the third time these teams meet this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Spencer Torkelson leads the Tigers with 21 extra base hits (11 doubles and 10 home runs). Colt Keith is 10 for 30 with four home runs and nine RBIs over the last 10 games.

Josh Smith has four doubles, a triple and four home runs for the Rangers. Jonah Heim is 10 for 36 with two RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 8-2, .298 batting average, 3.40 ERA, outscored opponents by 40 runs

Rangers: 3-7, .222 batting average, 4.45 ERA, outscored by 11 runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Casey Mize: 15-Day IL (hamstring), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (arm), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (spine), Jacob Rogers: 10-Day IL (oblique), Ty Madden: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Cobb: 15-Day IL (hip), Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-Day IL (hip), Alex Lange: 60-Day IL (lat)

Rangers: Kevin Pillar: 10-Day IL (back), Kyle Higashioka: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Kumar Rocker: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Cody Bradford: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jonathan Gray: 60-Day IL (wrist), Josh Sborz: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

___

The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.