Detroit Tigers (54-91, fifth in the AL Central) vs. Baltimore Orioles (76-69, fourth in the AL East)
Baltimore; Monday, 7:05 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Tyler Alexander (3-10, 5.35 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 41 strikeouts); Orioles: Tyler Wells (7-6, 3.93 ERA, 1.10 WHIP, 73 strikeouts)
FANDUEL SPORTSBOOK LINE: Orioles -192, Tigers +161; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Baltimore Orioles host the Detroit Tigers to open a three-game series.
Baltimore has gone 41-30 at home and 76-69 overall. The Orioles have the eighth-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .390.
Detroit is 54-91 overall and 25-46 in road games. The Tigers have gone 28-65 in games when they have allowed a home run.
Monday's game is the fourth meeting between these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Anthony Santander leads the Orioles with 27 home runs while slugging .448. Gunnar Henderson is 12-for-34 with four doubles, a triple, a home run and 11 RBI over the past 10 games.
Javier Baez leads Detroit with 14 home runs while slugging .394. Eric Haase is 11-for-32 with three home runs and five RBI over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Orioles: 5-5, .223 batting average, 4.81 ERA, outscored by 13 runs
Tigers: 4-6, .230 batting average, 4.20 ERA, outscored by eight runs
INJURIES: Orioles: Ryan Mountcastle: day-to-day (elbow), Chris Ellis: 60-Day IL (shoulder), John Means: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Tigers: Austin Meadows: 60-Day IL (mental health), Miguel Cabrera: 10-Day IL (biceps), Rony Garcia: 60-Day IL (biceps), Tarik Skubal: 60-Day IL (arm), Beau Brieske: 60-Day IL (forearm), Casey Mize: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Funkhouser: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Spencer Turnbull: 60-Day IL (elbow), Jake Rogers: 60-Day IL (elbow)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
