Rockies bring road skid into matchup with the Tigers

Colorado Rockies (55-93, fifth in the NL West) vs. Detroit Tigers (69-79, fourth in the AL Central)

Detroit; Sunday, 12:10 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Rockies: Gabriel Hughes (0-7, 5.81 ERA, 1.38 WHIP, 48 strikeouts); Tigers: Jackson Jobe (1-2, 4.45 ERA, 1.41 WHIP, 26 strikeouts)

LINE: Tigers -156, Rockies +126; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Colorado Rockies visit the Detroit Tigers looking to break a nine-game road slide.

Detroit has a 69-79 record overall and a 38-36 record in home games. The Tigers are 29-10 in games when they hit two or more home runs.

Colorado has gone 25-52 in road games and 55-93 overall. Rockies hitters are batting a collective .253, the fourth-best team batting average in MLB play.

Sunday's game is the third meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Greene leads the Tigers with a .281 batting average, and has 30 doubles, two triples, 19 home runs, 64 walks and 68 RBIs. Max Clark is 13 for 34 with a home run and five RBIs over the last 10 games.

Jake McCarthy has 29 doubles, nine triples and 15 home runs for the Rockies. TJ Rumfield is 15 for 37 with three doubles, a triple, two home runs and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 6-4, .261 batting average, 3.22 ERA, outscored opponents by 21 runs

Rockies: 3-7, .263 batting average, 6.72 ERA, outscored by 19 runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Burch Smith: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Kerry Carpenter: 10-Day IL (heel), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (face), Jack Flaherty: 15-Day IL (flexor), Justin Verlander: 60-Day IL (hip), Matt Vierling: 60-Day IL (adductor), Will Vest: 60-Day IL (elbow), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (head/arm), Bailey Horn: 60-Day IL (elbow), Trey Sweeney: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Rockies: Willi Castro: 10-Day IL (foot), Sean Sullivan: 15-Day IL (shoulder), McCade Brown: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Quintana: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kris Bryant: 60-Day IL (back), Kyle Freeland: 15-Day IL (neck), Welinton Herrera: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chase Dollander: 60-Day IL (elbow), Pierson Ohl: 60-Day IL (elbow), RJ Petit: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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