Tigers begin 3-game series with the Red Sox

Boston Red Sox (22-20, second in the AL East) vs. Detroit Tigers (26-15, first in the AL Central)

Detroit; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Red Sox: Tanner Houck (0-2, 6.10 ERA, 1.50 WHIP, 32 strikeouts); Tigers: Jackson Jobe (2-0, 4.88 ERA, 1.48 WHIP, 20 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -116, Red Sox -104; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers host the Boston Red Sox on Monday to open a three-game series.

Detroit is 14-5 in home games and 26-15 overall. The Tigers have hit 50 total home runs to rank ninth in the majors.

Boston has gone 11-11 on the road and 22-20 overall. The Red Sox have the sixth-ranked team ERA in the AL at 3.64.

The teams meet Monday for the first time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Spencer Torkelson has 11 doubles and 10 home runs while hitting .247 for the Tigers. Javier Baez is 13 for 40 with four doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

Alexander Bregman has a .311 batting average to lead the Red Sox, and has 15 doubles and nine home runs. Rafael Devers is 17 for 37 with two home runs and 12 RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 7-3, .284 batting average, 3.60 ERA, outscored opponents by 32 runs

Red Sox: 5-5, .261 batting average, 2.37 ERA, outscored opponents by 13 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)

Red Sox: Robert Refsnyder: day-to-day (back), Romy Gonzalez: 10-Day IL (back), Triston Casas: 10-Day IL (knee), Walker Buehler: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Richard Fitts: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Zach Penrod: 60-Day IL (elbow), Masataka Yoshida: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Kutter Crawford: 15-Day IL (knee), Chris Murphy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Patrick Sandoval: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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