Tigers face the Rays with 1-0 series lead
Advertisement
Read this article for free:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Digital Subscription
One year of digital access for only $1.44 a week*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Billed as $5.77 plus GST every four weeks. After 52 weeks, price increases to the regular rate of $19.95 plus GST every four weeks. Offer available to new and qualified returning subscribers only. Cancel any time.
To continue reading, please subscribe:
Add Free Press access to your Brandon Sun subscription for only an additional
$1 for the first 4 weeks*
- Enjoy unlimited reading on winnipegfreepress.com
- Read the E-Edition, our digital replica newspaper
- Access News Break, our award-winning app
- Play interactive puzzles
*Your next Brandon Sun subscription payment will increase by $1.00 and you will be charged $17.95 plus GST for four weeks. After four weeks, your payment will increase to $24.95 plus GST every four weeks.
Read unlimited articles for free today:
or
Already have an account? Log in here »
Hey there, time traveller!
This article was published 23/04/2024 (910 days ago), so information in it may no longer be current.
Detroit Tigers (13-10, second in the AL Central) vs. Tampa Bay Rays (12-12, fifth in the AL East)
St. Petersburg, Florida; Tuesday, 6:50 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Kenta Maeda (0-1, 7.64 ERA, 1.58 WHIP, 12 strikeouts); Rays: Ryan Pepiot (2-2, 4.37 ERA, 1.01 WHIP, 27 strikeouts)
BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Rays -161, Tigers +137; over/under is 8 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers take a 1-0 advantage into the next game of the series against the Tampa Bay Rays.
Tampa Bay has a 7-8 record in home games and a 12-12 record overall. The Rays are 6-3 in games when they out-hit their opponents.
Detroit has a 9-3 record in road games and a 13-10 record overall. The Tigers have gone 9-3 in games when they record eight or more hits.
Tuesday’s game is the second meeting between these teams this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Amed Rosario leads the Rays with a .359 batting average, and has five doubles, a triple, two home runs, a walk and 12 RBI. Yandy Diaz is 11-for-43 over the past 10 games.
Kerry Carpenter leads the Tigers with a .310 batting average, and has five doubles, two triples, three home runs, three walks and 13 RBI. Spencer Torkelson is 9-for-36 with five RBI over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Rays: 4-6, .237 batting average, 4.06 ERA, outscored by 14 runs
Tigers: 5-5, .228 batting average, 2.53 ERA, outscored opponents by seven runs
INJURIES: Rays: Peter Anderson Fairbanks: 15-Day IL (nerve), Taylor Walls: 60-Day IL (hip), Brandon Lowe: 10-Day IL (oblique), Josh Lowe: 10-Day IL (hip), Jonny Deluca: 10-Day IL (hand), Jonathan Aranda: 10-Day IL (finger), Taj Bradley: 15-Day IL (pectoral), Shane Baz: 15-Day IL (elbow), Jeffrey Springs: 60-Day IL (elbow), Drew Rasmussen: 60-Day IL (elbow), Shane McClanahan: 60-Day IL (forearm)
Tigers: Gio Urshela: 10-Day IL (hamstring), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-Day IL (groin), Andy Ibanez: 10-Day IL (hamstring)
___
The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.