The Detroit Tigers will play the Texas Rangers in Game 2 of their series at Globe Life Field on Saturday night.
The Detroit Tigers are 48-78 this season and have won three of their last five games. Detroit lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 7-6 on Friday night. The Detroit pitching staff has a 3.98 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .246 opponent batting average this season. The Tigers offense has scored 405 runs with a .226 batting average and a .283 on base percentage. Javier Baez is batting .222 with 11 home runs and 45 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit is Eduardo Rodriguez, who is 2-3 with a 3.89 ERA and a 1.34 WHIP over 44 innings pitched this season.
The Texas Rangers are 58-67 this season and have won five of their last six games. Prior to winning Game 1 of this series, Texas split a two game series with the Rockies. The Texas pitching staff has a 4.01 ERA, a 1.30 WHIP, and a .239 opponent batting average. The Rangers offense has scored 569 runs with a .244 batting average and a .307 on base percentage this year. Nathaniel Lowe is batting .298 with 21 home run and 63 RBI’s for the Rangers this season. The projected starter for Texas is Dallas Keuchel, who is 2-7 with an 8.53 ERA and a 2.03 WHIP over 50.2 innings pitched this season.
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