The San Diego Padres and Detroit Tigers will take the field on Friday night at Comerica Park. First pitch is at 6:40 p.m. ET.
San Diego (46-51 SU and 48-49 RL) is starting righty Seth Lugo. The 33-year-old is 3-4 with a 3.78 ERA and a 1.25 WHIP in 13 outings this year.
Detroit (44-52 SU and 50-46 RL) is countering with right-hander Reese Olson. The 23-year-old is 1-3 with a 3.96 ERA and a 1.01 WHIP in his nine appearances (six starts).
The Padres are -140 moneyline favorites and the game total is nine runs scored.
San Diego wrapped up its series in Toronto with the Blue Jays on Thursday. It won the first two games of the three-game set, climbing five games under the .500 mark.
The Padres score 4.52 runs per game (15th) and hit .234 (24th) with a .730 OPS (15th). They've launched 121 long balls (9th) and stolen 77 bases (9th) this year. The SD pitching staff boasts a 3.77 ERA (4th) and a 1.25 WHIP (10th) with 45 quality starts (4th).
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Lugo will take the hill for the visitors in game one. The veteran righty didn't have his best stuff in his last start, surrendering five runs and seven hits, including two homers. He was in control for most of the outing but unraveled in the sixth inning, giving away the lead in a game San Diego eventually lost in extra innings. He was much better in his previous four starts, holding his opponents to five total runs in 24 combined frames.