The Detroit Tigers will play the Chicago White Sox in Game 2 of their series at Guaranteed Rate Field on Saturday night.
The Detroit Tigers are 43-71 this season and have lost five games in a row. Detroit lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 2-0 on Friday night. The Detroit pitching staff has a 4.00 ERA, a 1.29 WHIP, and a .245 opponent batting average this season. The Tigers offense has scored 361 runs with a .225 batting average and a .282 on base percentage. Javier Baez is batting .224 with 11 home runs and 44 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit is Matt Manning, who is 0-0 with a 2.25 ERA and a 1.10 WHIP over 20 innings pitched this season.
The Chicago White Sox are 57-56 this season and have lost three of their last five games. Prior to winning Game 1 of this series, Chicago lost three out of four games against the Royals. The Chicago pitching staff has a 3.90 ERA, a 1.32 WHIP, and a .244 opponent batting average. The White Sox offense has scored 479 runs with a .257 batting average and a .311 on base percentage this year. Jose Abreu is batting .296 with 14 home runs and 55 RBI’s for the White Sox this season. The projected starter for Chicago is Lucas Giolito, who is 8-6 with a 4.91 ERA and a 1.50 WHIP over 106.1 innings pitched this season.
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