The Detroit Tigers will play the Minnesota Twins in Game 1 of their series at Target Field on Monday night.
The Detroit Tigers are 41-62 this season and have lost four of their last six games. Detroit is coming off of a series loss against Toronto, where they lost three out of the four games played in the series. The Detroit pitching staff has a 4.05 ERA, a 1.27 WHIP, and a .244 opponent batting average this season. The Tigers offense has scored 331 runs with a .228 batting average and a .286 on base percentage. Javier Baez is batting .221 with 10 home runs and 39 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit is Tarik Skubal, who is 7-8 with a 3.67 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP over 112.2 innings pitched this season.
The Minnesota Twins are 53-48 this season and have lost four of their last five games. Minnesota is coming off of a series loss against San Diego, where they lost two out of the three games played. The Minnesota pitching staff has a 4.05 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and a .240 opponent batting average. The Twins offense has scored 458 runs with a .251 batting average and a .321 on base percentage this year. Byron Buxton is batting .220 with 26 home runs and 46 RBI’s for the Twins this season. The projected starter for Minnesota is Aaron Sanchez, who will be making his first appearance for the Twins this season.
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