The Detroit Tigers will play the Oakland Athletics in a double header on Thursday at Oakland Coliseum.
The Detroit Tigers are 37-55 this season and have lost eight of their last nine games. Detroit is coming off of a series loss to Cleveland, where they lost all three games played in the series. The Detroit pitching staff has a 4.15 ERA, a 1.27 WHIP, and a .245 opponent batting average this season. The Tigers offense has scored 288 runs with a .229 batting average and a .286 on base percentage. Javier Baez is batting .213 with nine home runs and 35 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit in Game 1 is Tarik Skubal, who is 608 with 4.11 ERA and a 1.20 WHIP over 100.2 innings pitched this season. The projected starter for Detroit in Game 2 is Garrett Hill, who is 1-1 with a 5.73 ERA and a 1.00 WHIP over 11 innings pitched this season.
The Oakland Athletics are 32-61 this season and have won three of their last five games. Oakland is coming off of a series win against Houston, where they won two out of the three games played. The Oakland pitching staff has a 4.34 ERA, a 1.32 WHIP, and a .247 opponent batting average. The Athletics offense has scored 306 runs with a .211 batting average and a .272 on base percentage this year. Seth Brown is batting .216 with 10 home runs and 38 RBI’s for the Athletics this season. The projected starter for Oakland in Game 1 is Zach Logue, who is 3-4 with a 5.16 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP over 29.2 innings pitched this season. The projected starter for Game 2 for Oakland is Frankie Montas, who is 3-9 with a 3.26 ERA and a 1.09 WHIP over 96.2 innings pitched this season.