The Detroit Tigers and Boston Red Sox will play Friday night at Fenway Park. First pitch is scheduled for 7:10 p.m. ET.
Detroit (51-63 SU and 59-55 RL) is starting southpaw Tarik Skubal. The 26-year-old is 2-1 with a 3.67 ERA and a 1.04 WHIP in six outings this season.
Boston (59-55 SU and 58-56 RL) is “most likely” starting fellow left-hander Chris Sale, per manager Alex Cora. The 34-year-old, who has been on the injured list since early June with a shoulder injury, is 5-2 with a 4.58 ERA and a 1.19 WHIP in 11 outings this year.
The Red Sox are -163 moneyline favorites and the game total is 9.5 runs scored.
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Detroit wrapped up its series with Minnesota on Thursday. Even after winning the last two games, it's 12 games under .500 and eight games out of the division lead in the AL Central.
The Tigers score 3.96 runs per game (28th) and hit .235 (27th) with a .673 OPS (29th). They've launched 106 long balls (28th) and stolen 50 bases (28th) in 2023. The Detroit pitching staff has posted a 4.51 ERA (21st) and a 1.27 WHIP (10th) with 25 quality starts (29th).
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Skubal, who sports a 33:4 K:BB ratio in 27 innings pitched, will start for the visitors on Friday night. The young lefty picked up a win vs. Tampa Bay in his last outing, holding the Rays to one run (zero earned) with six strikeouts in 5.1 innings. He's held four of his six opponents scoreless this season.