The Minnesota Twins will play the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of their series at Comerica Park on Sunday afternoon.
The Minnesota Twins are 51-44 this season and have won two of their last three games. Minnesota won Game 1 of this series by a score of 8-4 on Saturday night. The Minnesota pitching staff has a 3.92 ERA, a 1.24 WHIP, and a .240 opponent batting average this season. The Twins offense has scored 429 runs with a .253 batting average and a .323 on base percentage. Jorge Polanco is batting .245 with 14 home runs and 48 RBI’s for the Twins this season. The projected starter for Minnesota is Sonny Gray, who is 4-3 with a 3.71 ERA and a 1.16 WHIP over 63 innings pitched this season.
The Detroit Tigers are 38-57 this season and have lost six of their last seven games. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, Detroit lost a double header with Oakland on Thursday. The Detroit pitching staff has a 4.12 ERA, a 1.27 WHIP, and a .246 opponent batting average. The Tigers offense has scored 299 runs with a .228 batting average and a .286 on base percentage this year. Javier Baez is batting .218 with nine home runs and 36 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit is Rony Garcia, who is 3-2 with a 4.28 ERA and a 1.06 WHIP over 48.1 innings pitched this season.