The Tampa Bay Rays will play the Detroit Tigers in Game 2 of their series at Comerica Park on Friday night.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 56-49 this season and have won two games in a row. Tampa Bay won Game 1 of this series by a score of 6-2 on Thursday night. The Tampa Bay pitching staff has a 3.40 ERA, a 1.15 WHIP, and a .233 opponent batting average this season. The Rays offense has scored 430 runs with a .239 batting average and a .307 on base percentage. Randy Arozarena is batting .258 with 12 home runs and 49 RBI’s for the Rays this season. The projected starter for Tampa Bay is Corey Kluber, who is 7-6 with a 4.03 ERA and a 1.15 WHIP over 105 innings pitched this season.
The Detroit Tigers are 42-65 this season and have lost five of their last six games. Prior to losing Game 1 of this series, Detroit lost two out of the three games played in their series against Minnesota. The Detroit pitching staff has a 4.04 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .245 opponent batting average. The Tigers offense has scored 342 runs with a .226 batting average and a .284 on base percentage this year. Javier Baez is batting .224 with 10 home runs and 41 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit is Bryan Garcia, who is 0-0 with a 4.91 ERA and a 1.36 WHIP over 3.2 innings pitched this season.
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