The Tampa Bay Rays will play the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of their series at Comerica Park on Saturday night.
The Tampa Bay Rays are 57-49 this season and have won three games in a row. Tampa Bay has won the first two games of this series by scores of 6-2 and 5-3. 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 435 runs with a .239 batting average and a .309 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 Shane McClanahan, who is 10-4 with a 2.07 ERA and a 0.83 WHIP over 122 innings pitched this season.
The Detroit Tigers are 42-66 this season and have lost six of their last seven games. Prior to losing the first two games of this series, Detroit lost two out of the three games played in their series against Minnesota. The Detroit pitching staff has a 4.05 ERA, a 1.28 WHIP, and a .245 opponent batting average. The Tigers offense has scored 345 runs with a .226 batting average and a .284 on base percentage this year. Javier Baez is batting .225 with 10 home runs and 41 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit is Garrett Hill, who is 1-3 with a 5.88 ERA and a 1.35 WHIP over 26 innings pitched this season.
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