On Sunday afternoon, the Toronto Blue Jays will play the Detroit Tigers in Game 3 of their series at Comerica Park.
The Toronto Blue Jays have won three of their last five games and are 34-24 on the season. On Friday night, Toronto won Game 1 of this series by a score of 10-1. This season, the Toronto bullpen has a 3.65 ERA, 1.22 WHIP, and a.245 opponent batting average. With a.252 batting average and a.322 on-base percentage, the Blue Jays offence has scored 257 runs. This season, Vladimir Guerrero has a.246 batting average with 13 home runs and 32 RBIs with the Blue Jays. Ross Stripling, the scheduled starter for Toronto, is 2-1 with a 3.65 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP in 37 innings thrown this season.
The Detroit Tigers have won three of their last four games and are 24-34 on the season. On Saturday afternoon, Detroit won Game 2 of this series by a score of 3-1. The pitching staff in Detroit has a 3.67 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, and a.229 opponent batting average. This season, the Tigers offence has a.221 batting average and a.279 on-base percentage, scoring 162 runs. This season, Miguel Cabrera is hitting.291 with three home runs and 20 RBIs with the Tigers. Tarik Skubal, who has tossed 65.2 innings this season and has a 2.33 ERA and a 0.94 WHIP, is Detroit’s anticipated starter.
Toronto has won eight of its previous ten away games and is 12-4 in its last sixteen. In Toronto’s previous 17 games, the over is 13-4. Detroit is 1-6 against the AL East in their last seven games and 10-3 at home in their previous 13 games. In Detroit’s previous 51 Sunday games, the under is 35-15-1. In the last nine head-to-head matches between these two teams, the under is 8-1.
Tarik Skubal has been a standout performer for the Tigers this season, and is one of their top players. Skubal has given up only six runs in his previous five starts (32 innings), and Detroit is 4-1 in those starts. Stripling has mostly pitched out of the bullpen for the Blue Jays recently, although he did pitch five shutout innings against the Royals in his last start.
Free Pick: Detroit Tigers
