Sonny Gray will get the nod for the Sox, while the Tigers will counter with Jack Flaherty.
After today’s game, the Red Sox will host the Yankees for a three-game series beginning Tuesday.
Here is a preview.
TIGERS (12-10): McGonigle SS, Torres 2B, Keith 1B, Greene LF, Dingler DH, Carpenter RF, Vierling CF, Lee 3B, Rogers C.
Pitching: RHP Jack Flaherty (0-1, 4.05 ERA)
RED SOX (8-13): Anthony LF, Contreras 1B, Abreu RF, Yoshida DH, Story SS, Duran CF, Durbin 3B, Mayer 2B, Narváez C.
Pitching: RHP Sonny Gray (2-1, 4.43 ERA)
Time: 11:10 a.m.
TV, radio: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
Tigers vs. Gray: Javier Báez 3-26, Kerry Carpenter 1-8, Dillon Dingler 1-2, Riley Greene 2-8, Colt Keith 0-3, Jake Rogers 0-4, Spencer Torkelson 1-10, Gleyber Torres 1-8, Matt Vierling 1-1
Red Sox vs. Flaherty: Wilyer Abreu 1-5, Willson Contreras 6-25, Jarren Duran 0-3, Isiah Kiner-Falefa 4-8, Ceddanne Rafaela 0-1, Trevor Story 2-8, Connor Wong 2-4, Masataka Yoshida 2-3
Stat of the day: The Red Sox are 0-13 when their starter tosses fewer than than six innings, and 8-0 when they go at least six.
Notes: Gray will be looking to bounce back from last Tuesday’s 6-0 loss at Minnesota in which he allowed five runs on nine hits in four innings. He is 5-2 with a 2.41 ERA in 11 appearances (10 starts) against the Tigers … Sox pitchers have allowed 15 home runs over their last eight games after allowing just two over their previous seven. … Ceddanne Rafaela has a 15-game on-base streak, batting .292 with a .393 OBP and an .810 OPS. Caleb Durbin has reached base safely in each of his last 13 starts. … Flaherty has yet to record a win this season despite allowing only one run in each of his last two starts, striking out 13 in 11⅔ innings. He has faced the Red Sox three times (two starts), going 1-0 with a 4.09 ERA. … The Tigers are 8-2 in day games.
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