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Zach McKinstry (10 games) will look to add to his hitting streak when the Detroit Tigers (68-68) and Boston Red Sox (70-65) meet Sunday at 1:40 p.m. ET, live on MLB Network from Comerica Park. Zach McKinstry and the Tigers are listed as underdogs on the moneyline by oddsmakers (+100). Boston’s Cooper Criswell gets the start, and he’ll go against Detroit’s Ty Madden.
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Moneyline
Bet $20, Payout $36.81
Red Sox to win vs Tigers -119
Red Sox vs. Tigers Betting Lines
- Favorite: Red Sox (-119)
- Underdog: Tigers (+100)
- Over/under: 9
Red Sox vs. Tigers Betting Insights
- The Red Sox have been victorious in 36, or 53.7%, of the 67 contests they have been chosen as favorites in this season.
- This season Boston has been victorious 31 times in 56 chances when named as a favorite of at least -119 on the moneyline.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Red Sox have a 54.3% chance of walking away with the win.
- The Tigers have been the moneyline underdog 81 total times this season. They’ve finished 37-44 in those games.
- In games it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +100 or longer, Detroit has a 30-39 record (winning 43.5% of its games).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Tigers have an implied win probability of 50%.
Red Sox vs. Tigers Hitting Leaders
- Jarren Duran leads Boston with a batting average of .295. He’s also hit 21 home runs with 69 RBI.
- Among batters in MLB, Duran is 37th in homers and 43rd in RBI.
- Rafael Devers leads Boston in home runs with 28 and runs batted in with 80.
- Riley Greene paces the Tigers with 19 home runs and 56 runs batted in.
- Greene is 59th in home runs and 87th in RBI among all hitters in the majors.
- Matt Vierling is batting .260 to pace his team.
Red Sox vs. Tigers Pitching Rankings
- The Red Sox average the 19th-most strikeouts per nine innings (8.4) in the league this season.
- Red Sox pitchers have a combined ERA of 4.14 this year, which ranks 17th in MLB.
- The Red Sox rank 15th in MLB with a combined 1.259 WHIP this season.
- The 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Tigers pitching staff ranks 14th in the majors.
- Detroit has the eighth-ranked team ERA among all MLB pitching staffs (3.80).
- The Tigers have the third-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.193).