DraftKings Sportsbook<\/a>. The game total is set at over\/under eight runs.<\/p>\nLet\u2019s get into a pick and prediction for this Tigers vs. Red Sox game.<\/p>\n
Tigers vs. Red Sox prediction, preview<\/p>\n
The Red Sox were expected to compete for the AL East title this season. That hasn\u2019t been the case thus far as the team is 8-13 in mid-April. They get one more game against the Tigers before a home series vs. the Yankees.<\/p>\n
Sonny Gray will start the series finale in an underwhelming season. He has a 4.43 ERA across 20.1 innings, but what\u2019s most concerning is his lack of strikeouts. He has just 11 strikeouts and a 4.9 K\/9 through four starts. This isn\u2019t typical of him, as he\u2019s been around the 8-11 K\/9 range his entire career.<\/p>\n
Gray has elicited at least nine ground balls in each start this season. He\u2019s also allowed at least nine fly balls in three of four games. It\u2019s a dangerous and unsustainable approach for a typical strikeout pitcher. On the bright side, he\u2019s only walked four batters.<\/p>\n
Jack Flaherty is starting for the Tigers, which isn\u2019t much of an advantage for the visiting team. He\u2019s averaging about a strikeout per inning, but he still has a 4.05 ERA across four starts. His walks, however, are up to 14.<\/p>\n
If Boston can remain patient, walks will come. Otherwise, the pathway to victory isn\u2019t super clear. Flaherty only has one poor outing: a five-run, three-hit, four-walk performance in 4.0 innings against the Cardinals. He only allowed one or two earned runs in the other three starts.<\/p>\n
Tigers vs. Red Sox Pick, Best Bet<\/p>\n
Detroit is on the road, and Flaherty\u2019s walks are concerning, but he\u2019s been solid otherwise. Aside from one poor performance, he\u2019s been a quality starter for the team.<\/p>\n
That\u2019s enough of an advantage to take down the struggling Red Sox for the third time this series.<\/p>\n
Best Bet: Detroit Tigers ML (+113)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Brendan O\u2019Sullivan dives into his pick and prediction for the Detroit Tigers vs. Boston Red Sox game on…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":679600,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2386],"tags":[5,147,53,2583,4,3719,594],"class_list":{"0":"post-679599","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-detroit-tigers","8":"tag-baseball","9":"tag-detroit","10":"tag-detroit-tigers","11":"tag-detroittigers","12":"tag-mlb","13":"tag-rail","14":"tag-tigers"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116435313113711974","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679599","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=679599"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/679599\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/679600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=679599"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=679599"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=679599"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}