{"id":690426,"date":"2026-05-04T22:03:23","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:03:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/690426\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T22:03:23","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T22:03:23","slug":"detroit-tigers-change-game-time-starter-vs-red-sox-for-rain-injury","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/690426\/","title":{"rendered":"Detroit Tigers change game time, starter vs Red Sox for rain, injury"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a data-ylk=\"elm:icon;slk:USA TODAY;\" href=\"https:\/\/uw-media.usatoday.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\"><img alt=\"USA TODAY\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"174\" height=\"40\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"pr-2.5 max-w-[150px] max-h-[40px] min-[601px]:max-w-[115px]\" style=\"color:transparent;max-width:auto;max-height:100%\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/506fdd20-ee43-11eb-8f33-8a4102cf7edb.png\"\/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press<\/p>\n<p>Updated Mon, May 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM UTC<\/p>\n<p>Weather has changed the time for the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/sports\/tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Tigers;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Detroit Tigers<\/a>&#8216; game against the <a href=\"https:\/\/sportsdata.usatoday.com\/baseball\/mlb\/teams\/boston-red-sox\/226\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Boston Red Sox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Boston Red Sox<\/a> on Monday, May 4, at Comerica Park.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers moved up first pitch by 30 minutes for the opener of their three-game series, beginning at 6:10 p.m. (rather than 6:40 p.m.) due to rain in the forecast in Detroit.<\/p>\n<p>There was another announcement.<\/p>\n<p>Left-hander <a href=\"https:\/\/www.baseball-reference.com\/players\/s\/skubata01.shtml\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tarik Skubal;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Tarik Skubal<\/a> \u2013 the reigning two-time American League Cy Young winner \u2013\u00a0was scratched from Monday&#8217;s start. The 29-year-old <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/sports\/tigers\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:needs surgery to remove loose bodies from his left elbow;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">needs surgery to remove loose bodies from his left elbow<\/a>. There isn&#8217;t a timeline for his return, but he is expected to return at some point in the 2026 season.<\/p>\n<p><img alt=\"Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers, on May 4, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"1242\" height=\"932\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"standard-img w-full w-full h-auto\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/c7e7cc1fff0a4b42166ff7007694d664.jpeg\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Comerica Park, home of the Detroit Tigers, on May 4, 2026, in Detroit, Michigan.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">ACE ON THE SHELF: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/sports\/tarik-skubal-undergo-surgery-loose-182153863.html\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Tarik Skubal to undergo surgery for loose bodies in left elbow;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Tarik Skubal to undergo surgery for loose bodies in left elbow<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Tigers will go with a bullpen-only game for Monday&#8217;s game.<\/p>\n<p>Left-handed reliever Tyler Holton will serve as the opener for the second game in a row. He also started Sunday&#8217;s game against the Texas Rangers, facing three batters \u2013 with a hit allowed and a strikeout \u2013 on 17 pitches.<\/p>\n<p>The rain is supposed to start around 10 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">SUNDAY&#8217;S ACTION: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/tigers\/2026\/05\/03\/detroit-tigers-game-score-texas-rangers-pitching-chaos-spencer-torkelson\/89923890007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Pitching chaos sets tone for Tigers&#039; win, fueled by Spencer Torkelson;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Pitching chaos sets tone for Tigers&#8217; win, fueled by Spencer Torkelson<\/a><\/p>\n<p>The Tigers have an 18-17 record through 35 games.<\/p>\n<p>For Monday&#8217;s game, the entry time for fans remains the same despite the adjusted start time: Gates open at 5 p.m. at Comerica Park, through fans in premium spaces can enter at 4:30 p.m.<\/p>\n<p class=\"\">This story will be updated.<\/p>\n<p>Contact Evan Petzold at\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.aol.com\/articles\/mailto:epetzold@freepress.com\" data-ylk=\"slk:epetzold@freepress.com;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">epetzold@freepress.com<\/a>\u00a0or follow him\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/EvanPetzold\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:@EvanPetzold;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">@EvanPetzold<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>This article originally appeared on Detroit Free Press: <a href=\"https:\/\/www.freep.com\/story\/sports\/mlb\/tigers\/2026\/05\/04\/detroit-tigers-weather-rain-boston-red-sox-comerica-park-tarik-skubal\/89932137007\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:Detroit Tigers weather changes start time for opener vs Red Sox;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link rapid-noclick-resp\">Detroit Tigers weather changes start time for opener vs Red Sox<\/a><\/p>\n<p><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Evan Petzold, Detroit Free Press Updated Mon, May 4, 2026 at 9:12 PM UTC Weather has changed the&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":690427,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2386],"tags":[5,48,7214,147,53,2583,76062,4,314,382,69,1323,594,625],"class_list":["post-690426","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-detroit-tigers","tag-baseball","tag-boston-red-sox","tag-comerica-park","tag-detroit","tag-detroit-tigers","tag-detroittigers","tag-loose-bodies","tag-mlb","tag-spencer-torkelson","tag-tarik-skubal","tag-texas-rangers","tag-the-tigers","tag-tigers","tag-tyler-holton"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/channels.im\/@mlb\/116518571626419147","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690426","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=690426"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/690426\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/690427"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=690426"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=690426"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.rawchili.com\/mlb\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=690426"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}