Detroit Tigers at Boston Red Sox Betting Pick

The Detroit Tigers are at the Boston Red Sox for the second of four games. Detroit won the first game of the series by a score of 5-0. The Tigers with the win moved to 28-28 on the season. The Tigers are fourth in the American League Central. Detroit has split their last 10 games.

For the Boston Red Sox, with the loss, they are 28-29 on the season. Boston has dropped back to back games. Their loss on Wednesday was 6-1 on the road at Baltimore. Then this loss at home to the Tigers.

The Boston Red Sox are -150 in this game over Detroit. The total is 8.5 runs.

Detroit Tigers

Kenta Maeda will throw for the Detroit Tigers in this game. Maeda is making his ninth start of the season. The 36 year old is 2-1 on the season, with a 5.80 earned run average. He has thrown 35.2 innings this season, and struck out 24 batters, while walking 10. Maeda has also allowed 9 homeruns.

In the 5-0 win for the Tigers, Colt Keith had two hits in the game. The Tigers had 8 on the night. Detroit got two RBI’s from Riley Greene in the game as well. The Tigers are scoring 4.3 runs per game, which is 14th in the league. Detroit is averaging just under 8 hits per game, and hitting .235 as a team.

The top offensive threat for Detroit has been Matt Vierling, with his .289 batting average. The top power threat for the Tigers has been Riley Greene, with 9 homeruns, while Vierling has 7 on the season.

Boston Red Sox

For the Boston Red Sox, they are going to pitch Tanner Houck. Houck is making his 12th start of the season. He is 4-5 on the season, with a 1.90 earned run average. The 27 year old has thrown 71 innings, and struck out 69 batters. His last start was May 26th against the Brewers, where he allowed just a single run over six innings.

Boston had just two hits in the loss on Thursday. The Red Sox struck out 12 times in the game. Boston is hitting .243 as a team, and have cracked 58 homeruns on the season. The top offensive threats for Boston this season have been Tyler O’Neill, with 11 homeruns, and Connor Wong, with a .329 average.

Boston has lost three out of their last four games. During those four games, the Red Sox have allowed 25 total runs. The pitching for Boston is allowing 3.27 runs per game, which is third in all of baseball.

Red Sox Top Tigers

We like the Boston Red Sox to bounce back and win this game. Despite a record that has struggled a bit, Houck has been good. The Red Sox are going to win this game with good starting pitching and several big hits in the game.

The final betting pick for this game is the Boston Red Sox -150 over the Detroit Tigers. Enjoy the game and best of luck with your MLB betting!

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