Baltimore Orioles (51-55, fourth in the AL East) vs. Detroit Tigers (50-56, fourth in the AL Central)
Detroit; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT
PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Kyle Bradish (7-9, 3.49 ERA, 1.32 WHIP, 110 strikeouts); Tigers: Keider Montero (7-5, 3.14 ERA, 0.96 WHIP, 78 strikeouts)
LINE: Tigers -118, Orioles -104; over/under is 8 1/2 runs
BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers host the Baltimore Orioles on Monday to open a three-game series.
Detroit is 29-25 at home and 50-56 overall. The Tigers have a 21-9 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.
Baltimore is 51-55 overall and 22-28 in road games. The Orioles have a 26-46 record in games when they have given up at least one home run.
The teams play Monday for the fourth time this season.
TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Greene has 22 doubles, a triple, 15 home runs and 52 RBIs for the Tigers. Dillon Dingler is 13 for 32 with three doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.
Pete Alonso has 20 doubles and 22 home runs while hitting .249 for the Orioles. Christian Encarnacion-Strand is 10 for 27 with a double and three home runs over the last 10 games.
LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 6-4, .238 batting average, 3.24 ERA, outscored opponents by four runs
Orioles: 6-4, .233 batting average, 2.23 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs
INJURIES: Tigers: Kerry Carpenter: day-to-day (heel), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (head/arm), Javier Baez: 60-Day IL (ankle), Brant Hurter: 60-Day IL (back), Jack Flaherty: 15-Day IL (flexor), Burch Smith: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Will Vest: 60-Day IL (elbow), Bailey Horn: 60-Day IL (elbow), Justin Verlander: 60-Day IL (hip), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (face), Trey Sweeney: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jackson Jobe: 60-Day IL (elbow)
Orioles: Samuel Basallo: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Eflin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Keegan Akin: 60-Day IL (elbow), Chris Bassitt: 60-Day IL (back), Blaze Alexander: 10-Day IL (hand), Adley Rutschman: 10-Day IL (wrist), Colin Selby: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Ryan Helsley: 60-Day IL (elbow), Ryan Mountcastle: 60-Day IL (foot), Felix Bautista: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jordan Westburg: 60-Day IL (ucl)
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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.
