Series Preview: Red Sox at Tigers

Q: What are the pitching matchups for the Red Sox vs. Tigers series?

The probable pitching matchups are Payton Tolle vs. Tarik Skubal on May 4, Brayan Bello vs. Framber Valdez on May 5, and TBD vs. Jack Flaherty on May 6.

Q: What is the current record of the Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers?

The Boston Red Sox have a record of 13-21, while the Detroit Tigers are 18-17.

Q: When and where can I watch the Red Sox vs. Tigers games?

The games will be broadcast on NESN at 6:40 PM ET on May 4, May 5, and May 6.

Q: How are the Red Sox performing in the AL East standings?

The Red Sox are currently 10 games back in the AL East and struggling to keep pace with the competition.

The big tiger sculpture outside Comerica Park on March 30, 2020 in Detroit. MLB postponed the start of the season during a worldwide pandemic due to the spread of the new coronavirus. The Tigers were scheduled to take on the Kansas City Royals for their home opener. Tiger statue BEST PIX | Mandi Wright via Imagn Content Services, LLC View Link If you were plotting out the season before this weekend, taking two of three games against the Astros might have been a nice consolation prize. Losing two instead, when the Astros are a bad team – great offense, poor pitching – is of no consolation. The Red Sox sit 10 games back in the AL East. The Orioles are losers of four straight and at 15-19. But the Sox have lost two in a row, falling to 13-21. Even keeping up with fourth place is seemingly too much right now. They are *still* just 3.5 games out of a wild card. The season is not over. But it *is* infuriating to watch. And if they keep playing like this, the math is going to turn on them. Next up on the gauntlet of pain is the Detroit Tigers. The Sox will fly to Michigan for three days and then come back to for a four-game set with the before (thank god) the come to town. One of the only teams seemingly more cursed the Boston this year. The Tigers are in second place in the AL Central. They have an 18-17 record. Detroit is 5-5 over their last 10 games. Boston is 4-6. There’s no sugarcoating the pitching matchups. Boston wouldn’t be favored in any of these, depending on TBD. You’d almost want to move Tolle to Wednesday to try and salvage one game against . However, Mass Pike has it in him to go toe-to-toe with . Detroit’s ace striking out 10 over 6.0 innings though needs to be countered for that to happen. He’s topped out at 7 Ks in all his other starts. is a disaster. There is no forecasting winning a game he appears in at the moment. He’s worth -1.2 bWAR. , for all his troubles, is worth positive WAR. There are three pitchers who can be called up for Wednesday, in what would have been ’s turn in the rotation: Jack Anderson, Eduardo Rivera, and Tyler Uberstine. could also conceivably come back Wednesday. Bullpen game? Hard to do when the ‘pen is needed so much. Kevin McGonigle is their star and best hitter. , , and follow. But this is still a team around .500 for a reason. Unfortunately that reason is good pitching and the Red Sox are an exploitable offense. On August 8th, 2004 Tim Wakefield gave up 6 home runs to the Tigers but Boston won the game 11-9. Wakefield “I’m glad we won, but that’s just because the offense scored more runs than I gave up.” The 2026 Sox need more of this. More runs, mainly. The offense had 9 hits on Sunday, 8 on Saturday, and 10 on Friday. It’s improving slowly but surely. They need more to bail out the pitchers who have to walk a tightrope every night.

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