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When: 2:10 p.m. Sunday, series ending.
Where: Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago.
TELEVISION: Bally Sports Detroit.
Radio: WXYT-FM (97.1 in Detroit; Tigers radio affiliates).
Starting pitchers: Tigers LHP Matthew Boyd (3-4, 5.96 PERIOD) vs. White Sox RHP Michael Kopech (3-5, 4.52).
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Tigers lineup: TBA.
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Game notes: Will the Tigers ever get a struck with a runner in scoring position once again? Of course, we understand they will, however it has actually been a grim number of days on the South Side of Chicago, with Tigers players going 0-for-9 in RISP circumstances in Friday night’s nothing and 0-for-6 in Saturday’s loss — their one run scored on a wild pitch.
They might get some aid from Chicago’s starter today; Michael Kopech has actually been victimized this season by a lot of juicy pitches around the strike zone. The 27-year-old has actually permitted 25 “barrels” — specified by MLB as “a batted ball with the perfect combination of exit velocity and launch angle” for players — in 155 batted balls; that 16.1% percent rate is fourth-worse in MLB. Add in his always-stellar speed — he’s balancing 95.8 miles per hour on his heating unit this season — and it’s a dish for the long ball; Kopech has actually permitted 14 homers (fourth-most in the AL) in simply 61⅔ innings.
Matthew Boyd, on the other hand, will be making his 12th profession start versus the White Sox at Guaranteed Rate Field; blame Chicago’s normally power-packed lineups, or the basic ambiance on the South Side, however it hasn’t precisely been a go to keep in mind for the lefty. Boyd sports a profession 6.43 age over 49 innings, with 62 strikeouts, 15 strolls and, ahem, 11 crowning achievement. That homer overall is connected for the many of any visitor to Guaranteed Rate Field with less than 50 innings pitched (in addition to Rick Helling’s 11 in simply 32 innings — oops).
After the Tigers leave Guaranteed Rate, U.S. Cellular or, shoot, Comiskey Park II — whatever you wish to call it — they’ll head to Philadelphia for a three-game set versus the Phillies start Monday: Hello once again, Gregory Soto! The White Sox, nevertheless, have Monday off to take a trip to New York for a three-game set versus the Yankees start Tuesday.
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