Tigers try to keep home win streak going, host the Orioles

Baltimore Orioles (10-16, fifth in the AL East) vs. Detroit Tigers (17-10, first in the AL Central)

Detroit; Sunday, 1:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Orioles: Dean Kremer (2-3, 6.84 ERA, 1.60 WHIP, 17 strikeouts); Tigers: Tarik Skubal (2-2, 2.83 ERA, 1.12 WHIP, 29 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Tigers -202, Orioles +167; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers will try to keep a three-game home win streak going when they take on the Baltimore Orioles.

Detroit is 17-10 overall and 12-3 at home. The Tigers have the seventh-ranked team slugging percentage in the AL at .388.

Baltimore is 5-10 on the road and 10-16 overall. The Orioles have the 10th-ranked team batting average in the AL at .226.

Sunday’s game is the third time these teams match up this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Kerry Carpenter has three doubles, five home runs and 11 RBI for the Tigers. Spencer Torkelson is 9-for-36 with three doubles and three home runs over the past 10 games.

Cedric Mullins has five doubles and six home runs for the Orioles. Ryan O’Hearn is 11-for-32 with three home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 7-3, .257 batting average, 2.10 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs

Orioles: 4-6, .214 batting average, 6.28 ERA, outscored by 23 runs

INJURIES: Tigers: John Fulboam Brebbia: 15-Day IL (tricep), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (arm), Beau Brieske: 15-Day IL (ankle), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (spine), Jake Rogers: 10-Day IL (oblique), Manuel Margot: 10-Day IL (knee), Ty Madden: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alexander Miller Cobb: 15-Day IL (hip), Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (shoulder), Jose Urquidy: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-Day IL (hip), Alex Lange: 60-Day IL (lat)

Orioles: Tyler O’Neill: 10-Day IL (neck), Cody Poteet: 15-Day IL (shoulder), Zach Eflin: 15-Day IL (lat), Albert Suarez: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Colton Cowser: 10-Day IL (thumb), Grayson Rodriguez: 15-Day IL (elbow), Chayce McDermott: 15-Day IL (lat), Trevor Rogers: 15-Day IL (knee), Andrew Kittredge: 15-Day IL (knee), Tyler Wells: 60-Day IL (elbow), Kyle Bradish: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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