Tigers and Astros face off in series rubber match

Houston Astros (14-25, fifth in AL West) vs. Detroit Tigers (20-19, fourth in AL Central)

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

PITCHING PROBABILITIES: Astros: Justin Verlander (1-1, 4.43 ERA, 1.39 WHIP, 15 strikeouts); Tigers: Jack Flaherty (0-2, 3.86 ERA, 1.05 WHIP, 56 strikeouts)

: LINE Astros -118, Tigers -102; over/under is 7 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers and Houston Astros meet Sunday with a three-game series tied 1-1.

Detroit is 20-19 overall and 9-10 in home games. The Tigers are 15-3 in games when they record at least eight hits.

Houston is 7-13 on the road and 14-25 overall. Astros hitters have a collective .323 on-base percentage, the seventh-best percentage in the majors.

Sunday’s game is the third meeting between these teams this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Greene has seven doubles, a triple and nine home runs for the Tigers. Spencer Torkelson is 9-for-36 with five doubles and two RBIs over the last 10 games.

Kyle Tucker has seven doubles, 12 homers and 26 RBIs for the Astros. Jon Singleton is 6 for 32 with three homers and seven RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 4-6, .254 batting average, 3.81 ERA, opponents outscored by seven runs

Astros: 4-6, .230 batting average, 5.01 ERA, led by 13 runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Kenta Maeda: 15-day IL (illness), Gio Urshela: 10-day IL (hamstring), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-day IL (groin)

Astros: Chas McCormick: 10-day IL (hamstring), Oliver Ortega: 60-day IL (elbow), Bennett Sousa: 60-day IL (shoulder), Penn Murfee: 60-day IL (elbow), Luis Garcia: 60-day IL IL (elbow), Lance McCullers Jr.: 60 days IL (elbow), Jose Urquidy: 15 days IL (forearm), Kendall Graveman: 60 days IL (elbow)

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