Detroit Tigers vs Pittsburgh Pirates 8/7/2020 Picks Predictions Previews

Detroit Tigers vs Pittsburgh Pirates 8/7/2020 Picks Predictions Previews
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The Detroit Tigers will be peeling off balls against the Pittsburgh Pirates at the PNC Park in Pittsburgh on Friday, August 07, 2020 at 7:05 PM ET. Detroit will try to improve their team percentage above .500. Meanwhile, Pittsburgh must play hard to get back from their seven losses in eight games record. The Detroit Tigers, with a 5-5 standing and a team percentage of .500, are in 7th place behind the Astros in the American League. The Tigers are in 4th place behind the White Sox in the AL Central Division. Pittsburgh are in 5th place in the NL Central Division, with a 3-10 standing and a team percentage of .231. The Pirates are in 15th place in the National League.

Detroit recorded 1-4 when scoring less than three runs this season. JaCoby Jones scored 11 hits and seven RBIs in leading the Tigers. Jonathan Schoop and Austin Romine contributed a combined 15 hits and 10 RBIs. Matthew Boyd will be getting the ball for Detroit, and he is 0-1 with a 7.20 ERA and 8 strikeouts this season. Boyd posted 0-2 with a 7.36 ERA and 15 strikeouts in playing in his career against Pittsburgh.

Detroit Tigers vs Pittsburgh Pirates Predictions 8/7/2020

Pittsburgh posted 0-7 this year when scoring less than three runs. Phillip Evans scored 11 hits and five RBIs in leading the Pirates. Colin Moran and Josh Bell added a combined 21 hits and 11 RBIs. Pittsburgh will send out Chad Kuhl to get the ball for the Pirates, and he is 0-0 with a 1.80 ERA and five strikeouts this year. In his career playing against the Tigers, Kuhl posted 3-0 record with a 5.09 ERA and 18 strikeouts.

The Tigers reported six players injured and will be out tonight. Starting Pitchers Dario Agrazal and Jordan Zimmerman, both with an injured forearm, will not be getting the ball for Detroit. CF Cameron Maybin (quadriceps) and D. Cameron (undisclosed status), SSs S. Alcantara and I. Paredes, both with undisclosed status, will not play tonight. Pittsburgh will be missing 10 players, including 8 pitchers in tonight’s game. Starting Pitchers Mitch Keller (oblique), Chris Archer (shoulder) and Jameson Taillon (elbow), with Relief Pitchers Clay Holmes (forearm), Michael Feliz (forearm), Kyle Crick (shoulder), Nick Burdi (elbow), and Keone Kela (undisclosed status) will not be throwing balls against Detroit tonight. Catcher Luke Maile (finger) and RF Kevin Kramer (hip) will be sitting on the bench for the Pirates.

Detroit Tigers vs. Pittsburgh Pirates. The MLB Pick for this contest is Detroit -120. Detroit is 17-36 in their last 53 interleague match-ups, and the under is 9-1 in the Tigers’ last 10 outings on the road. Pittsburgh is 2-5 in their last 7 contests as a home underdog, and the under is 4-1 in the Pirates’ last 5 games overall. The Tigers are 2-5 in the last 7 face-offs in Pittsburgh. The prediction, pick Detroit -120 to a predicted score of 5-3.

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