Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 8/31/2024 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Boston Red Sox vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Saturday, August 31, 2024

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: NESN

Comerica Park is the location where the Detroit Tigers (68-66) will take on the Boston Red Sox (69-64) on Saturday. The starting pitchers are Nick Pivetta and Tarik Skubal.

Boston has a slugging % of .438 and have been rung up 1,293 times, while drawing a walk on 412 occasions. They have recorded 625 runs batted in as well as 1,199 base knocks on the season, and their average at the plate is .259. The Red Sox have hit 266 doubles as a unit and have hit 168 baseballs out of the park. They have earned 649 runs scored while holding a team on-base percentage of .325. As a squad, the Boston Red Sox are recording 4.9 runs per outing, which puts them at 5th in baseball.

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The Red Sox have an ERA of 4.16 this season (20th in baseball), and they have rung up 1,121 batters. Red Sox pitchers have allowed 165 home runs and 637 runs in total (26th in baseball). They have walked 370 opposing players and their FIP sits at 4.18 as a unit on the campaign. Boston has relinquished 1,138 hits (8.6 per 9 innings) and 552 earned runs. Their strikeout to walk ratio sits at 3.03 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.26.

The Red Sox relief pitchers have recorded a save percentage of 55.0% and has entered the game in 135 save situations. The relievers have inherited 183 runners so far this year and 34.4% of them earned a run for their team. Red Sox relief pitchers have come into the game with opponents on base 131 times as well as having 156 appearances in high leverage situations. The Red Sox have dispatched 428 relief pitchers to the mound on the campaign. The bullpen have a total of 71 holds this season (12th in MLB). They have compiled 33 saves for the season and have not converted 27 out of their 60 save opportunities.

The Boston Red Sox have accumulated 3,587 putouts this season, in addition to 1,181 assists and 98 errors. Their fielding percentage sits at .980 which has them sitting 30th in professional baseball, and have a total of 94 double plays. The Red Sox have converted 69.1% of balls in play into outs out of 10,761 innings, which has them sitting 22nd in professional baseball.

Pivetta has taken the hill for 994 innings and has accounted for 1,102 K's during his MLB career. His earned run average is 4.83 (534 earned runs allowed) and he has a WHIP of 1.325. He has conceded 949 hits (8.6 hits per 9 innings) and has 368 free passes. Pivetta (55-68 win-loss mark in his career) holds a FIP of 4.76 while he has gone up against 4,247 opposing batters during his time in the majors.

The Detroit Tigers have tallied an on-base percentage of .297 as well as a batting average of .234 on the season. They have been rung up on 1,178 occasions (9th in the league) and have recorded 1,054 base hits. Detroit has 140 HRs on the season to go along with 550 RBIs. The Tigers hold a team slugging % of .390 and they are recording 4.26 runs per outing (19th in baseball). They have hit 202 two-baggers, while taking a walk 378 times as well as putting up 571 runs.

The Tigers are sitting with a team WHIP of 1.193 in addition to having a FIP of 3.75 as a pitching staff over the course of the season. They come in at 10th in MLB as a staff in total hits given up with 1,065. The Detroit pitching staff have yielded 553 runs on the season while holding a team ERA of 3.79 (501 earned runs yielded). They have earned a K/BB ratio of 8.60 (1,131 strikeouts against 355 bases on balls). They have given up 133 dingers and they surrender 4.18 runs per 9 innings (9th in the league).

Detroit relief pitchers have an inherited score rate of 24.9% out of their 201 inherited runners. Their bullpen pitchers have taken the field 125 times in high leverage situations and on 145 occasions with runners on base. Sitting with 112 save situations, the Tigers have amassed 60 holds and 20 blown saves. They are currently ranked 22nd in MLB holding a save rate of 60.8%, and they have dispatched 410 relievers to the hill for the year. Detroit has had bullpen pitchers enter the contest in 51 save chances and they have walked away with 31 saves.

The Detroit Tigers have gotten 105 double plays and have earned a fielding percentage of .985 (16th in MLB). The Tigers have 1,135 assists, 70 errors and have a tally of 3,570 putouts during this campaign. Out of their 10,710 innings on the diamond, the Tigers have earned a defensive efficiency of 70.2% (14th in baseball).

Skubal (38-31 career record) has earned a 3.49 ERA while allowing 7.5 hits per nine innings. His strikeout to walk ratio is 4.47 and he has gone up against 2,191 batters so far in his career. He has conceded a total of 209 ER's while earning a WHIP of 1.092 and having a FIP of 3.4. So far in his career, Skubal has conceded 451 base knocks while earning 613 strikeouts in 539 frames.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Parlay's Pundit's Pick: Take Detroit

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