Tigers visit the Angels to open 3-game series

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Detroit Tigers (44-52, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Los Angeles Angels (38-59, fifth in the AL West)

Anaheim, California; Friday, 9:38 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Troy Melton (5-1, 1.82 ERA, 0.81 WHIP, 41 strikeouts); Angels: Reid Detmers (3-6, 4.39 ERA, 1.14 WHIP, 123 strikeouts)

LINE: Tigers -111, Angels -110; over/under is 8 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Los Angeles Angels start a three-game series at home against the Detroit Tigers on Friday.

Los Angeles has a 21-25 record in home games and a 38-59 record overall. Angels hitters have a collective .315 on-base percentage, the ninth-ranked percentage in the AL.

Detroit is 44-52 overall and 17-29 in road games. Tigers hitters have a collective .398 slugging percentage to rank ninth in the AL.

The teams square off Friday for the fourth time this season.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jo Adell has 15 doubles, a triple, 13 home runs and 53 RBIs for the Angels. Josh Lowe is 6 for 33 with two home runs over the last 10 games.

Dillon Dingler leads the Tigers with 40 extra base hits (19 doubles, two triples and 19 home runs). Colt Keith is 6 for 27 with three home runs and four RBIs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Angels: 2-8, .248 batting average, 4.86 ERA, outscored by 10 runs

Tigers: 7-3, .222 batting average, 2.67 ERA, outscored opponents by 17 runs

INJURIES: Angels: Ben Joyce: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Travis d'Arnaud: 60-Day IL (foot), Gustavo Campero: 10-Day IL (hand), Adam Frazier: 10-Day IL (elbow), Sebastian Rivero: 10-Day IL (hand), Yoan Moncada: 60-Day IL (knee), Jack Kochanowicz: 60-Day IL (elbow), Robert Stephenson: 60-Day IL (elbow), Yusei Kikuchi: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Anthony Rendon: 60-Day IL (hip)

Tigers: Bailey Horn: 60-Day IL (elbow), Will Vest: 15-Day IL (elbow), Justin Verlander: 60-Day IL (hip), Gleyber Torres: 10-Day IL (oblique), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (head/arm), Javier Baez: 60-Day IL (ankle), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (face), Burch Smith: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Trey Sweeney: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Brant Hurter: 60-Day IL (back), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Jackson Jobe: 60-Day IL (elbow)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.