BEST LINE: Pinnacle -1 +114

Posted at 11:00 AM EST

The Red Sox have dropped five in a row and 16 of their last 22 games. During its current five-game losing streak, Boston has been outscored 29-17. On the road this year against right-handers, the Red Sox are hitting a measly .219 and now they’ll face one of the best in the game in Anibal Sanchez. After a slow start, Sanchez has once again found his groove with three consecutive pure quality starts heading into this one. Not only does he have filthy stuff but he owns a 0.82 WHIP and 2.76 ERA this season at Comerica. In his last 15.1 IP, this right-hander has allowed just one run, while walking just one and fanning 14 and those numbers were posted against Oakland and Toronto. Sanchez basically just needs to show up today to dominate this lineup.

John Lackey is having a fine year but the Red Sox have lost three of his last four starts and Lackey does not have a good history against these current Tigers. In fact, current Detroit hitters have 71 career hits in 209 AB’s against Lackey for a BA of .340 and a sick OPS of .940. The Tigers bats have woken up with 14 runs in the past two games and they can smell a wounded prey when they see one.