Baltimore @ Detroit preview

Last Meeting ( Sep 14, 2019 ) Baltimore 4, Detroit 8

The Detroit Tigers are not ready to fold up the season just yet and may be primed to make a move out of the major league basement. The Tigers will try to take another step toward 29th place when they host the Baltimore Orioles in the third of a four-game series on Sunday.

Detroit (44-103) showed some fight on Saturday when Victor Reyes homered in the bottom of the ninth to force extra innings and John Hicks belted a walk-off grand slam in the 12th for an 8-4 victory. Hicks had a chance to win it after Brandon Dixon drew a bases-loaded walk to knot it a 4-4 and the victory pushed the Tigers to 20-53 at home as they try to avoid becoming the first team to lose 60 home games. The Orioles (48-100) clinched their second consecutive 100-loss season with Saturday's setback but remain 3 1/2 games ahead of Detroit in the overall standings. Baltimore will try to get a game in the standings back behind right-hander Asher Wojciechowski on Sunday while Baltimore counters with journeyman Edwin Jackson.

TV: 1:10 p.m. ET, MASN (Baltimore), FS Detroit

PITCHING MATCHUP: Orioles RH Asher Wojciechowski (2-8, 5.51 ERA) vs. Tigers RH Edwin Jackson (3-9, 9.76)

Wojciechowski is pitching for a spot in Baltimore's 2020 rotation and struggled in his last outing, allowing four runs and six hits in two innings to suffer a loss against the Texas Rangers last Sunday. The 30-year-old is winless in his last eight starts and owns an 0-5 record with a 7.05 ERA while surrendering 11 home runs in 37 total innings during that span. Wojciechowski is making his first career appearance against Detroit and is 1-4 with a 5.63 ERA in six road starts this season.

Jackson made his lone career All-Star appearance during his first tour with Detroit in 2009 but is not quite as sharp in his second stint with the team and was ripped for six runs on as many hits - two homers - against the New York Yankees on Tuesday. The well-traveled veteran failed to complete three innings in two of his last three turns and allowed at least four earned runs in five consecutive starts. Jackson earned a win over the Orioles as a member of the Toronto Blue Jays on June 12, when he allowed two runs and four hits in five frames.

WALK-OFFS

1. Orioles RF Trey Mancini homered in each of the first two games of the series.

2. Tigers DH Miguel Cabrera (knee soreness) was removed from Saturday's game in the seventh inning and is day-to-day.

3. Detroit 2B Harold Castro is 9-for-18 in his last four games.

PREDICTION: Orioles 8, Tigers 7