Angels at Tigers
Having lost their first series away from home, the Los Angeles Angels will look to avoid making it two straight when they wrap up their 10-game road trip with the first of four against the Detroit Tigers on Monday afternoon. The Angels fell to 3-3 on their season-long 10-game trek after losing 3-1 in Sunday's rubber match versus the New York Yankees.
Los Angeles managed one run in each of its two losses at Yankee Stadium sandwiched around an 11-run outburst in Saturday's win to fall to 6-1-1 in road series. Two-way sensation Shohei Ohtani, who was pushed back from his scheduled start on Sunday and may get the nod Wednesday against Detroit, was 0-for-9 against the Yankees -- the first time he's gone hitless in three straight games in his brief major-league career. The Tigers (23-29) took two of three from the major league-worst Chicago White Sox over the weekend to move into second place in the American League Central despite sitting six games under .500. Slugger Miguel Cabrera, who last played May 3 due to a hamstring injury, is expected to return in the series but is unlikely to play Monday.
TV: 1:10 p.m. ET, FS West (Los Angeles), FS Detroit
PITCHING MATCHUP: Angels LH Tyler Skaggs (3-3, 3.11 ERA) vs. Tigers LH Matthew Boyd (2-4, 3.29)
Skaggs is mired in a five-start winless drought despite allowing a total of 10 runs while striking out 35 batters and walking only eight during that span. He did not factor in the decision Wednesday at Toronto, giving up three runs over five innings - only the second time he's allowed more than two runs. Skaggs has made two career starts against the Tigers, going 1-0 with a 0.77 ERA.
Boyd lasted only four innings Tuesday at Minnesota, forced to exit with oblique spasms after permitting two runs on one hit and four walks. The 27-year-old registered back-to-back quality starts in his previous two turns against Seattle and has surrendered two runs or fewer in six of his nine outings. Boyd, who will face the Angels for the first time, is 2-1 with a 2.22 ERA in four starts at home.
WALK-OFFS
1. Angels CF Mike Trout had homered in three straight games, a streak that was halted in Sunday's setback.
2. Tigers 3B Jeimer Candelario has reached base in 21 straight games, the longest active streak in the majors.
3. Angels OF Justin Upton (forearm) sat out Sunday's game after getting hit by a pitch Saturday.