It’s Tanner Houck vs. Casey Mize tonight in the Motor City.
The Red Sox, 3.5 games back in the Wild Card race, head out to Detroit tonight for the first of a three-game series against Casey Mize, who is what Tanner Houck had supposed to be, behind Tanner Houck, who is what Casey Mize was supposed to be (6:40 p.m., NESN).
Rafael Devers is, thankfully, in the lineup tonight against the kittens:
In Detroit for the weekend. pic.twitter.com/YioSp86gks
— Red Sox (@RedSox) August 30, 2024
Said kittens will bat Matt Vierling cleanup, to the unending delight of a friend we’ll call Hike Mathaway:
Mize on the mound ⤵️ pic.twitter.com/LKhrSfLH74
— Detroit Tigers (@tigers) August 30, 2024
I won’t mince words but if Tarik Skubal isn’t on the mound the Sox cannot afford to lose. As he is not, well, you know.