The Red Sox and Tigers start a series in Detroit. This game is about the Red Sox offense. On the road this season, the Red Sox are 4th in runs scored and home runs hit. They are second in batting average and wRC+ and first in OPS. By all accounts the Tigers will start Caey Mize making his first start off the 60-day IL. His last start was June 30th and he owns a 4.23 ERA and a 1.45 WHIP. The Red Sox start Tanner Houck, who has been better on the road this season. He faced Detroit back in May and went 7 innings of one run baseball on just 3 hits. The Tigers offense is bottom 10 in batting average, OPS and wRC+ on the season. The Red Sox bullpen is shaky at best, but I don't want to take the at-bats away from this offense, especially with a below average Tigers bullpen. If the Sox don't score at least five here, it will be the reason they don't win.