Detroit Tigers Gameday: Red Sox are rolling as series begins

GAME INFORMATION
Who: Detroit Tigers (63-57) vs. Boston Red Sox (67-52)
When: 1:10 p.m. ET Thursday, August 18
Where: Comerica Park in Detroit
TV: Fox Sports Detroit
Radio: 97.1 The Ticket and the Detroit Tigers radio network
Twitter: Follow Evan Woodbery

STARTING PITCHERS
Detroit Tigers
LHP Matt Boyd (4-2, 4.16 ERA)

Boston Red Sox
RHP Clay Buchholz (4-9, 5.66 ERA)

GAME NOTES
--Detroit has lost three straight and eight of its last 10. The Tigers are six games behind Cleveland in the American League Central.