DETROIT (Interstat) — The Pittsburgh Pirates will visit the Detroit Tigers on Sunday at Comerica Park. The game will be played at Comerica Park in Detroit. The forecast calls for 71 degrees at game time. Pittsburgh enters at 83-81, while Detroit is 77-86. The Pirates will be the visiting team, and the Tigers will be the home team.

Pittsburgh lists Jared Jones (6-6) and River Ryan (0-0) as probable pitchers. Jones has a 6-6 record, and Ryan has no decisions this season. Detroit’s Justin Verlander is a player to watch after he allowed two earned runs on five hits over 5 1/3 innings with one walk and six strikeouts in a recent win over Pittsburgh. Jacob Waguespack and Brant Hurter also contributed for Detroit in the latest meeting. Waguespack threw 1 1/3 scoreless innings with two strikeouts, and Hurter allowed one earned run over 1 2/3 innings.

Carmen Mlodzinski is a player to watch for Pittsburgh. In his latest outing at Detroit, Mlodzinski allowed one earned run on one hit over 2 1/3 innings, walked two and struck out five. Mlodzinski also had a three-inning outing against Kansas City in which he allowed two earned runs on three hits with one walk and one strikeout. Over his past six appearances, he has allowed five earned runs on six hits over 11 innings with four walks and eight strikeouts. He also worked scoreless relief in recent wins against the Chicago Cubs, Chicago White Sox and Los Angeles Angels. Kirby Yates and Yohan Ramírez were productive for Pittsburgh in the most recent meeting, combining for three scoreless innings with four strikeouts.

Detroit has won the first two games of the current series, 8-7 and 4-3. Pittsburgh took two of three in the earlier series, winning 4-3 and 4-1, while Detroit won 8-5. The Pirates have won six of their past 10 games, including a sweep of Kansas City and a 2-0 win over St. Louis. Pittsburgh also beat Milwaukee 7-4 before dropping decisions of 5-4 and 5-1. Detroit has recent wins of 9-2 over Washington, 11-8 at Chicago and 10-1 at Toronto. The Tigers also dropped games to Washington 4-2 and 3-1, and fell at Chicago 8-1, 3-1 and 3-1. Detroit has won three of its past six games.

Interstat’s game simulator is projecting a final score of Pittsburgh 6, Detroit 7. Interstat’s ELO system is projecting Detroit with a 53.6 percent probability to win. Pittsburgh has been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The over/under for this game is 8.5.