The Boston Red Sox and Detroit Tigers tangle in the second contest of a three-game series at Comerica Park on Tuesday afternoon.

MLB betting lines opened with the BoSox as -130 favorites and have since shortened to -125 with the Over/Under sitting at 9.

Here are our free MLB betting picks and predictions for Red Sox vs. Tigers on Tuesday, April 12, with the first pitch scheduled for 1:10 p.m. ET.

This line hit the board with the Red Sox installed as -130 favorites with the Over/Under at 9.5. Early money has come in on the Tigers and the Under 

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The Tigers won the first contest of the series last night with Javy Baez hitting a two-run shot in the eighth inning to break open a tied game. The Tigers are now 2-2 while the Red Sox fall to 1-3 

shifting the line to Boston -125 and lowering the total to 9, with some books moving down all the way to 8.5.