The Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Guardians meet Monday in MLB action at Progressive Field. Let’s preview this game and give out a pick and prediction.
The Detroit Tigers have scored 17 runs in their last 3 games and 4 or more runs in 7 of their last 9 games. The Tigers have won 7 of their last 10 games when scoring 4 or more runs. Riley Greene leads the Tigers with 34 hits and 12 RBI, while Javier Baez and Spencer Torkelson have combined for 56 hits and 31 RBI. Joey Wentz gets the ball, and he is 0-3 with a 6.67 ERA and 22 strikeouts this season. This will be Wentz’s first career game against the Guardians.
The Cleveland Guardians have scored 6 runs in their last 3 games and 3 or fewer runs in 6 of their last 7 games. The Guardians have lost 6 of their last 8 games when scoring 3 or fewer runs. Steven Kwan leads the Guardians with 37 hits and 12 RBI, while Jose Ramirez and Myles Straw have combined for 64 hits and 26 RBI. Tanner Bibee gets the ball, and he is 1-0 with a 2.45 ERA and 13 strikeouts this season. This will be Bibee’s first career game against the Tigers.
The Tigers are 4-1 in their last 5 road games and 5-1 in their last 6 overall. The Guardians are 3-7 in their last 10 home games and 2-5 in their last 7 overall. The over is 5-1 in Tigers last 6 overall. The under is 20-6 in Guardians last 26 overall. The Tigers are 16-47 in the last 63 meetings in Cleveland and 29-72 in the last 101 meetings.
The Cleveland Guardians are the better team on paper, have the better pitcher, and they're at home. They should be favorites. However, this line is massive when you consider the Guardians aren't scoring runs and the Tigers' offense has exploded over the last week or so. We're getting almost 2 times our money with a red-hot offense. Give me the Tigers.
