Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers Prediction & Picks - MLB
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The Cleveland Guardians face a crucial series against the Detroit Tigers this weekend, as they look to reignite their faltering playoff push.
With just four weeks remaining in the regular season, Cleveland are three games back from the White Sox in the AL Central standings, so will need an extremely strong end to the campaign to land their first divisional title since 2020.
The series starts with a Friday double header, and after an early afternoon opening contest, left handers Foster Griffin (Guardians) and Andrew Sears (Tigers) will take to the mound for a late night second game.
Griffin has been in solid form since his trade deadline move from the Nationals, conceding under three runs in four of his first five starts for the Guardians.
Sears will be making just his third appearance for the Tigers and will be looking to improve on a disappointing 6.75 ERA since being called up for his debut last month.
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0.525 | 162 | 85 | 77 |
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0.469 | 162 | 76 | 86 |
Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers Latest Matches
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Cleveland Guardians against Detroit Tigers : Head to Head (H2H)
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Cleveland Guardians - Detroit Tigers Key Points
- Detroit have lost 7 of their last 8 road games
- There have been over 7.5 runs in 4 of Cleveland's last 5 games
- There have been at least 12 runs in each of Detroit's last 3 games
- The Tigers have conceded 32 runs in their last 3 games
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Our Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers Prediction
Regardless of what happens in the opening game, we think game two is likely to be a high scoring encounter.
The Tigers have been shipping runs at an alarming rate in recent weeks, so given Cleveland's glittering array of big hitters, we can see the Guardians racking up a big score on Friday night.
On the flip side, Cleveland have been below their best on defence recently, so despite the impressive Foster Griffin getting the start, we also expect Detroit to enjoy some offensive success.
Our prediction for Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers is: Over 8.5 runs.
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