Tigers visit the Guardians to start a 4-game series

Detroit Tigers (49-51, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Cleveland Guardians (59-39, first in the AL Central)

Cleveland; Monday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

LIKELY PITCHING Tigers: Tarik Skubal (10-3, 2.41 ERA, 0.88 WHIP, 140 strikeouts); Guardians: Carlos Carrasco (3-7, 5.02 ERA, 1.36 WHIP, 68 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK: LINE Tigers -123, Guardians +103; Over/Under is 7 1/2 runs

CONCLUSION: The Cleveland Guardians host the Detroit Tigers to kick off a four-game series.

Cleveland has a 31-13 home record and 59-39 overall. The Guardians’ pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.66, which ranks third in the AL.

Detroit has a 25-27 record in road games and a 49-51 record overall. The Tigers have a 38-4 record in games in which they outscore their opponents.

Monday’s game will be the eighth meeting between these teams this season. The Tigers lead the season series 4-3.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez has 20 doubles, a triple and 23 home runs for the Guardians. Angel Martinez has gone 9-of-41 with a double and two home runs in the last 10 games.

Riley Greene leads the Tigers with 17 home runs and has a .499 slugging average. Gio Urshela has hit 11 of 37 home runs in the last 10 games, hitting two doubles, one triple, two home runs and nine RBIs.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 3-7, .189 batting average, 3.35 ERA, 13 runs batted in

Tigers: 7-3, .267 batting average, 3.96 ERA, 16 runs more than opponents

INJURIES: Guardians: Sam Hentges: 15-day IL (unknown), Matthew Boyd: 15-day IL (elbow), Shane Bieber: 60-day IL (elbow), Trevor Stephan: 60-day IL (elbow), James Karinchak: 60-day IL (shoulder)

Tigers: Kerry Carpenter: 60-day IL (spine), Reese Olson: 15-day IL (shoulder), Parker Meadows: 10-day IL (hamstring), Casey Mize: 15-day IL (hamstring), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 60-day IL (groin)

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The Associated Press produced this article using technology from Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.

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