The Detroit Tigers will play the Cleveland Guardians in a double header on Monday at Progressive Field.
The Detroit Tigers are 43-73 this season and have lost seven games in a row. Detroit is coming off of a series loss against the White Sox, where they lost all three games in the series. The Detroit pitching staff has a 4.03 ERA, a 1.29 WHIP, and a .247 opponent batting average this season. The Tigers offense has scored 368 runs with a .225 batting average and a .282 on base percentage. Javier Baez is batting .227 with 11 home runs and 45 RBI’s for the Tigers this season. The projected starter for Detroit for Game 1 is Drew Hutchison, who is 1-6 with a 4.45 ERA and a 1.47 WHIP over 60.2 innings pitched this season. The projected starter for Game 2 for Detroit is Bryan Garcia, who is 0-0 with a 2.35 ERA and a 1.57 WHIP over 7.2 innings pitched this season.
The Cleveland Guardians are 61-53 this season and have won seven of their last eight games. Cleveland is coming off of a series win against Toronto, where they won two out of the three games played in the series. The Cleveland pitching staff has a 3.79 ERA, a 1.21 WHIP, and a .238 opponent batting average. The Guardians offense has scored 496 runs with a .252 batting average and a .314 on base percentage this year. Jose Ramirez is batting .282 with 22 home runs and 93 RBI’s for the Guardians this season. The projected starter for Cleveland in Game 1 is Aaron Civale, who is 2-5 with a 6.05 ERA and a 1.41 WHIP over 58 innings pitched this season. The projected starter for Cleveland in Game 2 is Konnor Pilkington, who is 1-2 with a 4.17 ERA and a 1.61 WHIP over 45.1 innings pitched this season.
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