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The Tigers are 8-4 in the last twelve games against the Guardians. As of Saturday, the Tigers had won eight of their last ten games. In fact, Detroit has the best win percentage in Major League Baseball this month, scoring an average of 5.50 runs in July.
The Guardians had won half of their last ten games coming into Saturday.
Team Power Rankings
Rankings per TheRinger.com:
Cleveland Guardians (No. 5)
"The Guardians have the best record in the American League and the second-best record in the majors; they also rank just 13th with a 49-46 BaseRuns record, which means they’ve outperformed their underlying numbers by nine wins, the most in the majors by far.
"That’s partly the result of a tremendous bullpen, led by closer Emmanuel Clase, who touts a 0.81 ERA and leads all pitchers in win probability added. Without Shane Bieber and with Triston McKenzie demoted to Triple-A, the Guardians rank 29th in WAR from starting pitchers but first in WAR from relievers. The combination of a poor rotation and probably unsustainable clutch hitting suggests Cleveland won’t be as formidable a playoff opponent as its record would indicate."
Detroit Tigers (No. 22)
"The Tigers look like a worse version of the Royals, with a stellar young hitter (Riley Greene, instead of Witt), dominant lefty ace (Tarik Skubal, instead of Ragans), and strong veteran righty (Jack Flaherty, instead of Lugo) taking top billing. If only Spencer Torkelson could match Greene’s rise, then the Tigers’ future would look much brighter, but the former no. 1 pick is currently scuffling in Triple-A after a midseason demotion. If a first baseman can’t hit, he doesn’t have much of a place in the majors, and Torkelson has a 69 wRC+ in the majors this season, as well as a 90 wRC+ across his career."
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Tigers Pitching
Jack Flaherty (7-5, 3.13 ERA)
Josh Naylor has had the most success against Jack Flaherty, going 3-of-5 with no homers or RBI's. Tyler Freeman is really the only other player that has inflated the number against Flaherty to .233, and Freeman hasn't been all that great this season.
Andres Gimenez has not had a hit off Flaherty in seven tries while Will Bremen is just 1-for-8 against him.
Flaherty delivered a strong performance in Friday night’s victory over the Blue Jays, giving up two runs on just three hits over 5 2/3 innings of work.
He's won six of his last seven starts coming into this series.
Guardians Pitching
Tanner Bibee (8-4, 3.58 ERA)
Bibee didn’t allow a run across 5 2/3 innings in a 7-0 win over the Padres his last start. He lost versus the Tigers prior to that start.
Carlos Carrasco (3-7, 5.02 ERA)
Carlos Carrasco allowed six hits and two runs, one earned, in five innings of work against the Rays and does not have a win over his last four starts.
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