The Cleveland Guardians will visit the Detroit Tigers in the fourth game of the ALDS on Thursday at 6:08 p.m. ET, live on Max from Comerica Park. The Guardians hope to force a Game 5 as they enter the matchup trailing in the series 2-1. Cleveland will send Tanner Bibee out to start this one, while Detroit has yet to name a starter. Sportsbooks favor the Guardians (-118) for this one, while the Tigers have -102 odds as underdogs.
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Odds to Win
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Guardians to win vs Tigers -118
Guardians vs. Tigers Betting Lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-118)
- Underdog: Tigers (-102)
- Over/under: 6.5
Guardians vs. Tigers Betting Insights
- The Guardians have won in 66, or 64.1%, of the 103 contests they have been named as odds-on favorites in this year.
- Cleveland has a record of 55-27 when favored by -118 or more this year.
- The moneyline set for this matchup implies the Guardians have a 54.1% chance of coming away with a victory in the contest.
- The Tigers have won 50% of the games this season they were the underdog on the moneyline (49-49).
- Detroit has gone 39-45 when playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of -102 or longer (46.4%).
- Based on this game’s moneyline, the Tigers have an implied win probability of 50.5%.
Guardians vs. Tigers Hitting Leaders
- Jose Ramirez is batting .279 this season with a team-high 39 home runs and 118 RBI.
- Ramirez’s home runs rank him fifth in MLB, and he is third in RBI.
- Josh Naylor has 137 hits and an OBP of .320 to go with a slugging percentage of .456 this season.
- Riley Greene has put up a team-best batting average of .262, and leads the Tigers in home runs (24) and runs batted in (74).
- Among all batters in the majors, Greene’s home run total puts him 42nd, and his RBI total ranks 61st.
- Matt Vierling has 28 doubles, five triples, 16 home runs and 41 walks while hitting .257.
Guardians vs. Tigers Pitching Rankings
- The Guardians strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-best in MLB.
- The Guardians have the third-best ERA (3.61) in the majors this season.
- The Guardians have a combined WHIP of just 1.202 as a pitching staff, which is the fourth-best in baseball this season.
- The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 21st in MLB.
- Detroit’s 3.62 team ERA ranks fourth among all MLB pitching staffs.
- Pitchers for the Tigers combine for the No. 2-ranked WHIP in baseball (1.164).