Guardians vs. Tigers Betting Odds, Pitching Matchup – May 6, 2024

The Cleveland Guardians (22-12) are favored on the moneyline (-120) in Monday’s contest versus the Detroit Tigers (18-16). Game time is at 6:10 PM ET on BSGL. The Tigers, with +165 odds, are favored against the spread (1.5). Cleveland’s Triston McKenzie gets the start, and he’ll go against Detroit’s Jack Flaherty.

Take a look at our betting preview for this tilt, and discover all of our MLB picks, too!

Guardians vs. Tigers Betting Lines

• Favorite: Guardians (-120)
• Underdog: Tigers (+101)
• Over/under: 7.5

Guardians vs. Tigers Betting Insights

• The Guardians have been chosen as favorites in 19 games this year and have walked away with the win 13 times (68.4%) in those games.
• This season Cleveland has been victorious 12 times in 16 chances when named as a favorite of at least -120 on the moneyline.
• The Guardians have an implied victory probability of 54.5% according to the moneyline set for this matchup.
• The Tigers have been the moneyline underdog 17 total times this season. They’ve finished 9-8 in those games.
• When it has played as a moneyline underdog with odds of +101 or longer, Detroit has gone 7-7 (50%).
• Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Tigers have an implied win probability of 49.8%.

Guardians vs. Tigers Hitting Leaders

• Steven Kwan leads Cleveland with a batting average of .353. He’s also hit three home runs with 11 RBI.
• Kwan ranks 108th in MLB in home runs, and 151st in RBI.
• Josh Naylor’s eight home runs are most among Cleveland batters. He’s driven in 26 runs this season while slugging .534.
• Riley Greene leads the Tigers in home runs (eight), runs batted in (16) and has a team-high batting average of .269.
• Among all hitters in MLB, Greene’s home run total puts him seventh, and his RBI total ranks 73rd.
• Mark Canha has totaled 16 runs batted in to pace his team.

Guardians vs. Tigers Pitching Rankings

• The Guardians have a 9.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, third-best in baseball.
• The Guardians have pitched to a 3.42 ERA this season, which ranks ninth in baseball.
• The Guardians have a combined WHIP of 1.213 as a pitching staff, which ranks 11th in MLB.
• The 8.9 strikeouts per nine innings put together by the Tigers pitching staff ranks seventh in the majors.
• Detroit’s 3.24 team ERA ranks fourth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• The Tigers have the fourth-lowest WHIP in the majors (1.124).