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The Cleveland Guardians (55-32) visit the Detroit Tigers (41-48) on Monday to begin a four-game series, with the first pitch at 6:40 PM ET from Comerica Park. The Guardians are listed as -154 favorites, while the underdog Tigers have +130 odds on the moneyline. Cleveland’s Gavin Williams and Detroit’s Jack Flaherty have been named the starters for this contest.
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Moneyline
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Guardians to win vs Tigers -154
Guardians vs. Tigers Betting Lines
- Favorite: Guardians (-154)
- Underdog: Tigers (+130)
- Over/under: 8.5
Guardians vs. Tigers Betting Insights
- The Guardians have been favorites in 58 games this season and have come away with the win 40 times (69%) in those contests.
- This season Cleveland has been victorious 11 times in 18 chances when named as a favorite of at least -154 on the moneyline.
- Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 60.6% chance of pulling out a win.
- The Tigers are 21-27 in games they were the underdog on the moneyline (winning 43.8% of those games).
- When playing as a moneyline underdog with odds of +130 or longer, Detroit has a 4-9 record (winning just 30.8% of its games).
- Based on this matchup’s moneyline, the Tigers have an implied win probability of 43.5%.
Guardians vs. Tigers Hitting Leaders
- Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs (23) and runs batted in (76) this season while batting .271.
- Ramirez ranks fourth in home runs and second in RBI among all hitters in Major League Baseball.
- Josh Naylor has 75 hits and an OBP of .319 to go with a slugging percentage of .498 this season.
- Riley Greene leads the Tigers with 17 home runs and 45 runs batted in, while racking up a team-best batting average of .263.
- Among all hitters in MLB, Greene is 18th in home runs and 45th in RBI.
- Matthew Vierling has 10 doubles, five triples, 11 home runs and 15 walks while hitting .246.
Guardians vs. Tigers Pitching Rankings
- The Guardians average 9.1 strikeouts per nine innings as a pitching staff, third-most in the league.
- Guardians pitchers have a combined ERA of 3.69 this year, eighth-best in baseball.
- Guardians pitchers have a 1.215 WHIP this season, ninth-best in the majors.
- The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.7 K/9, the eighth-best in the majors.
- Detroit has a 3.99 team ERA that ranks 15th across all MLB pitching staffs.
- The Tigers have the 10th-lowest WHIP in MLB (1.230).