Tigers Poised to Shatter Guardians’ Hopes: What This Season’s Final Showdown Really Means
The Tigers won Game 1, which, honestly, wasn’t much of a surprise. They had the likely Cy Young winner, Tarik Skubal, on the hill, which gives them a chance to win any game. It was a low-scoring affair, and Skubal went almost eight innings for Detroit. It wasn’t like the Tigers were mashing the ball against Cleveland, though, as they mustered just two runs. They only had five hits for the game, which was one more than the Guardians. Now they have a chance to close out the series, and put behind the stink of losing the division to their rivals. In order to do that, the Tigers send out Casey Mize to the mound. I’ve personally liked Mize quite a bit this year. He comes into the game with a 14-6 record, 3.87 ERA, and a 1.27 WHIP. He has struggled on the road this season, with four of his six losses and a 4.04 ERA. He has been good against the Guardians this season, though, allowing just four earned runs over 17.1 innings spanning three starts. His lone road start in Cleveland was his best against them, going seven scoreless innings.



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