Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, Preview and Odds - 05/26/2022

Game Time: 7:10 pm ET, Thursday, May 26, 2022

Venue:  Comerica Park, Detroit, MI

Where to Watch:  BSDET

DraftKings:  Moneyline odds:  Guardians +120, Tigers -140; Over/Under:  7.5 runs

Bet365:  Moneyline odds:  Guardians +120, Tigers -140; Over/Under:  7.5 runs

BetMGM:  Moneyline odds:  Guardians +120, Tigers -145; Over/Under:  7.5 runs

 

Cleveland Guardians:  18-21 (3rd place, AL Central)

Detroit Tigers:  14-28 (5th place, AL Central)

 

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Cleveland Guardians:  3-7 last 10

Detroit Tigers:  5-5 last 10

 

 

 

The Guardians are coming into this game with a 18-21 record overall and they are 10-13 in their road games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 2 of their last 3 games and are coming into this one off of a loss in their last game. They just split their 2-game series against the Detroit Tigers 1-1 and they are playing the series opener of a 4-game series with the Tigers on Thursday. This will be the 1st game of the series on Thursday with the series finale of their series against the Houston Astros still to be played on Wednesday. Cal Quantrill is the starting pitcher for them on Wednesday while Aaron Civale is on the mound for them here on Thursday. He is 2-3 with a 7.84 ERA this season. His team won 3 of their last 4 games this season with him starting. In his last start, he allowed 0 ER, 0 HRs, and 1 BB with 3 Ks on 3 hits in 6.1 IP against the Detroit Tigers. They scored 9 runs in their last series averaging 4.5 runs scored per game in that span and they allowed 8 runs against them averaging 4 runs allowed per game with the final game of that series still to be played.

 

The Tigers are coming into this game with a 14-28 record overall and they are 9-13 in their home games this season where they will be in this game. They have lost 5 of their last 6 games and are coming into this one on a 2 game winning streak. They just split their 2-game series against the Cleveland Guardians 1-1 and they are playing the series opener of a 4-game series with the Guardians on Thursday. This will be the 1st game of the series on Thursday with the series finale of their series against the Astros still to be played on Wednesday. Rony García is the starting pitcher for them on Wednesday while Tarik Skubal will be on the mound for them here on Thursday. He is 1-0 with a 1.74 ERA this season. His team won 2 of their last 3 games this season with him as a starter. In his last start, he allowed 0 earned runs, 0 homers, and 0 BB with 5 strikeouts on 4 hits in 5 innings played against the Cleveland Guardians. They scored 4 runs in their last series averaging 2 runs scored per game in that span and they allowed 7 runs against them averaging 3.5 runs allowed per game with the final game of that series still to be played.

 

The Tigers are coming into this game not playing very well in their recent games but they are at home for this series where they have been playing much better this season compared to their games on the road. They are going up against a Guardians team that is not very good either and has been very inconsistent with their play recently. Skubal is on the mound here for the Tigers and he has been having a great season as he is their ace pitcher and has not been allowing many runs this season at all. Civale is starting for the Guardians here and he has been awful this season and has been allowing a lot of runs in their recent games. Skubal will be able to pitch deep into this game for the Tigers and the Tigers will likely score a lot of runs at home here with the way Civale has been pitching recently. The best bet here is on the Tigers to win this game at home.

 

Guardians Tigers Prediction:  Our MLB Pick for Thursday, May 26, 2022 (7:10 pm ET start time) is Tigers 3 Guardians 1.

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Cleveland Guardians: 67-67 (+6 Units) ML in road games. 74-56 (+7.5 Units) ML against division opponents. 8-6 (+2.4 Units) ML against left-handed starters.

Detroit Tigers: 14-28 (-11.4 Units) ML in all games. 28-12 UNDER in all games. 51-23 UNDER when the money line is +125 to -125.

 

 

Cleveland Guardians:  A. Civale (SP) Ques Wed - Buttocks. C. Morris (SP) Early June - Shoulder. J. Karinchak (RP) Out indefinitely - Back.

Detroit Tigers:  A. Meadows (CF) Out indefinitely - Ear. M. Manning (SP) Early June - Shoulder. V. Reyes (LF) Out indefinitely - Quadricep.

 

 

 

"That was incredible. That was as good of an at-bat as you're ever going to see." - Terry Francona on the home run Ramirez scored in their loss against the Astros on Tuesday.

 

 

"We didn't react to his spin. We didn't respond to the fastball. He had his way with us." - A.J. Hinch after his team’s loss against the Twins on Tuesday.

 

 

 

Myles Straw (R) CF

Amed Rosario (R) SS

Jose Ramirez (S) 3B

Owen Miller (R) 2B

Josh Naylor (L) 1B

Franmil Reyes (R) DH

Oscar Mercado (R) RF

Ernie Clement (R) LF

Austin Hedges (R) C

 

Daz Cameron (R) RF

Harold Castro (L) SS

Jonathan Schoop (R) 2B

Javier Baez (R) DH

Jeimer Candelario (S) 3B

Spencer Torkelson (R) 1B

Willi Castro (S) LF

Eric Haase (R) C

Derek Hill (R) CF

 

 

Batting Average:  Luke Maile (.333)

Hits:  Jose Ramirez (43)

Home Runs:  Jose Ramirez (11)

RBI:  Jose Ramirez (43)

Stolen Bases:  Myles Straw (8)

Wins:  Nick Sandlin (3)

Saves:  Emmanuel Clase (7)

ERA:  Sam Hentges (1.17)

 

Batting Average:  Dustin Garneau (.300)

Hits:  Miguel Cabrera (39)

Home Runs:  Spencer Torkelson (4)

RBI:  Miguel Cabrera (16)

Stolen Bases:  Derek Hill (2)

Wins:  Jacob Barnes (3)

Saves:  Gregory Soto (7)

ERA:  Angel De Jesus (0.00)

 

Managers:

Cleveland Guardians: Terry Francona (10th season)

Detroit Tigers: A. J. Hinch (2nd season)