For the second straight game, the Tigers will use RHP Tyler Holton as their opener for a bullpen game. He is 7-2 this season with a 2.19 ERA. Cleveland will send Tanner Bibee to the mound. He is 12-8, with a 3.47 ERA. The season series saw Cleveland with a 7-6, advantage and they won the last five. The Tigers outscored Cleveland, 60-50, in the head-to-head series this season. Two of the last three meetings ending in a shutout while at least one team scored a run or less in five of the last ten meetings. Cleveland has a rest advantage but that may not be a good thing in game one as their bats may be a little rusty. The Tigers offense is not very potent and will struggle against the Cleveland bullpen. The under was 3-1 in the last four meetings between these two.
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