This is a 7* on CLEVELAND

The Indians have taken advantage of a soft schedule (Detroit and Pittsburgh) to win six in a row. They’ve swept the last two series and are now an amazing 12-0 this season in games where they score at least three runs. Yesterday, they needed only two runs in a shutout win over Pittsburgh. That was their MLB-leading 5th shutout of 2020 and no team has allowed fewer runs this season (just 66 in 25 games). Not only did Cleveland sweep last weekend’s series with Detroit, they’ve beaten them 20 consecutive times! So facing them a second straight weekend has to have them overjoyed, especially seeing as Detroit has now lost nine in a row overall and was shut out yesterday in Chicago. The Indians had their best offensive series of the year against the Tigers last weekend by scoring 21 runs in three games. Tigers starter Fulmer has a 7.55 ERA and 2.04 WHIP in his three starts and lasted less than three innings when he faced Cleveland last week. The Tribe goes with Adam Plutko, who hasn’t been their strongest starter, but he’s never lost to Detroit (4-0) in nine appearances, six of them starts. The most recent was against Fulmer last week. All signs point to a Cleveland blowout tonight. Play on CLEVELAND

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