{"id":2918,"date":"2018-06-09T15:43:09","date_gmt":"2018-06-09T15:43:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/?p=2918"},"modified":"2024-07-17T13:09:14","modified_gmt":"2024-07-17T13:09:14","slug":"saturday-major-league-baseball-cleveland-indians-at-detroit-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dev.offshoresportsbooks.com\/news\/saturday-major-league-baseball-cleveland-indians-at-detroit-tigers\/","title":{"rendered":"Saturday Major League Baseball: Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The top two teams in the <strong>AL Central<\/strong> do battle Saturday afternoon as the Cleveland Indians face the Detroit Tigers. The Indians won Friday night in <strong>Detroit<\/strong>, giving them six wins in seven games against the Tigers this season.\u00a0<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong><b><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">The Cleveland Indians are -155 over the Detroit Tigers.<\/a><\/em><\/b><\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">After a rather mediocre start to the season, the Indians have finally kicked things into gear. The Tribe won six straight to close out May and have now won nine of their last 12 games to go five games above .500. However, they are still tied with <strong>Arizona<\/strong> for the fewest wins of any division leader at this point in the season.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Meanwhile, the <strong>Tigers<\/strong> have rather surprisingly turned into Cleveland\u2019s biggest competition inside the AL Central. The Tigers have stumbled this past week against the Yankees and Red Sox, but they recently had a stretch of eight wins in 10 games. Alas, they are still five games under .500 on the season. However, Detroit is just five games back of the Indians, putting them in a good position if they can earn a couple head-to-head wins over <strong>Cleveland<\/strong> this weekend.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"falling-down\"><strong>Falling Down<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><strong>Mike Clevinger<\/strong> gets the start Saturday for the Indians. On the season, his numbers have been good. He\u2019s 4-2 with a 3.36 ERA, which has been good enough for him to hold down a full-time job in Cleveland\u2019s rotation after serving as a swingman the past couple of years. However, he\u2019s not been at his best the past few times out. With Cleveland\u2019s bullpen being the worst in the American League right now, the <strong>Indians<\/strong> need him to be sharp.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The good news for <strong>Clevinger<\/strong> is that he\u2019s been effective against most of Detroit\u2019s hitters. Miguel Cabrera is just 2 for 13 against him, Victor Martinez is only 1 for 7, and Nick Castellanos is 2 for 9. If Clevinger can continue to hold those three in check, he has a good chance of giving the <strong>Indians<\/strong> a quality start. Of course, guys like Cabrera and Martinez are always capable of hurting you. Meanwhile, Leonys Martin is swinging a hot bat for the Tigers.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"repeating-success\"><strong>Repeating Success<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>Tigers<\/strong> will counter with Mike Fiers, who is responsible for Detroit\u2019s only win over the Indians this season. Back in May, Fiers allowed one run on three hits over six innings against Cleveland in a 6-3 win. Of course, that outing has been more the exception rather than the rule for Fiers this season. In 11 starts, Fiers has a modest 4.33 ERA and just one win in his last four outings since tossing that gem against the <strong>Indians<\/strong>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">The <strong>Indians<\/strong> also have a lineup that\u2019s hard to keep off the scoreboard for nine innings. Francisco Lindor, Jose Ramirez, and Michael <strong>Brantley<\/strong> are all having exceptional seasons, while Edwin Encarnacion and Jason Kipnis have also caught fire lately. Fiers has good career numbers against most of Cleveland\u2019s hitters, but he\u2019s had some problems with both Ramirez and Yonder Alonso, so he\u2019ll have his work cut out for him.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2 id=\"keep-it-rolling\"><strong>Keep It Rolling<\/strong><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">If <strong>Cleveland\u2019s<\/strong> bullpen were more reliable, this would be a slam-dunk pick for the Indians. Nevertheless, it seems unlikely Fiers will be able to repeat his stellar outing against the Indians last month. Cleveland should get a decent outing from Clevinger, and they have the bats to put a few runs on the board.\u00a0<\/span><b><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Take the Cleveland Indians -155 over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/b><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u00a0<\/span><strong><em><a href=\"https:\/\/offshoresportsbooks.com\/review\/mybookie\/\">Bet on Major League Baseball at MyBookie.<\/a><\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The Cleveland Indians and Detroit TIgers will play on Saturday in American League Central action.","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":2919,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[3035],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2918","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-archive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v20.0 - 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