Tigers take on the Guardians in first of 3-game series

Cleveland Guardians (58-61, fourth in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (58-60, third in the AL Central)

Detroit; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Tanner Bibee (4-11, 3.85 ERA, 1.13 WHIP, 110 strikeouts); Tigers: Drew Anderson (4-4, 4.01 ERA, 1.29 WHIP, 78 strikeouts)

LINE: Tigers -124, Guardians +105; over/under is 8 1/2 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Detroit Tigers host the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday to open a three-game series.

Detroit is 30-27 in home games and 58-60 overall. Tigers hitters have a collective .409 slugging percentage to rank third in the AL.

Cleveland has a 58-61 record overall and a 30-30 record in road games. Guardians hitters have a collective .313 on-base percentage, the 10th-ranked percentage in the AL.

Tuesday's game is the seventh time these teams square off this season. The Guardians have a 6-0 advantage in the season series.

TOP PERFORMERS: Dillon Dingler has 23 doubles, two triples, 26 home runs and 80 RBIs while hitting .272 for the Tigers. Spencer Torkelson is 17 for 43 with a double and a home run over the last 10 games.

Jo Adell leads the Guardians with 16 home runs while slugging .387. Steven Kwan is 17 for 41 with a double, a home run and four RBIs over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 7-3, .289 batting average, 2.35 ERA, outscored opponents by 48 runs

Guardians: 3-7, .262 batting average, 4.75 ERA, outscored by eight runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (adductor), Kerry Carpenter: 10-Day IL (heel), Jack Flaherty: 15-Day IL (flexor), Burch Smith: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Justin Verlander: 60-Day IL (hip), Parker Meadows: 60-Day IL (head/arm), Brant Hurter: 60-Day IL (back), Will Vest: 60-Day IL (elbow), Bailey Horn: 60-Day IL (elbow), Wenceel Perez: 60-Day IL (face), Trey Sweeney: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Guardians: Shawn Armstrong: 60-Day IL (leg), Slade Cecconi: 15-Day IL (arm)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.