Detroit Tigers (87-75) vs. Seattle Mariners (90-72)
Date: Saturday, October 4
Time: 8:38 pm EST
Broadcast: FS1
Field: T-Mobile Park, Seattle, WA
Line: Seattle -200 / O/U 7.5
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Probable Starting Pitchers
Troy Melton (3-2, 2.76 ERA, 36 K) vs. George Kirby (10-8, 4.21 ERA, 137 K)
Melton toes the rubber in game one for the Tigers. In the regular season, he made 16 appearances with four of those coming as starts, going 3-2. He posted a 2.76 ERA, a 4.60 FIP, a 1.01 WHIP, and 36 strikeouts in 45.2 innings. He didn’t face the Mariners in the regular season. Kirby goes for the Mariners; he went 10-8. He posted a 4.21 ERA, a 3.37 FIP, a 1.19 WHIP, and 137 strikeouts in 126 innings. In his lone start against the Tigers he got the win going five innings, giving up four runs on five hits; he walked three and struck out six.
2025 Head-to-Head
Detroit Tigers vs. Seattle Mariners
3/31: Detroit won 9-6
4/1: Detroit won 4-1
4/2: Seattle won 3-2
7/11: Seattle won 12-3
7/12: Seattle won 15-7
7/13: Seattle won 8-4
Seattle won the season series 4-2. Seattle outscored Detroit 45-29
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Team Leaders
Detroit Tigers:
AVG – Zach McKinstry – .259
HR – Riley Greene – 36
RBI – Riley Greene – 111
W – Casey Mize – 14
ERA – Tarik Skubal – 2.21
K – Tarik Skubal – 241
Seattle Mariners:
AVG – Julio Rodriguez – .267
HR – Cal Raleigh – 60
RBI – Cal Raleigh – 125
W – Bryan Woo – 15
ERA – Bryan Woo – 2.94
K – Bryan Woo – 198
Team Stats
AL Rank
Detroit Tigers
AVG: .247 (8)
OPS: .729 (6)
R: 758 (5)
HR: 198 (5)
ERA: 3.95 (9)
K: 1375 (7)
WHIP: 1.15 (7)
Seattle Mariners
AVG: .244 (9)
OPS: .740 (5)
R: 766 (4)
HR: 238 (2)
ERA: 3.87 (6)
K: 1426 (4)
WHIP: 1.22 (2)
