Detroit Tigers (3-1) vs. Seattle Mariners (0-1)
Date: Sunday, October 5
Time: 8:03 pm EST
Broadcast: FS1
Field: T-Mobile Park, Seattle, WA
Line: Detroit -137/ O/U 5.5
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Probable Starting Pitchers
Tarik Skubal (13-6, 2.21 ERA, 241 K) vs. Luis Castillo (11-8, 3.54 ERA, 162 K)
Skubal toes the rubber in game one for the Tigers. In the regular season, he made 31 starts, going 13-6. He posted a 2.21 ERA, a 2.45 FIP, a 0.89 WHIP, and 241 strikeouts in 195.1 innings. In his first playoff start against Cleveland, he went 7.2 innings, giving up a run on three hits; he walked three and struck out 14. This season, against Seattle in two starts, he went 0-2. Skubal had a 5.90 ERA, a 1.41 WHIP, and 13 strikeouts in 10.2 innings. Castillo goes for the Mariners; he went 11-8. He posted a 3.54 ERA, a 3.88 FIP, a 1.19 WHIP, and 162 strikeouts in 180.2 innings. He made two starts against the Tigers this season, going 2-0. Castillo had a 3.75 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and 11 strikeouts in 12 innings.
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Postseason Team Leaders
Detroit Tigers:
AVG – Riley Greene – .375
HR – Dillon Dingler – 1
RBI – Kerry Carpenter – 3
W – Will Vest – 1
ERA – Tyler Holton – 0.00
K – Tarik Skubal – 14
Seattle Mariners:
AVG – Cal Raleigh – .600
HR – Julio Rodriguez – 1
RBI – Julio Rodriguez – 2
W – N/A
ERA – Andres Munoz – 0.00
K – George Kirby – 8
Postseason Team Stats
Detroit Tigers
AVG: .206
OPS: .588
R: 12
HR: 2
ERA: 2.43
K: 32
WHIP: 0.89
