The Cleveland Guardians beat the Detroit Tigers 5-4 on Thursday in game four to force a game five today. The winner of this game will advance to the ALCS to take on the New York Yankees in a best-of-seven series with a chance to advance to the World Series. The Tigers haven’t been to the ALCS since 2013 while the Guardians haven’t been since 2016 when they went to the World Series. The game has moved from 8:08 PM EST to 1:08 PM EST due to some bad weather in the evening.
Detroit Tigers (86-76) vs. Cleveland Guardians (88-73)
Game 5:
Date: Saturday, October 11
Time: 1:08 pm EST
Broadcast: TBS
Field: Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH
Line: Tigers -125 / O/U 5.5
Probable Starting Pitchers
Tarik Skubal (1-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Matthew Boyd (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Skubal this postseason has made two starts going 1-0 with a 0.00 ERA, a 0.38 WHIP, and 14 strikeouts in 13 innings. In game two he went seven shutout innings giving up three hits; he didn’t walk anyone and struck out eight. Boyd gets the ball for the Guardians, he faced Skubal in game two going 4.2 shutout innings, he gave up four hits; walked two, and struck out five.
Tigers vs. Guardians Postseason Leaders
Tigers:
AVG – Jake Rogers – .278
HR – Parker Meadows – 1
RBI – Kerry Carpenter – 3
IP – Tarik Skubal – 13.0
ERA – Tarik Skubal – 0.00
K – Tarik Skubal – 14
Guardians:
AVG – Steven Kwan – .500
HR – Lane Thomas – 1
RBI – David Fry – 5
IP – Tanner Bibee – 8.2
ERA – Matthew Boyd – 0.00
K – Cade Smith – 9
Tigers vs. Guardians Postseason Numbers
Tigers
AVG: .226 (6)
OPS: .645 (6)
R: 18 (4)
HR: 3 (5)
ERA: 2.55 (3)
K: 46 (4)
WHIP: 1.00 (1)
Guardians
AVG: .214 (8)
OPS: .606 (7)
R: 12 (7)
HR: 3 (5)
ERA: 2.57 (5)
K: 42 (6)
WHIP: 1.14 (7)
