American League Wild Card Game 3 Preview: Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Guardians

American League Wild Card Game 3 Preview: Detroit Tigers vs. Cleveland Guardians
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Detroit Tigers (1-1) vs. Cleveland Guardians (1-1)

Date: Thursday, October 2
Time: 3:08 pm EST
Broadcast: ESPN
Field: Progressive Field, Cleveland, OH
Line: Detroit -107 / O/U 7

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Probable Starting Pitchers

Jack Flaherty (8-15, 4.64 ERA, 188 K) vs. Slade Cecconi (7-7, 4.30 ERA, 109 K)

Flaherty gets the ball in the winner-take-all game. In the regular season, he made 31 starts, going 8-15. He posted a 4.64 ERA, a 3.85 FIP, a 1.28 WHIP, and 188 strikeouts in 161 innings. This season, against Cleveland in three starts, he went 0-3. Flaherty had a 3.94 ERA, a 1.13 WHIP, and 18 strikeouts in 16 innings. Cecconi goes for the Guardians; he went 7-7. He posted a 4.30 ERA, a 4.64 FIP, a 1.19 WHIP, and 109 strikeouts in 182.1 innings. He made two starts against the Tigers this season, going 1-1. Cecconi had a 2.25 ERA, a 1.25 WHIP, and 11 strikeouts in 12 innings.

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Postseason Team Leaders

Detroit Tigers:

AVG – Javier Baez – .571
HR – N/A
RBI – Spencer Torkelson – 1
W – Tarik Skubal – 1
ERA – Tyler Holton – 0.00
K – Tarik Skubal – 14

Cleveland Guardians:

AVG – Jose Ramirez – .250
HR – Bryan Rocchio – 1
RBI – Bo Naylor – 3
W – Cade Smith – 1
ERA – Gavin Williams – 0.00
K – Gavin Williams – 8

Postseason Team Stats

Detroit Tigers

AVG: .185
OPS: .518
R: 3
HR: 0
ERA: 3.71
K: 18
WHIP: 1.00

Cleveland Guardians

AVG: .169
OPS: .614
R: 7
HR: 3
ERA: 0.50
K: 24
WHIP: 1.11

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