Detroit Tigers (0-0) vs. Los Angeles Dodgers (2-0)
Game 1:
Date: Friday, September 27
Time: 6:40 pm EST
Broadcast: Bally Sports Detroit
Game 2:
Date: Saturday, September 28
Time: 1:10 pm EST
Broadcast: Bally Sports Detroit
Game 3:
Date: Sunday, September 29
Time: 3:10 pm EST
Broadcast: Bally Sports Detroit
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Probable Starting Pitchers
Game 1: Tarik Skubal 0-0, (0.00 ERA) vs. Blake Snell (0-0, 0.00 ERA)
Skubal gets the ball for the Tigers to start the season. The reigning Cy Young winner went 18-4 with a 2.39 ERA, a 2.49 FIP, a 0.92 WHIP, and a 10.7 K/9. Snell makes his Dodgers debut. Last season, last season in San Francisco, went 5-3 with a 3.12 ERA, a 2.43 FIP, a 1.05 WHIP, and a 12.5 K/9.
Game 2: Jack Flaherty (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Yoshinobu Yamamoto (1-0, 1.80 ERA)
Flaherty last season went 13-7 with a 3.17 ERA, a 3.47 FIP, a 1.07 WHIP, and a 10.8 K/9. Before he was traded to the Dodgers by the Tigers, he made 18 starts for Detroit, going 7-5 with a 2.95 ERA, a 3.12 FIP, a 0.96 WHIP, and an 11.2 K/9. Yamamoto goes for the Dodgers. He got the ball in the season opener in Tokyo. He went five innings, giving up one run on three hits. Yamamoto walked one and struck out four.
Game 3: Reese Olson (0-0, 0.00 ERA) vs. Roki Sasaki (0-0, 3.00 ERA)
Olson gets the finale. He went 4-8 last season with a 3.53 ERA, a 3.17 FIP, a 1.18 WHIP, and an 8.1 K/9. Sasaki got the second game of the Tokyo series. He went three innings, giving up one run on one hit. Sasaki walked five and struck out three.
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Player To Watch
Detroit Tigers
Riley Greene last season hit .262 with a.827 OPS; he had 27 doubles, six triples, 24 home runs, 74 RBI, and 82 runs scored. He’s faced the Dodgers three times in his career coming last season, he hit .417 with a 1.167 OPS; he had three doubles, two RBI, and two runs scored.
Los Angeles Dodgers
Shohei Ohtani last season hit .310 with a 1.036 OPS; he had 38 doubles, seven triples, 54 home runs, 130 RBI, and 134 runs scored. He’s faced the Tigers 27 times in his career hitting .298 with a 1.161 OPS; he has three doubles, a triple 12 home runs, 25 RBI, and 23 runs scored. In three games last season, he hit .385 with a 1.313 OPS; he had a double, a triple, a home run, three RBI, and three runs scored.
Next Up
Detroit: March 31st-April 2nd at Seattle Mariners
Los Angeles: March 31st– April 2nd vs. Atlanta Braves
