Detroit Tigers at Cleveland Indians odds, picks and prediction

Detroit Tigers and Cleveland Indians will play each other in an AL Central game on Saturday at 7:10 p.m. ET. Tyler Alexander is the projected starting pitcher for the Tigers. Eli Morgan is a rookie who is 1-3 with a 6.75 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 10.1 K/9, and 1,4 BB/ 9 in 37 1/3 IP over eight starts.

Detroit Tigers are making their fifth straight start as a starter. Detroit has a 5.74 ERA and 1.46 WHIP on the road. Cleveland has an 8.44 ERA in 5 IP through five relief appearances against Detroit.

Detroit Tigers are playing against Cleveland Indians. Tigers have allowed a home run in all eight starts. Indians have yielded 3 or more earned runs in seven of their last seven starts, with a 66.3% left-on-base rate and 21.1% home-run/fly-ball rate.

Detroit Tigers are playing against Cleveland Indians.

Detroit lost Friday's series opener 6-1. The Tigers are 6th in the league. Cincinnati won seven straight games after the All-Star break. Since then, the Bengals have had a 4.69 ERA. Cleveland has had its own pitching woes of late with a. 4th-place ERA in second half.

Detroit Tigers play in their eighth straight game. The Tigers and Indians averaged 4.28 runs per game in this series. Detroit is favored to win.