Prizing:

1st Place: $50 Amazon gift card

2nd-5th Place: $10 Starbucks gift card

Overview:

On Wednesday, September 28th, the (90-65) Cleveland Indians will be on the road to take on the (83-72) Detroit Tigers.  The Tigers are (43-34) at home this season whereas the Indians are (37-37) on the road.  Cleveland is (6-4) in their last ten games while Detroit is (5-5).

The Crowd:

“The Crowd” projects a final score of Tigers 4.4 – Indians 3.5 with an over/under of 8.0.

Starting Pitchers:

CLE- Trevor Bauer (12-8, 4.26) vs DET- Michael Fulmer (11-7, 2.95)

Batting Stats:

Runs Scored: Indians 751 (4^th) > Tigers 719 (11^th)

Batting Average: Tigers .266 (3^rd) > Indians .263 (4^th)

On Base Percentage: Tigers .330 (5^th) > Indians .329 (7^th)

Total Bases: Tigers 2317 (6^th) > Indians 2287 (8^th)

Baserunning Stats:

Stolen Bases: Indians 130 (2^nd) > Tigers 58 (22^nd)

Pitching Stats:

Team Earned Run Average: Indians 3.79 (6^th) > Tigers 4.27 (19^th)

Batting Average Against: Indians .241 (4^th) > Tigers .261 (21^st)

Walks/Hits Per Innings Pitched: Indians 1.24 (6^th) > Tigers 1.32 (13^th)

Strikeouts: Indians 1349 (4^th) > Tigers 1186 (21^st)

Saves: Tigers 47 (tied for 6^th) > Indians 34 (25^th)

Fielding Stats:

Errors: Tigers 72 (2^nd) > Indians 89 (14^th)

Summary:

Cleveland is (13-2) against Detroit this season and have outscored them 96-49 in those games.  Though the Indians have dominated the Tigers this season, this could be a bad match-up for Cleveland.  Tigers batters are hitting a combined .321 off of Indians starter Trevor Bauer in a large sample size.

Cleveland has had great success off of Tigers starter Michael Fulmer as well batting a combined .333 off of him.  Mike Napoli is the danger man hitting .500 off of Fulmer with a couple homers.  This game looks to be a shootout and I’ll take Cleveland because their bullpen is much stronger than Detroit’s.

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