The Detroit Tigers visit the Cleveland Guardians in the second game of the ALDS on Monday at 4:08 p.m. ET at Progressive Field. The Guardians have a 1-0 series lead. Detroit has Tarik Skubal starting things off, and Cleveland will counter with Matthew Boyd.

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Tigers vs. Guardians betting lines

• Favorite: Tigers (-129)
• Underdog: Guardians (+109)
• Over/under: 6.5

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

• The Tigers have gone 39-28 in games they were listed as the moneyline favorite (winning 58.2% of those games).
• Detroit has a record of 29-14 when it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -129 or shorter (67.4% winning percentage).
• The Tigers have an implied moneyline win probability of 56.3% in this contest.
• Detroit has played in 164 games with a set over/under, and have combined with its opponents to go over the total 79 times (79-78-7).
• The Tigers have an 89-74-0 record ATS this season (covering 54.6% of the time).

Tigers hitting info

• Riley Greene leads the Tigers with 24 home runs and 74 runs batted in, while racking up a team-high batting average of .262.
• Greene ranks 42nd in homers and 61st in RBI among all hitters in MLB action.
• Matt Vierling is batting .257 with 28 doubles, five triples, 16 home runs and 41 walks.
• Vierling ranks 117th in home runs and 126th in RBI this season.
• Colt Keith has 15 doubles, four triples, 13 home runs and 36 walks while hitting .260.
• Kerry Carpenter is hitting .284 with 16 doubles, five triples, 18 home runs and 22 walks.
• Carpenter brings a two-game hitting streak into this game. During his last five outings he is batting .176 with a home run, a walk and four RBI.

Tigers pitching rankings

• The pitching staff for the Tigers has a collective 8.4 K/9, which ranks 21st in MLB.
• Detroit’s 3.62 team ERA ranks fourth across all MLB pitching staffs.
• Tigers pitchers combine for the No. 2 WHIP in MLB (1.164).
• The Tigers give up the fourth-fewest home runs in baseball (159 total, one per game).
• Detroit its 7-0 loss the last time out, the team struck out eight Guardians batters while allowing seven hits.

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

• The Guardians have entered the game as underdogs 58 times this season and won 27, or 46.6%, of those games.
• Cleveland has a record of 11-20 in games where oddsmakers have it as underdogs of at least +109 on the moneyline.
• Bookmakers have implied with the moneyline set for this matchup that the Guardians have a 47.8% chance to win.
• Cleveland and its opponents have hit the over in 70 of its 162 games with a total this season.
• The Guardians are 84-77-0 against the spread this season.

Guardians hitting info

• Jose Ramirez leads Cleveland in home runs with 39 and runs batted in with 118.
• Among all hitters in the majors, Ramirez’s home run total is fifth, and his RBI total is third.
• Josh Naylor is batting .243 with an OBP of .320 and a slugging percentage of .456 this season.
• Naylor is 18th among hitters in MLB in home runs, and eighth in RBI.
• Naylor heads into this game on a two-game hitting streak. In his last five games he is hitting .353 with a double, two walks and four RBI.
• Steven Kwan leads Cleveland with a .292 batting average while slugging 14 homers and driving in 44 runs.
• Andres Gimenez is batting .252 with an OBP of .298 and a slugging percentage of .340 this season.
• Gimenez brings a two-game hitting streak into this matchup. In his last five games he is hitting .118 with .

Guardians pitching rankings

• The Guardians strike out 8.9 batters per nine innings as a pitching staff, ninth-best in MLB.
• Cleveland has the third-best ERA (3.61) in the majors this season.
• The Guardians have a combined WHIP of just 1.202 as a pitching staff, which is the fourth-best in baseball this season.
• The Guardians have allowed the 12th-fewest home runs this season with 179, or 1.1 per game.
• Cleveland earned a 7-0 win in its most recent game, striking out 13 Tigers batters while allowing four hits.

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