Guardians and Tigers meet in decisive AL Wild Card Series Game 3

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Detroit Tigers (87-75, second in the AL Central during the regular season) vs. Cleveland Guardians (88-74, first in the AL Central during the regular season)

Cleveland; Thursday, 3:08 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Tigers: Jack Flaherty (8-15, 4.64 ERA, 1.28 WHIP, 188 strikeouts); Guardians: Slade Cecconi (7-7, 4.30 ERA, 1.19 WHIP, 109 strikeouts)

BETMGM SPORTSBOOK LINE: Guardians -118, Tigers -102; over/under is 7 runs

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians and the Detroit Tigers play in Game 3 of the AL Wild Card Series. The series is tied 1-1, and the winner advances to the ALDS.

Cleveland has a 45-36 record at home and an 88-74 record overall. The Guardians are 60-13 in games when they have more hits than their opponents.

Detroit is 87-75 overall and 41-40 in road games. The Tigers have the eighth-ranked team ERA in the AL at 3.95.

The teams meet Thursday for the 16th time this season. The Guardians lead the season series 9-6.

TOP PERFORMERS: Jose Ramirez has 30 home runs, 66 walks and 85 RBIs while hitting .283 for the Guardians. Steven Kwan is 8 for 40 with two doubles, a home run and six RBIs over the last 10 games.

Riley Greene leads the Tigers with 36 home runs while slugging .493. Gleyber Torres is 11 for 42 with a double and an RBI over the last 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Guardians: 6-4, .206 batting average, 2.90 ERA, outscored opponents by 11 runs

Tigers: 3-7, .227 batting average, 3.81 ERA, outscored by 15 runs

INJURIES: Guardians: David Fry: 10-Day IL (nose), Nolan Jones: 10-Day IL (oblique), Nic Enright: 15-Day IL (elbow), Lane Thomas: 10-Day IL (foot), Will Brennan: 60-Day IL (forearm), Andrew Walters: 60-Day IL (lat), Ben Lively: 60-Day IL (forearm), John Means: 60-Day IL (elbow), Sam Hentges: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

Tigers: Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (oblique), Colt Keith: 10-Day IL (rib cage), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 15-Day IL (neck), Beau Brieske: 60-Day IL (forearm), Reese Olson: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Sean Guenther: 60-Day IL (hip), Jackson Jobe: 60-Day IL (flexor), Jason Foley: 60-Day IL (shoulder), Alex Cobb: 60-Day IL (hip), Ty Madden: 60-Day IL (shoulder)

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The Associated Press created this story using technology provided by Data Skrive and data from Sportradar.