Tigers vs. Guardians Betting Lines, Odds, & Player Matchups September 17, 2025

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The Cleveland Guardians (78-71) will try to keep a four-game win streak intact when they visit the Detroit Tigers (85-65) on Wednesday at 6:40 p.m. ET. The Guardians (+126) are not favored to continue the streak against the Tigers (-151). Jack Flaherty starts for Detroit while Cleveland will counter with Gavin Williams.

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Tigers to win vs Guardians -151

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Tigers vs. Guardians betting lines

  • Favorite: Tigers (-151)
  • Underdog: Guardians (+126)
  • Over/under: 8.5

Tigers betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Tigers betting info

  • The Tigers have been favored on the moneyline 104 total times this season. They’ve finished 63-41 in those games.
  • In games it has played as moneyline favorites with odds of -151 or shorter, Detroit has gone 40-17 (70.2%).
  • Based on this game’s moneyline, the Tigers have an implied win probability of 60.2%.
  • Detroit has combined with opponents to go over the total 79 times this season for a 79-64-7 record against the over/under.
  • The Tigers are 72-78-0 against the spread this season.

Tigers hitting info

  • Gleyber Torres is batting .255 with 21 doubles, 15 home runs and 82 walks.
  • Torres’ home runs rank 129th in MLB and he ranks 66th in RBI in MLB.
  • Riley Greene has hit 34 home runs with 108 RBI while hitting .265. Those stats all lead his team.
  • Among all MLB hitters, Greene ranks ninth in home runs and fifth in RBI.
  • Spencer Torkelson has 26 doubles, a triple, 28 home runs and 68 walks while batting .237.
  • Torkelson enters this game on a two-game hitting streak. During his last five outings he is hitting .316 with three walks.
  • Zach McKinstry is hitting .261 with 21 doubles, 11 triples, 11 home runs and 45 walks.

Tigers pitching rankings

  • The Tigers pitching staff is 13th in MLB with a collective 8.6 strikeouts per nine innings.
  • Detroit has a 3.91 team ERA that ranks 13th among all MLB pitching staffs.
  • Tigers pitchers combine for the No. 8 WHIP in MLB (1.239).
  • The Tigers give up the 15th-fewest home runs in baseball (174 total, 1.2 per game).
  • Detroit took down the Marlins 2-0 in its last game with eight strikeouts while allowing seven hits.

Guardians betting info, hitting leaders, & pitching

Guardians betting info

  • This season, the Guardians have won 37 out of the 82 games, or 45.1%, in which they’ve been the underdog.
  • Cleveland is 17-16 this season when entering a game as the underdog by +126 or more on the moneyline.
  • The Guardians have a 44.2% chance to win this game based on the implied probability of the moneyline.
  • Games involving Cleveland have gone over the total set by oddsmakers in 62 of 147 chances this season.
  • The Guardians are 76-71-0 against the spread this season.

Guardians hitting info

  • Jose Ramirez is batting .281 with 28 home runs and 77 RBI. All three of those stats lead Cleveland hitters this season.
  • Ramirez ranks 25th in homers and 48th in RBI among all hitters in MLB.
  • Steven Kwan is batting .273 with an OBP of .333 and a slugging percentage of .375 this season.
  • Kwan is 197th in homers and 174th in RBI among all MLB hitters this season.
  • Kyle Manzardo has collected 100 base hits, an OBP of .320 and a slugging percentage of .466 this season.
  • Angel Martinez has 94 hits and an OBP of .267 to go with a slugging percentage of .365 this season.

Guardians pitching rankings

  • The Guardians have an 8.4 K/9 this season as a pitching staff, which ranks 16th in the majors.
  • Cleveland has the sixth-best ERA (3.80) in the majors this season.
  • The Guardians rank 16th in MLB with a combined 1.288 WHIP this season.
  • The Guardians have given up the eighth-fewest long balls so far this season with only 157 home runs allowed.
  • Cleveland earned a 3-2 win in its most recent game, striking out 11 White Sox batters while allowing five hits.
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