Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers Prediction, 7/4/2022 MLB Picks, Best Bets & Odds

Game: Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers

Date: Monday, July 4, 2022

Location: Comerica Park in Detroit, MI

TV: Bally Sports Detroit

The Cleveland Guardians (39-36) are en route to Comerica Park on Monday where they will compete against the Detroit Tigers (30-46). The starting pitchers will be Konnor Pilkington and Tarik Skubal.

The Guardians have compiled 137 two-baggers as a team and have knocked 56 baseballs out of the stadium. Cleveland has a slugging percentage of .382 and have struck out 509 times, while drawing a walk on 213 occasions. As a team, the Cleveland Guardians are knocking in 4.4 runs per game, which is 15th in the league. They have 306 RBI's and 610 hits on the season, and their average at the plate sits at .246. They have tallied 324 runs and have an on-base percentage of .309.

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Guardians pitchers have given up 85 long balls and also 310 runs in total (8th in baseball). Their pitching staff has walked 218 hitters and their FIP comes in at 4.12 as a squad for the season. Their strikeout to walk ratio is 2.77 and the pitching staff sits with a WHIP of 1.24. The Guardians have compiled a team ERA of 3.86 on the year (12th in MLB), and their staff has rung up 603 batters.

Guardians relief pitchers have entered the contest with players on base 64 times in addition to having 78 appearances in high leverage situations. The relief pitchers have 20 holds over the course of the season (30th in baseball). The Guardians relief pitchers have earned a save rate of 71.4% and has come into the game in 51 save situations. They have recorded 20 saves for the season and have blown 8 of 28 chances to save the game. The bullpen pitchers have inherited 87 runners so far this season and 27.6% of those players earned a run for their team. The Guardians have dispatched 230 relievers to the mound over the course of the season.

The Guardians have turned 70.4% of balls hit into play into outs out of 5,850 innings on the field, which ranks them 12th in pro baseball. The Cleveland Guardians have accumulated 1,950 putouts on the year, in addition to 647 assists and 43 errors. Their fielding percentage is currently at .984 which has them sitting 20th in MLB, and they have turned 57 double plays.

Pilkington has pitched in 31 innings and is sitting with 32 punch outs in his MLB career. His ERA is 4.31 (15 ER's allowed) and his career WHIP is 1.691. He has surrendered 35 base knocks (10.1 hits per nine innings) and has had 18 walks. Pilkington (1-1 mark in his career) has a FIP of 3.74 while he has faced 145 hitters in the major leagues.

The Tigers hold a slugging % of .331 and they are scoring 2.97 runs per contest (30th in the league). They have 100 doubles, while getting a free base 174 times and racking up 223 runs. Detroit has compiled 42 home runs on the season and 214 RBIs. They have been called out on strikes on 631 occasions (20th in the league) and have totaled 556 base hits. The Detroit Tigers have accounted for a team on-base percentage of .283 as well as a team batting average of .227 over the course of the season.

The Detroit pitching staff have relinquished 322 runs for the season while holding an ERA of 4.08 (297 earned runs surrendered). They have yielded 77 long balls and they allow 4.42 runs per 9 innings (20th in MLB). The Tigers hold a team WHIP of 1.255 and have a FIP of 3.99 as a team this year. They have earned a strikeout to walk ratio of 2.55 (582 strikeouts vs 228 free passes). They have a ranking of 7th in MLB as a pitching staff in total hits given up with 594.

Detroit relievers have an inherited score rate of 25.9% out of their 81 inherited runners. Their relief pitchers have come in 68 times in high leverage situations and on 50 occasions with runners on. With 68 save situations, the Tigers have accrued 42 holds and 6 blown saves. They are ranked 5th in the league with a save percentage of 75.0%, and they have sent 268 relief pitchers to the mound this year. Detroit has called on bullpen pitchers to enter the contest in 24 save opportunities and they have come away with 18 saves.

In their 5,895 innings on the field, the Tigers have a defensive efficiency of 70.6% (11th in MLB). The Detroit Tigers have turned 57 double plays and have a fielding percentage of .985 (14th in MLB). The Tigers have 628 assists, 39 errors and have accumulated 1,965 putouts on the campaign.

So far in his MLB career, Skubal has given up 246 base knocks while tallying 290 strikeouts in 265 innings. He has given up 127 ER's while holding a WHIP of 1.225 and a FIP of 4.4. He has a strikeout to walk ratio of 3.67 and he has faced 1,109 opposing batters thus far in his career. Skubal (14-22 win-loss mark in his career) has earned a 4.31 earned run average and has allowed 8.3 hits per 9 innings.

Who will win tonight's MLB game against the spread or moneyline?

Guy Bruhn's Pick: Take Cleveland

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