Guardians visit the Tigers on 3-game road win streak

By Canadian Press on September 16, 2025.

Cleveland Guardians (78-71, second in the AL Central) vs. Detroit Tigers (85-65, first in the AL Central)

Detroit; Tuesday, 6:40 p.m. EDT

PITCHING PROBABLES: Guardians: Joey Cantillo (5-3, 3.36 ERA, 1.31 WHIP, 92 strikeouts); Tigers: Casey Mize (14-5, 3.83 ERA, 1.27 WHIP, 118 strikeouts)

BOTTOM LINE: The Cleveland Guardians visit the Detroit Tigers looking to continue a three-game road winning streak.

Detroit is 46-29 in home games and 85-65 overall. The Tigers have a 40-15 record in games when they hit two or more home runs.

Cleveland has gone 37-37 in road games and 78-71 overall. The Guardians have a 26-15 record in games when they hit at least two home runs.

The teams meet Tuesday for the eighth time this season. The Tigers lead the season series 4-3.

TOP PERFORMERS: Riley Greene has 31 doubles, a triple, 34 home runs and 108 RBIs while hitting .265 for the Tigers. Dillon Dingler is 12 for 38 with a double and a home run over the last 10 games.

Kyle Manzardo has 15 doubles, two triples, 26 home runs and 67 RBIs for the Guardians. CJ Kayfus is 8 for 29 with four doubles and two home runs over the past 10 games.

LAST 10 GAMES: Tigers: 5-5, .229 batting average, 4.04 ERA, outscored opponents by 14 runs

Guardians: 9-1, .247 batting average, 1.50 ERA, outscored opponents by 25 runs

INJURIES: Tigers: Javier Baez: day-to-day (head), Tarik Skubal: day-to-day (side), Sawyer Gipson-Long: 15-Day IL (neck), Beau Brieske: 60-Day IL (forearm), Kyle Finnegan: 15-Day IL (abductor), Matt Vierling: 10-Day IL (oblique), Paul Sewald: 60-Day IL (shoulder), 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)

Guardians: 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)

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

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