| Overall | After Win | After Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 10-6 | 4-4 | 6-2 |
| Game 2 | 6-9 | 2-7 | 4-2 |
| Game 3 | 9-6 | 3-3 | 6-3 |
| Game 4 | 2-1 | 2-1 | 0-0 |
| Overall | After Win | After Loss | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Game 1 | 5-11 | 1-6 | 4-5 |
| Game 2 | 7-8 | 4-1 | 3-7 |
| Game 3 | 8-7 | 5-2 | 3-5 |
| Game 4 | 0-2 | 0-1 | 0-1 |
| Team | R | H | E | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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4 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
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3 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
Cleveland Pitcher
C. Holderman
(W)
Detroit Pitcher
T. Holton
(L)
| Team | ML | O/U (Margin) | ATS (Margin) |
|---|---|---|---|
|
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-158 | 8o | -1.5 |
|
|
+134 | 8u (1) | +1.5 (0.5) |
| POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| D. Schneemann | CF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 |
| J. Ramirez | 3B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .236 |
| C. DeLauter | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .268 |
| K. Manzardo | 1B | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | .226 |
| T. Bazzana | 2B | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .299 |
| A. Martinez | RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .265 |
| S. Kwan | LF | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .204 |
| A. Hedges | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .242 |
| B. Rocchio | SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .282 |
| Totals | 27 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 5 | ||
Battling
Fielding
| POS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | LOB | AVG | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| M. Vierling | CF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .212 |
| K. McGonigle | 3B | 5 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .288 |
| J. Jones | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .182 |
| D. Dingler | C | 5 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | .239 |
| R. Greene | LF | 2 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .335 |
| S. Torkelson | 1B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .194 |
| C. Keith | PH -1B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .291 |
| W. Perez | RF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .168 |
| H. Lee | 2B | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .204 |
| Z. McKinstry | PH -2B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .171 |
| Z. Short | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .000 |
| G. Workman | PH | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .208 |
| Totals | 33 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 22 | ||
Battling
Fielding
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| P. Messick | 5 .0 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2.45 |
| C. Holderman (W 1-0) | 1 .0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1.56 |
| E. Sabrowski (H 17) | 1 .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1.74 |
| T. Herrin (H 3) | 0 .1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1.15 |
| H. Gaddis (H 5) | 0 .2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5.73 |
| C. Smith (S 15) | 1 .0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2.78 |
| IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | HR | ERA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K. Montero | 5 .0 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 3.83 |
| T. Holton (L 0-3) | 2 .0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 4.50 |
| W. Vest | 1 .0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 5.68 |
| B. Smith | 1 .0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2.76 |
Location Comerica Park
Temperature 77° Temperature
Attendance 21,239 attendance
Home Ron Kulpa
1st Scott Barry
2nd Manny Gonzalez
3rd Tom Hanahan
| Date | Home | Result | ML | O/U | CLE Starter (IP) | DET Starter (IP) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 18, '26 | DET |
|
CLE +124 | o8.0 | S. Cecconi (7.1) | F. Valdez (5.0) |
| Oct 02, '25 | CLE |
|
DET +108 | o7.5 | S. Cecconi (2.1) | J. Flaherty (4.2) |
| Oct 01, '25 | CLE |
|
CLE -130 | P7.0 | T. Bibee (4.2) | C. Mize (3.0) |
| Sep 30, '25 | CLE |
|
DET -162 | u6.0 | G. Williams (6.0) | T. Skubal (7.2) |
| Sep 25, '25 | CLE |
|
DET +139 | u7.5 | P. Messick (5.0) | T. Melton (3.2) |
| Sep 24, '25 | CLE |
|
CLE -128 | u7.5 | T. Bibee (6.0) | J. Flaherty (4.1) |
| Sep 23, '25 | CLE |
|
CLE +140 | o6.5 | G. Williams (6.0) | T. Skubal (6.0) |
| Sep 18, '25 | DET |
|
CLE +194 | u7.0 | T. Bibee (6.0) | T. Skubal (6.0) |
| Sep 17, '25 | DET |
|
CLE +128 | u8.0 | G. Williams (5.0) | J. Flaherty (5.0) |
| Sep 16, '25 | DET |
|
CLE +120 | o8.0 | J. Cantillo (5.0) | C. Mize (5.1) |
Last Meeting ( May 18, 2026 ) Cleveland 8, Detroit 2
Detroit Tigers manager A.J. Hinch sees the Cleveland Guardians as the heavyweights in the American League Central.
"We know the division runs through Cleveland, as much as we want to say otherwise," he said. "They've done it. And so we have to take that personally and overcome them in order to get to where we want to get to. That's the brutal truth."
The Tigers, who have lost 11 of their past 13 games, already have a lot of catching up to do. They enter the second contest of a four-game home series against the first-place Guardians on Tuesday 6 1/2 games back.
The Guardians won on Monday for the sixth time in seven games, posting an 8-2 victory in the series opener.
Cleveland won the division title in three of the past four seasons. Detroit made the playoffs as a wild card the past two seasons. The Guardians knocked the Tigers out of the playoffs in 2024 AL Division Series.
Last season, the Tigers controlled the division most of the way but collapsed in September and Cleveland caught them. Detroit responded by eliminating the Guardians in the wild-card round.
"This is such a fun rivalry that's developed the last couple of years because both teams have been really good and trading punches here or there," Hinch said. "That stuff is great for our division. It's great for two cities and two franchises that are fighters. We like to compete."
Keider Montero (2-3, 3.65 ERA) will start on Tuesday for Detroit. The right-hander posted consecutive quality starts this month against the Texas Rangers and the Kansas City Royals. However, in his latest outing, against the New York Mets on Thursday, he allowed four runs and four hits in 4 2/3 innings and took the loss as the Tigers fell 9-4.
Two seasons ago, Montero pitched 6 1/3 scoreless innings in his lone career regular-season outing against the Guardians. He also tossed three scoreless frames against them in two relief appearances that postseason.
Montero will be opposed by Parker Messick (5-1, 2.35). The Cleveland left-hander won his past two starts, most recently beating the Los Angeles Angels on Wednesday. He gave up two runs and four hits and three walks in 6 2/3 innings while recording seven strikeouts.
Messick revealed afterward he won without his best stuff.
"It was definitely one of those days," he said. "It was probably the best pregame bullpen I've ever thrown in my life, and then it just did not translate to the game. It was one of those where I just didn't have a great feel for all the pitches, especially early. I had to kind of fight through that."
Manager Stephen Vogt has marveled at the 25-year-old rookie's maturity.
"You could see (Messick) and Hedgie (catcher Austin Hedges) just figuring out how to get in the zone, how to keep them off balance," Vogt said. "Man, did he make pitch after pitch after pitch. As the outing was going, it was like, 'Man, how's he doing? How's he doing?' But he just kept going. It was a very mature outing by him."
Messick gave up four runs in five innings last September in his lone career outing against Detroit.
--Field Level Media
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| G. Arias | SS | Sixty Day IL - Hamstring( May 28, '26) | May 28, '26 | |
| The Cleveland Guardians transferred INF Gabriel Arias from the 10-day injured list to the 60-day injured list due to a strained left hamstring. | ||||
| E. Sabrowski | RP | Fifteen Day IL - Elbow( May 24, '26) | May 24, '26 | |
| The Cleveland Guardians placed LHP Erik Sabrowski on the 15-day injured list due to left elbow inflammation. | ||||
| Player | POS | Status | Date | Note |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| C. Mize | SP | Fifteen Day IL - Abductor( May 28, '26) | May 28, '26 | |
| The Detroit Tigers placed RHP Casey Mize on the 15-day injured list with right abductor inflammation. | ||||
| B. Hurter | RP | Sixty Day IL - Back( May 28, '26) | May 28, '26 | |
| The Detroit Tigers transferred LHP Brant Hurter to the 60-day injured list with lumbar spine inflammation. | ||||
| K. Jansen | RP | Fifteen Day IL - Groin( May 27, '26) | May 27, '26 | |
| The Detroit Tigers placed RHP Kenley Jansen on the 15-day injured list with a pelvic inflammation. | ||||
| J. Baez | SS | Ten Day IL - Ankle( May 25, '26) | May 25, '26 | |
| The Detroit Tigers placed OF Javier Báez on the 10-day injured list with a right ankle sprain. | ||||
| B. Smith | RP | Fifteen Day IL - Shoulder( May 21, '26) | May 21, '26 | |
| The Detroit Tigers placed RHP Burch Smith on the 15-day injured list with right shoulder inflammation. | ||||
| J. Verlander | SP | Sixty Day IL - Hip( May 09, '26) | May 09, '26 | |
| The Detroit Tigers transferred RHP Justin Verlander to the 60-day injured list with left hip inflammation. | ||||
| T. Skubal | SP | Fifteen Day IL - Elbow( May 03, '26) | May 03, '26 | |
| The Detroit Tigers placed LHP Tarik Skubal on the 15-day injured list due to loose bodies in left elbow. | ||||
| B. Horn | RP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Apr 21, '26) | Apr 21, '26 | |
| The Detroit Tigers transferred LHP Bailey Horn from the 15-day injured list to the 60-day injured list as he continues his recovery from a left elbow arthroscopy. | ||||
| P. Meadows | CF | Sixty Day IL - Head/Arm( Apr 12, '26) | Apr 12, '26 | |
| The Detroit Tigers trasferred OF Parker Meadows to the 60-day injured list with a left radius fracture. | ||||
| T. Sweeney | SS | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( Apr 10, '26) | Apr 10, '26 | |
| The Tigers announced that Sweeney underwent season-ending shoulder surgery. | ||||
| R. Olson | SP | Sixty Day IL - Shoulder( Feb 09, '26) | Feb 09, '26 | |
| The Detroit Tigers placed RHP Reese Olson on the 60-day injured list after he underwent a right shoulder labral repair. | ||||
| J. Jobe | SP | Sixty Day IL - Elbow( Feb 09, '26) | Feb 09, '26 | |
| The Detroit Tigers placed RHP Jackson Jobe on the 60-day injured list due to recovering from Tommy John surgery. | ||||
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 13, '26
CLE 4 - LAA 2
|
W -156 | u7.0 | 6.2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 104 | 15.6 | 3.0 |
|
May 08, '26
CLE 6 - MIN 4
|
W -146 | o7.5 | 5.2 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 95 | 16.8 | 0.8 |
|
May 03, '26
ATH 7 - CLE 1
|
L -130 | u9.5 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 3 | 78 | 15.6 | 1.0 |
|
Apr 27, '26
CLE 2 - TB 3
|
L -138 | u8.5 | 5.2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 95 | 16.8 | 3.0 |
|
Apr 21, '26
CLE 8 - HOU 5
|
W -154 | o8.5 | 5.0 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 85 | 17.0 | 1.7 |
| Last 5 Avg. | 5.1 | 5.2 | 2.2 | 2.2 | 6.6 | 1.4 | 0.8 | 91.4 | 16.3 | 1.9 |
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Sep 25, '25
CLE 2 - DET 4
|
L -152 | u7.5 | 5.0 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 89 | 17.8 | 1.3 |
| Last 1 Avg. | 5.0 | 6.0 | 4.0 | 4.0 | 7.0 | 1.0 | 3.0 | 89.0 | 17.8 | 1.3 |
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
May 14, '26
NYM 9 - DET 4
|
L +138 | o7.5 | 4.2 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 70 | 15.0 | 1.5 |
|
May 08, '26
KC 4 - DET 3
|
L +120 | u8.5 | 6.0 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 71 | 11.8 | 0.6 |
|
May 02, '26
DET 5 - TEX 1
|
W -130 | u10.5 | 6.2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 85 | 12.8 | 1.0 |
|
Apr 26, '26
CIN 3 - DET 8
|
W -106 | o9.0 | 5.0 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 86 | 17.2 | 1.3 |
|
Apr 21, '26
DET 4 - MIL 12
|
L -112 | o8.5 | 5.2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 88 | 15.5 | 1.0 |
| Last 5 Avg. | 5.1 | 4.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 3.2 | 1.6 | 1.0 | 80.0 | 14.5 | 1.1 |
|
Date
Score
|
Line | O/U | IP | H | R | ER | SO | BB | HR | PIT | P/IP | GB:FB |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Oct 09, '24
DET 3 - CLE 0
|
W +103 | u7.5 | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6.0 | 0.5 |
|
Jul 08, '24
DET 1 - CLE 0
|
W +124 | u8.5 | 6.1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 1 | 0 | 73 | 11.5 | 3.0 |
| Last 2 Avg. | 3.2 | 1.5 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | 0.5 | 0.0 | 39.5 | 8.8 | 1.8 |