Overview

• Detroit leads 85-71 to Cleveland’s 84-72 entering a three-game set in Cleveland from Tuesday through Thursday, with six regular-season games remaining for each club.
• Tarik Skubal and Gavin Williams are slated for Game 1, with Skubal having allowed one run in 22 innings against Cleveland this year with 32 strikeouts.
• Cleveland has surged 15-2 since Sept. 5 and owns MLB’s best second-half ERA, including a 2.32 mark in September, after being 11 games back entering Sept. 5.
• Detroit has gone 26-37 since July 9 and has lost six straight and nine of 10, as non-Skubal starters have posted a 5.48 ERA since the All-Star break.
• Cleveland leads the season series 6-4 and would secure the tiebreaker with one more win; Detroit’s magic number to clinch the division is six, with the Tigers finishing at Boston and the Guardians hosting Texas.