Overview
- Cleveland and Detroit are tied at 85-72 after the Guardians’ 5-2 win in the series opener, which gave Cleveland the head-to-head tiebreaker.
- First pitch is 6:40 p.m. ET at Progressive Field with coverage on FanDuel Sports Network Detroit and the team’s CleGuardians TV feed.
- Streaming access is available via free trials from DirecTV Stream and FuboTV, according to the outlets.
- Probable starters are Cleveland’s Tanner Bibee (11-11, 4.34) and Detroit’s Jack Flaherty (8-14, 4.60), with Bibee allowing three earned runs total over his last three starts.
- Cleveland enters on a surge (16 wins in 18) while Detroit has dropped seven straight and 10 of 11, a slide underscored by a sixth-inning collapse Tuesday that included a costly error and a balk.