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Tigers Name Casey Mize Game 2 Starter With Chance to Clinch Wild-Card Series

The former No. 1 pick makes his first postseason start one year after being left off the roster at Progressive Field.

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Overview

  • Manager A.J. Hinch announced that Casey Mize will start Game 2 on Wednesday in Cleveland against the Guardians.
  • Detroit leads the best-of-three 1-0 after Tarik Skubal struck out 14 and allowed one run in a 2-1 Game 1 win.
  • The Tigers selected Mize for the assignment over right-hander Jack Flaherty.
  • Mize went 14-6 in 28 starts with his first All-Star selection, then closed the regular season with 6⅓ innings of two-run, eight-strikeout, zero-walk pitching at Fenway Park.
  • This will be Mize’s first postseason appearance at the site where he was left off last October, and a win would send Detroit to the ALDS against the Seattle Mariners.