The Detroit Tigers (34-45) and Cleveland Indians (42-33) play the second game of a three-game set Tuesday with a 7:10 p.m. ET first pitch at Progressive Field. Let’s analyze BetMGM Sportsbook‘s lines around the Tigers vs. Indians odds with MLB picks and predictions.
RHP Jose Urena is the projected starting pitcher for the Tigers. He is 2-8 with a 6.00 ERA, 1.65 WHIP, 5.5 K/9 and 4.2 BB/9 in 69 IP over 14 starts.
Urena was tattooed for six runs (four earned) and eight hits with two walks and just one strikeout across 3 2/3 innings in a fourth consecutive loss Thursday against the Houston Astros. He has a dismal 12.89 ERA in June.
RHP J.C. Mejia is the projected starting pitcher for the Indians. He is 1-2 with a 4.94 ERA, 1.18 WHIP, 8.4 K/9 and 2.7 BB/9 in 23 2/3 IP over 5 starts and 3 relief appearances.
Mejia is 0-2 in five starts this month, but he is coming off his best outing of the season. He allowed just one run on four hits and two walks with six strikeouts across six innings in a no-decision at the Minnesota Twins Thursday.
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Tigers at Indians odds, lines, picks and prediction
MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM; access USA TODAY Sports for a full list. Odds last updated at 3:30 a.m. ET.
- Money line: Tigers +150 (bet $100 to win $150) | Indians -185 (bet $185 to win $100)
- Against the spread/ATS: Tigers +1.5 (-125) | Indians -1.5 (+105)
- Over/Under: 9.5 (O: +100 | U: -120)
Prediction
Indians 7, Tigers 4
Money line (ML)
The INDIANS (-185) are just a little more expensive than my usual personal money line limit of -180. However, sometimes you have to make exceptions.
The Indians have won eight of the previous nine meetings with the Tigers, and Cleveland will beat up on the scuffling Urena here, too.
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Run line/Against the spread (ATS)
The INDIANS -1.5 (+105) are a much more attractive play on the run line at a better price.
Cleveland creamed Detroit 13-5 in the series opener and has won by two or more runs in each of its past three wins, and five of its previous seven victories.
Over/Under (O/U)
The OVER 9.5 (+100) is the play in this one with the very giving Urena on the hill, and Mejia has allowed his fair share of runs, too.
The Over has connected in five of the past six for the Tigers as road underdogs, including the series opener Monday. The Over is also 6-1 in the past seven at Progressive Field for the Tribe, and 16-6-3 in the past 25 against AL Central opponents.
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