Cleveland Guardians vs. Detroit Tigers ALDS Game 3 odds, tips and betting trends

The Cleveland Guardians and the Detroit Tigers hit the field for Game 3 of the ALDS on Wednesday at 3:08 p.m. ET at Comerica Park. The series is tied at a game each.

The Guardians are a tight favorite (-110 to win on the moneyline) when they play the Tigers (-109). The Guardians will give the ball to Alex Cobb (2-1, 2.76 ERA), while the Tigers’ starting pitcher has not yet been announced.

Ahead of watching this Guardians vs. Tigers matchup, here is everything you need to know about Wednesday’s playoff action, including viewing options.

Cleveland Guardians vs. Detroit Tigers odds and betting lines

MLB odds courtesy of BetMGM Sportsbook. Odds updated Tuesday at 9:17 p.m. ET. For a full list of Sports betting odds, access USA TODAY Sports Betting Scores Odds Hub.

• Favorite: Guardians (-110, bet $110 to win $100)
• Underdog: Tigers (-109, bet $109 to win $100)
• Over/under: 7

Guardians stats and trends

Guardians betting records

• This season, the Guardians have been favored 102 times and won 66, or 64.7%, of those games.
• Cleveland is 66-38 this season when entering a game favored by -110 or more on the moneyline.
• The moneyline for this contest implies a 52.4% chance of a victory for the Guardians.
• So far this season, Cleveland and its opponents have hit the over in 70 of 163 games with a total.
• The Guardians are 84-78-0 ATS in their 162 games with a spread this season.

Alex Cobb (Guardians probable starter)

• The Guardians are sending Cobb (2-1) out to make his fourth start of the season. He is 2-1 with a 2.76 ERA and 10 strikeouts through 16 1/3 innings pitched.
• The right-hander last appeared on Sunday, Sept. 1 against the Pittsburgh Pirates, when he threw six innings, allowing no earned runs while giving up two hits.
• The 37-year-old has a 2.76 ERA and 5.5 strikeouts per nine innings across three games this season, while giving up a batting average of .241 to opposing hitters.
• Cobb will try to continue a three-game streak of pitching five or more innings (he’s averaging 5.4 frames per outing).
• The opposing Tigers offense has the 22nd-ranked slugging percentage (.385) and is 24th in MLB play with 162 home runs. It has a collective .234 batting average, and is 23rd in MLB with 1273 total hits and 19th in MLB action scoring 682 runs.

Guardians batting stats

• The Guardians rank 12th in Major League Baseball with 185 home runs.
• Hitters for Cleveland have combined for a team rank of 16th in the majors with a .395 team slugging percentage.
• The Guardians rank 21st in MLB with a .238 team batting average.
• Cleveland has scored 708 runs (4.4 per game) this season, which ranks 14th in MLB.
• The Guardians have an on-base percentage of .307 this season, which ranks 18th in the league.
• Cleveland has shown patience at the plate this season with the fourth-best rate of strikeouts per game (7.4) among MLB offenses.

Tigers stats and trends

Tigers betting records

• The Tigers have come away with 48 wins in the 97 contests they have been listed as the underdogs in this season.
• Detroit has a win-loss record of 44-49 when favored by -109 or worse by sportsbooks this year.
• The Tigers have an implied victory probability of 52.2% according to the moneyline set by sportsbooks for this matchup.
• Detroit and its opponents have hit the over in 79 of its 165 games with a total set by oddsmakers this season.
• The Tigers are 90-74-0 against the spread in their 164 games that had a posted line this season.

Tigers batting stats

• The Tigers average 1.0 home run per game to rank 24th in MLB action with 162 total home runs.
• So far this year, Detroit ranks 22nd in baseball with a .385 slugging percentage.
• The Tigers are 23rd in the majors with a .234 batting average.
• Detroit scores the 19th-most runs in baseball (682 total, 4.2 per game).
• The Tigers rank 28th in baseball with a .300 on-base percentage.