Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers 5/26/22 - MLB Picks & Predictions

Comerica Park will play host to a Thursday night MLB clash between the Cleveland Guardians and the Detroit Tigers. The Guardians (18-21) have dropped seven of their previous ten games and have fallen 6.5 games behind AL Central Division leading Minnesota. Last night, Cleveland managed just four hits and struck out 12 times during a 2-1 road loss against Houston.

Twenty-six year old righty Aaron Civale (2-3 7.84 ERA) will head to the hill for the Guardians in this contest. In his last start, Civale allowed one unearned run across six plus frames during a 6-1 home victory versus Detroit.

The Detroit Tigers have split their previous ten games and have edged a half-game ahead of last place Kansas City. On Wednesday, 3B Jeimer Candelario came through with a two-run blast in the tenth inning to lift Detroit to a 4-2 road victory against Minnesota. SS Harold Castro contributed three hits and scored a pair of runs for the Tigers (15-28).

The Tigers will counter with twenty-five year old southpaw Tarik Skubal (3-2 2.22 ERA) on Thursday. Through 44 plus innings, Skubal has allowed just two home runs while striking out 50 batters.