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Cleveland Indians at Detroit Tigers

Wednesday, 7:05 pm Eastern – ESPN

Opening Line: Tigers -130, Total 9.5 Flat

The Cleveland Indians and Detroit Tigers continue their series in Detroit on Wednesday as Jake Westbrook (1-3, 6.10 ERA) faces Kenny Rogers (2-0, 0.75 ERA).  These are the top two teams in the American League Central and the division lead has gone back and forth. Early betting at LTSF has the public all over the Tigers at home.

Jake Westbrook will be making his third start since coming off the DL and is starting to look like his former self.  Against Tampa Bay he was superb, retiring 16 of 17 at one point.  He has allowed just four runs in his last two starts covering 14 innings.  He has struggled against Detroit in his career going 4-7 with an ERA of 6.53.

Kenny Rogers is looking like his former self and it hasn’t taken long.  In his first start of the season he was superb and in his last start against Texas he allowed only one run in six innings.  Rogers is 16-16 with a 5.28 ERA against the Indians in his career.

The Tigers are -126 favorites with a total of 9.5 flat .

Here were the betting statistics heading into Tuesday’s game.  The Indians are 5-0 in their last 5 overall. The Indians are 4-1 in their last 5 games as an underdog. The Indians are 10-3 in their last 13 games vs. a left-handed starter. The Indians are 15-5 in their last 20 vs. the American League Central. The Indians are 4-1 in Westbrook's last 5 starts. The Indians are 11-4 in Westbrook's last 15 starts on Grass. The Indians are 2-5 in Westbrook's last 7 starts vs. the Tigers. The Indians are 0-5 in the last 5 meetings when Westbrook faces Rogers.

The Tigers are 28-11 in their last 39 games as a favorite. The Tigers are 7-3 in their last 10 games vs. a right-handed starter. The Tigers are 9-4 in their last 13 overall. The Tigers are 2-5 in their last 7 games as a home favorite.

The Tigers are 3-8 in their last 11 vs. the American League Central. The Tigers are 15-3 in Rogers' last 18 starts vs. the American League Central. The Tigers are 20-4 in Rogers' last 24 starts as a favorite. The Tigers are 13-3 in Rogers' last 16 home starts.

The Under is 5-0 in the Indians last 5 road games vs. a left-handed starter. The Under is 6-0-1 in the Indians last 7 road games. The Over is 9-3 in the Indians last 12 vs. the American League Central. The Over is 8-3-1 in Westbrook's last 12 starts as a road underdog. The Over is 19-7-1 in the Tigers last 27 games as a home favorite. The Over is 24-9-2 in the Tigers last 35 vs. American League Central. The Over is 26-11-3 in the Tigers last 40 overall. The Under is 5-0 in Rogers' last 5 starts overall. The Over is 4-0 in the last 4 meetings between the two teams. The Under is 4-1-1 in Rogers' last 6 starts vs. the Indians.