The set-up: While yesterday's game fell under the total in the Tigers bounce back victory, all signs point to a higher-scoring slug-fest in the finale on Thursday afternoon in my opinion.

The pitchers: The Indians send out Shane Bieber (0-0, 3.38 ERA), who gave up two runs off two hits with two walks over six innings in a win over the Jays on Friday.

The home side counters with Spencer Turnbull (0-1, 4.09) who gave up three runs off six hits while striking out ten over six innings in a no-decision to the Royals on Thursday. So far Turnbull has one "dud" and one "gem" under his belt in 2019.

The pick: The Tigers have won six of their last seven and they had ten hits off Cleveland starter Trevor Bauer yesterday, who had allowed only one hit over his first two starts combined. "We've been struggling offensively and we're just trying to get better game by game as an offense and stay within ourselves," Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire told reporters after the game. "I think some guys are starting to use the whole field, staying on balls, some really good two-strike at-bats. We're cutting down on our strikeouts a little bit and if we do that a little better we'll get a lot more hits."

Indians/Tigers OVER

9* play