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On Friday, July 28 at Marlins Park in Miami, the Detroit Tigers and Miami Marlins will begin a three-game series against each other. While Miami suffered a sweep against the Los Angeles Angels in their latest series, Miami managed to split their two game series versus the Tampa Bay Rays. Though they are in 3rd spot within the AL Central, the Tigers are a long way from the postseason. Additionally, the Marlins are now 3rd across the NL East. Still strongly in contention for a postseason position are the Marlins.
The Miami Marlins need to defeat the Tigers in their own stadium this weekend in order to win the series. Regarding the NL East rankings and the race for the Wild Card, Miami is trailing the Phillies by a half game. The Marlins, who boast a youthful, developing outfield and a bullpen which has defied the doubters, have proven to be one of the NL’s biggest surprises this year.
Miami will send Braxton Garrett out for this contest. In his 19 starts this season, Garrett has posted an impressive 5-3 record with a 4.32 ERA and 111 strikeouts over 100.0 innings pitched. He struggled against the Colorado Rockies last time out, Garrett allowed 6 runs over 3 innings pitched.
The Tigers left their extraordinary homestand, when they played 3 distinct groups in the course of 8 days, behind them. The Padres in the NL West defeated the Tigers 2 out of 3 matches over the past weekend. They avoided a whitewash by winning the last game of the set on Sunday.
Reese Olson of the Tigers will counter with Reese Olson who holds an overall record of 1-4 with an ERA of 4.53 in 43.2 innings of work. Previously he allowed five runs against the Los Angeles Dodgers but has shown more success in his past two starts by giving up only five hits and four runs combined across 14.0 innings pitched.
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Detroit Tigers vs Miami Marlins Game Information
- Date: 07/28/2023
- Time: 06:40 PM ET
- Location: IoanDepot park, Miami, Florida.
- How to Watch: Tigers vs Marlins MLB.TV
- Live Stream: MLB.TV
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