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**Guardians, Tigers Face Off in Winner-Take-All Wild Card Game 3**
**CLEVELAND** – The Cleveland Guardians and Detroit Tigers are set to battle it out in a decisive Game 3 of their Wild Card Series this afternoon at Progressive Field. After splitting the first two games, with Detroit taking Game 1 and Cleveland rebounding in Game 2, the series winner will advance to the next round of the MLB playoffs.
Detroit will send right-hander Jack Flaherty to the mound, hoping to buck the trend that has seen Game 1 winners go undefeated in Wild Card series since the format change in 2022. The Guardians will counter with Slade Cecconi, a young right-hander making his first postseason start after a solid regular season.
The game will air on ABC, with streaming available on fubo (subscription required). First pitch is scheduled for 3:08 p.m. ET.
Early in the game, Cecconi has thrown a lot of cutters (pitch), while normally he throws 60 of this kind of pitch per regular season.
Flaherty’s fastball has been less effective this season, while the Tigers lineup sees Gleyber Torres batting lead-off and Wenceel Perez batting third, while the Guardians lineup includes rookie Chase DeLauter, batting fifth in his second big-league game.
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