Home › Game previews › MLB › August 2026 › Cleveland Guardians at Detroit Tigers
MLB · August 13, 2026

Cleveland Guardians vs Detroit Tigers Final — August 13, 2026

Thursday, August 13 · 1:11 PM ET
Last 10 games
-4+5-4-1-7+6-3-2-2+2
Game by game
+2+11+8-2+11-3+8+2+2-2
3-7
Last 10
7-3
-10
Net
+37
Top third of the leagueMiddle thirdBottom thirdBar = league rank (full = 1st)
Rest & travelrest and travel
Rest & travel
1 day
Days of rest
1 day
91 mi147 km
Travel to the game
Home
About these numbers

Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.

Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.

The pre-game matchup

The Guardians visited the Tigers on Thursday, August 13 at 1:11 PM ET.

The total closed at 8, down from 8.5 at the open. After removing the vig, the closing moneyline (Guardians -117, Tigers +100) prices the Guardians at 52% and the Tigers at 48%.

Written from the numbers available before kickoff.

Result

Final score and result vs the closing line

Cleveland Guardians 0, Detroit Tigers 3

Detroit Tigers won by 3.

  • Against the closing spread (Detroit Tigers +1.5): Detroit Tigers covered.
  • Combined score 3 vs the closing total of 8: Under.
  • Detroit Tigers closed at +100 on the moneyline (a 48% no-vig market-implied chance).

Market

Closing line and line movement

Run lineno move
OpenTigers +1.5 (-160)
Guardians -1.5 (+135)
CloseTigers +1.5 (-177)
Guardians -1.5 (+143)
Totaldown 0.5
Open8.5 (o +102 / u -120)
Close8 (o -111 / u -109)
Moneyline
OpenGuardians -119 53%
Tigers +105 47%
CloseGuardians -117 52%
Tigers +100 48%

Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.

Matchup

Head-to-head

The teams have met 46 times since 2023: the Guardians won 25 and the Tigers 21.

DateScoreLineTotal
Aug 12, 2026Guardians 6, Tigers 4
Guardians won


Aug 11, 2026Guardians 4, Tigers 6
Tigers won


Jun 13, 2026Tigers 1, Guardians 3
Guardians won


Jun 12, 2026Tigers 2, Guardians 3
Guardians won


May 21, 2026Guardians 3, Tigers 1
Guardians won


Meetings since 2023, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.

Teams

Cleveland Guardians

Detroit Tigers

Gridiron & Wine graded a pick on this game: see the archived pick.

More MLB games on August 13, 2026

All MLB games in August 2026

Follow the market every day

See every game's current line on the odds board, or check our fully tracked results.

Odds boardTracked results