{"id":701,"date":"2024-08-19T20:46:14","date_gmt":"2024-08-20T00:46:14","guid":{"rendered":""},"modified":"2024-08-19T20:46:14","modified_gmt":"2024-08-20T00:46:14","slug":"preview-detroit-tigers-at-chicago-cubs-august-20-2024-8-05-pm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/betminnesotasports.com\/index.php\/2024\/08\/19\/preview-detroit-tigers-at-chicago-cubs-august-20-2024-8-05-pm\/","title":{"rendered":"Preview: Detroit Tigers at Chicago Cubs &#8211; August 20, 2024, 8:05 PM"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Tigers are set to clash with the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on August 20, 2024, starting at 8:05 PM, under clear skies.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers have not yet announced their starting pitcher for the game. The Cubs will send Javier Assad to the mound, who holds an ERA of 3.186.<\/p>\n<p>In the 2024 AL Central standings, Detroit ranks 10th with a record of 61 wins and 64 losses, a winning percentage of .490. They show a divisional record of 20-22, placing 4th in their division. The Tigers have won 6 of their last 10 games and are currently on a 2-game winning streak. Their home record stands at 31-32, and they have a nearly identical road record of 30-32. Their daytime performance mirrors their nighttime results, standing at 31 and 30 wins respectively. Detroit has scored a total of 518 runs this season and given up 521.<\/p>\n<p>The Cubs, similarly positioned in the NL Central, also hold a 10th place with a 61-64 record. They have a .490 winning percent and a divisional record of 17-26, placing them third. The Cubs have won 6 of their last 10 games, though they are currently on a 1-game losing streak. At Wrigley, they have a record of 34-28, but their road performances lag at 27-36. The Cubs have secured 28 wins during day games and 33 in night games. Offensively, they&#8217;ve racked up 522 runs while allowing 518.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Detroit Tigers are set to clash with the Chicago Cubs at Wrigley Field on August 20, 2024, starting at 8:05 PM, under clear skies.<\/p>\n<p>The Tigers hav<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":702,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[34],"tags":[27],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/betminnesotasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/betminnesotasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/betminnesotasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betminnesotasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betminnesotasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/betminnesotasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betminnesotasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/betminnesotasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betminnesotasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/betminnesotasports.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}