"On September 10th, the Tigers had a 9.5 game lead in the AL Central after winning a series against the Yankees and were coasting to a division title. Since then, it's pretty much all gone bad. The Tigers have lost 6 of their last 7 games while the team chasing them, the Cleveland Guardians, have won 9 of their last 10 games, including a 3-game sweep of Detroit. All that together has turned Detroit's 9.5 game lead into a 3.5 game lead"
"For Atlanta, they've been resigned to playing the role of spoiler for weeks now and this weekend is no different as they try and continue Detroit's misery. The main focus of the season shifted from on-field results to individual storylines 6 weeks or so ago and this series will be no different. How does Elder look tonight? How do Wentz and Strider look this weekend? Does the offense stay hot? Do Matt Olson and Ronald Acuña Jr maintain their hot finishes"
The Atlanta Braves open the final road series of the season in Detroit. The Detroit Tigers' AL Central lead collapsed from 9.5 games on September 10 to 3.5 games after losing six of seven, while the Cleveland Guardians won nine of ten and swept Detroit. The Tigers travel to Cleveland for a three-game series next week. Atlanta has been a spoiler and brings storylines around pitchers and hitters including Elder, Wentz, Strider, Matt Olson, Ronald Acuña Jr., Ha-Seong Kim, and Drake Baldwin. Brian Snitker's managerial future remains uncertain. The Guardians want Atlanta to resemble its dominant sweep of Washington; Detroit hopes for a less effective Braves showing.
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