CLEVELAND — The Detroit Tigers have lost six games in a row, but that's not their biggest problem heading into the American League Central-defining series against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field begining Tuesday, Sept. 23.

The reason to worry?

It's the two left-handed relievers in the Tigers' bullpen.

"I'm not as concerned about handedness as maybe some of you," manager A.J. Hinch said.

The Tigers have cycled through relievers in a series-by-series approach to constructing their bullpen to get matchup advantages for the past two months, but in the most important series of the season, the Tigers hindered themselves with Tyler Holton and Brant Hurter as their only left-handed relievers. Expert MLB daily picks: Unique MLB betting insights only at USA TODAY

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