Detroit at Baltimore

The Detroit Tigers are the "sexy" team in this year's playoffs. After all, they have three former Cy Young Award winners and a Triple Crown producing big bopper in the middle of the lineup. All that being said, it took the Tigers until the last game of the season to clinch the Central Division. One hidden problem is a suspect defense as well as a lackluster and mediocre bullpen that allowed more hits from the seventh inning on than any team in baseball. Baltimore doesn't have the flash, but they went out and won 96 games this season, but they are still considered the inferior team. The Birds hung a snowman on the Tigers in the eighth inning of game one, and that is what has haunted this Tigers team all season - they can't finish. The Tigers are just 5-11 in Verlander's last 16 starts as a dog. Meanwhile, the O's line up for victory behind Chen's last 26 home starts to a total of 7 to 8.5 where they are 22-4. Baltimore takes this one.