Detroit at Minnesota

The Tigers have now won four-straight games, and are 9-2 over their last 11. The pitching staff has now allowed only seven runs in the past four games. Jair Jurrgens has revitalized a staff that was struggling most of the second half, and his 3.15 ERA has led to three-straight Tigers’ victories when he takes the mound. The Twins have quit going just 5-13 over their last 18 games as they have given up over five runs a game during this stretch, and in their last three the offense has produced just eight runs. The Tigers have now made it six straight over the Twins, as the Twins’ offense has produced just 10 runs in those six games, or 1.67 per game. Scott Baker has been getting hit hard since shutting out KC. His last two starts have produced 21 hits in just 10.2 innings. Baker has been hit hard by teams seeing him for the second time on the season. The second time around Milwaukee touched him up for six runs, the White Sox seven and the Angels six. We like the hot Tigers to make it seven straight against the Twins to sweep the series.