Oakland at Detroit

Detroit's offense stumbled a few times this month but they have also put up games of 5, 6, 9, 10 and 11 runs. They are averaging 5.2-rpg in August, 6.2-rpg their last seven and 8.7 over their last three. Oakland has also been scoring but their defense has been awful too. Despite putting up a lot of runs, they have lost three of five thanks to giving up 37 runs in those five games. The truth is that the A's can't keep up this kind of scoring forever. And when it cools, they will be in severe trouble. Especially with Chad Gaudin on the mound. He's been horrible lately going 0-5 in his last six starts and posting a 7.58 ERA over his last three. Detroit's half-game lead over Cleveland in the AL Central is at risk with a loss here so we like them to come out strong and end the series on a positive note.