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The Rockies will give the ball to starter Ubaldo Jimenez in this one. Righthander Jimenez is 3-4 this season with a 4.30 ERA.
Starting this game for the Tigers will be Rick Porcello. The righthander has a 3.86 ERA to go along with a 4-3 record this season.
Current streak:
Detroit has won 6 straight games.
The Tigers (23-16) had a 13-5 interleague record in 2008 to improve to 42-12 over the last three years, including 22-5 at Comerica Park. That includes a three-game home sweep of the Rockies (16-24) from June 27-29 with two games decided by one run.
Detroit, though, enters this series on a roll after completing a three-game sweep of Texas with Wednesday's 4-3 victory to open a three-game lead over second-place Kansas City. The Tigers haven't won seven in a row since June 17-24, 2007, and appear to be gaining confidence.
The Tigers are hitting .322 with 10 homers and outscoring opponents 47-15 during their current winning streak. To try and keep it going, they'll turn to 20-year-old Rick Porcello (4-3, 3.86), who is looking to win a fourth consecutive start.
The rookie right-hander has won his last three starts with a 1.00 ERA, a vast improvement from his previous four starts when he went 1-3 with a 6.23 ERA.
(3-4, 4.30), who's 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in his last three starts.
Ubaldo Jimenez is 0-2 with a 5.73 ERA in two career interleague starts. One of those defeats came at Detroit on June 27, when he gave up four runs and nine hits in four innings of a 7-1 loss.
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Colorado is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Colorado is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing Colorado
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
recommend: Detroit (PLAY OF THE DAY)
The Rockies will give the ball to starter Ubaldo Jimenez in this one. Righthander Jimenez is 3-4 this season with a 4.30 ERA.
Starting this game for the Tigers will be Rick Porcello. The righthander has a 3.86 ERA to go along with a 4-3 record this season.
Current streak:
Detroit has won 6 straight games.
The Tigers (23-16) had a 13-5 interleague record in 2008 to improve to 42-12 over the last three years, including 22-5 at Comerica Park. That includes a three-game home sweep of the Rockies (16-24) from June 27-29 with two games decided by one run.
Detroit, though, enters this series on a roll after completing a three-game sweep of Texas with Wednesday's 4-3 victory to open a three-game lead over second-place Kansas City. The Tigers haven't won seven in a row since June 17-24, 2007, and appear to be gaining confidence.
The Tigers are hitting .322 with 10 homers and outscoring opponents 47-15 during their current winning streak. To try and keep it going, they'll turn to 20-year-old Rick Porcello (4-3, 3.86), who is looking to win a fourth consecutive start.
The rookie right-hander has won his last three starts with a 1.00 ERA, a vast improvement from his previous four starts when he went 1-3 with a 6.23 ERA.
(3-4, 4.30), who's 2-0 with a 1.35 ERA in his last three starts.
Ubaldo Jimenez is 0-2 with a 5.73 ERA in two career interleague starts. One of those defeats came at Detroit on June 27, when he gave up four runs and nine hits in four innings of a 7-1 loss.
A few trends to consider:
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing Detroit
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Colorado's last 6 games when playing on the road against Detroit
Colorado is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games on the road
Colorado is 2-4 SU in its last 6 games
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games at home
Detroit is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of Detroit's last 6 games when playing Colorado
Detroit is 4-1 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Colorado
recommend: Detroit (PLAY OF THE DAY)