10* Under Tigers/Rays (7:10 ET): This is a rematch from last weekend, a series in which the Tigers surprisingly won two of the three games. The three games were all pretty high-scoring. Each had nine or more total runs scored with the two Tigers’ wins seeing 14 and 15 total runs scored. Detroit continued to play the role of spoiler earlier this week by Milwaukee twice. So that’s four wins in five games for them, all against current division leaders. But all the wins also came at home where they are now a respectable 39-36 on the year. I expect them to struggle more on the road this weekend, especially at the plate.

Tampa Bay is still going to be fine, even after losing two of three in Toronto to start the week. Their lead in the AL East is still eight games and they are the only team in the American League with 90 wins on the season. They could not get much offense going in Toronto though and that’s a bit of a concern. The Rays scored just six runs in the three games. Now they face a pitching staff that held Milwaukee to just one run and seven hits the last two days. It’ll be Tyler Alexander starting for the Tigers and not only did he just hold the Rays to one run in 4 ⅓ IP last week, he has a 1.80 ERA and 1.133 WHIP his L3 starts.

But for Tampa Bay, the best thing about being back home is that they don’t give up many runs here. They allow just 3.3 per game, the fewest by any AL team. Opponents are batting just .216 for the year at Tropicana Field. Kevin Cash will go with an opener on Thursday night, Louis Head, before giving the baseball to Dietrich Enns. Enns looked dominant the last time we saw him as he tossed four shutout innings and didn’t even allow a single baserunner. He had six strikeouts as well. The Tigers only scored five runs the last two days and two of the last four games have seen them finish with only three hits. This has all the makings of a low-scoring series opener. 10* Under Tigers/Rays