Play on Detroit

Record: 18-25, -1.13


Second pick for tonight will be on the Detroit Tigers playing in Chicago at the White Sox.

We see Detroit with good chances for a playoff spot and the division title as they play in the worst division in the AL. The are hunted by Minnesota who play a series in Kansas City this weekend and probaly take two or three wins there. So Detroit has to show something here in Chicago. They had a 3-9 stretch but are back now with 4 wins in a row. Their offense scored well, too, in those games. The White Sox went the other direction posting an 8-4 record at the beginning of September but went 1-7 since then losing their last 4.

Last White Sox' win was on Saturday when they sent Jake Peavy(7-6, 4.05) who will start today. He will be matched up against Eddie Bonine(0-0, 5.96) who mostly came from the bullpen this year and only has had two starts so far. One of those starts was against Chicago when he allowed 3 ERs over six innings. The other start was ok, too. I don't expect a great game by him, but he should be decent. I don't expect a good game by Peavy either as he has been injured for a long time and played only one game since then. This Saturday start was a win for him, but he went only 5 innings allowing 3 ERs against a very bad Kansas City team. He said he is not at 100% and that's what you could see on Saturday. Today he will face a much better offense than the Royals'. He also came from San Diego where he pitched in the best pitcher park AND in the worse NL. Now he plays in the superior AL and hasn't got the bonus of a great pitcher park.

Looks to me like the better hitting team should win here which is the Tigers. I thought about playing the over, but I'm not successful in totals, so I'll take Detroit at nice dog odds of 2.59 or +159 with 3 units as well. Good Luck.

DG