PLAY ON Detroit (Porcello) + on the money line vs. NY Yankees (Chamberlain)

The Yankees busted out for eleven runs last night, snapping a
four-game losing skid but New York could be in for a tough match-up
to close out the series in Detroit. Ricky Porcello is an ace in the
making for the Tigers he has pitched capably through three starts
this season. Porcello will make his first start at home in tonight’s
game and the Tigers have been a vastly superior team at Comerica
Park, going 5-2. The Tigers are actually 7-3 in the last ten games
against the Yankees and they should bounce back from Tuesday’s
shutout loss.

Joba Chamberlain has not delivered great results this season and he
has not been able to last deep into games. Chamberlain has pitched
just 16 innings over three games and yet he has allowed ten runs and
ten walks. The New York bullpen has an ERA of 6.18 on the season and
despite the strong effort from Philip Hughes last night the bullpen
needed three innings of work and will not be fully rested. Detroit’s
bullpen has big problems with the Yankees yesterday but overall the
unit has shown greatly improved numbers versus last season.

Through the same number of games New York has allowed 29 more runs
that Detroit has and the offensive production has been nearly
identical. The Tigers have not lost consecutive home games all season
and New York is playing its sixth straight road game and 15th road
game already this season through an exhausting early season schedule.
The Yankees are just 6-8 in road games this season and most of New
York’s offensive success has come against left-handed pitching. Look
for the Tigers to deliver in what could be a break-out name-making
game for Porcello.