Chris Jordan

300♦ UNDER Tigers/Royals (LIST Jackson/Greinke) - Where do we start with what I believe will be a low-scoring, pitchers? duel?


The Tigers have stayed low in six of their last seven while Kansas City has stayed under in three of its last four. And with Edwin Jackson and Zack Greinke toeing the slab, I have to believe we?re making the right move with the under in this game.


Jackson has been surprisingly good through the first couple months, as the right-hander has a 2.55 ERA on the year, and that?s been bolstered by a 2-1 mark in four road starts, along with a stifling 1.33 ERA. After two second-rate campaigns with Tampa Bay, Jackson has emerged with the lowest ERA of Detroit?s rotation in 2009. He?s now 3-0 with a 1.64 ERA in his last three outings, including last Thursday, when he allowed three runs over eight frames in a 4-3 victory against Texas.


With Greinke, we have a young and hungry pitcher who is still 7-1 with a 0.82 ERA despite the fact Kansas City has lost two of the last three times he?s toed the slab. Don?t think that fat has escaped him. He?s yet to allow a home run and continues to lead the majors in ERA. Get this, he?s gone 19 straight innings against the Tigers without allowing an earned run. He?s already tossed a three-hitter April 24 versus the Tigers this year in a 6-1 victory. Greinke is 5-0 in six home starts and has a 1.05 ERA there.


Let?s play this one low