Detroit at Kansas City

The Kansas City Royals have always had high expectations for Yordano Ventura, but he missed the early part of the season, started slow and has never seemed to recover. The stuff is there, but the confidence is not as he has struggled to a record of 6-7 backed by a poor 5.29 ERA on the season. The Tigers will go with Royals-killer Anibal Sanchez. Sanchez has had a great deal of success vs. Kansas City in his career where he owns a career record of 6-3 backed by a sterling 2.33 ERA. Sanchez has also delivered when facing a winning team, leading the Tigers to a 10-2 record in his last 12 against them. The Royals are an ugly 4-9 in Ventura’s last 13 starts. Take Sanchez and Detroit in this one.