Kansas City at Detroit

Both teams have hit the skids, but Kansas City still has the better team. Though the Royals have stopped hitting as well as they were earlier in the season. The difference is the Tigers' offense has been bad all season, and they don't have the talent to get better. Even on the rare occasions when Detroit does score some runs, the pitching lets it down. The Royals have won eight of the past nine meetings, including a four-game sweep in late April. Brady Singer gets the start for Kansas City, and he has given up only two runs in nine innings on the road. Overall, he has a 3.41 ERA and a .211 opponent batting average. The Tigers are 18-44 their past 62 games in the first game of a series and 30-78 their past 108 home games, 23-71 as home dogs. Take the Royals.