Kansas City at Detroit

The Detroit Tigers have gotten a lot more mileage out of Ricky Porcello than they ever imagined. Porcello, now in his sixth season with the Tigers has recorded a career high 15 wins. That comes with a lot of innings and his 183 innings on the season are also a career high, and you have to wonder how much is left in the tank. The Tigers are just 4-8 in his last 12 starts after going 12-4 in his first 16 on the season. James Shields is 13-7 on the season and has pitched his best over his last 12 starts where he has allowed more than 3 runs in just one of them. The Royals have hung with the Tigers all season, and a win tonight will even the teams up for the stretch drive. The Royals are playing better baseball than almost everyone right now at 31-14 in their last 45 games, and are 11-1 in their last 12 on the road behind Shields. The Royals get the call here.