The Detroit Tigers are 44-29 against teams not named the Cleveland Indians this season. They've lost 11 straight to the Tribe after Tuesday's 12-1 bashing, but I think the Tigers can put an end to that nasty losing streak in the series-finale of this three-game set Wednesday afternoon.

Here are my keys to the game:

1. Pitching - The Indians hand the ball to Josh Tomlin (9-1, 3.21). He's struggled with the long ball lately serving up at least one blast in each of his last five starts and a total of nine during that span. Tomlin is 4-1 home at Progressive Field despite a 4.02 ERA while giving up nine homers in seven starts. The Tigers counter with Michael Fulmer (8-2, 2.17 ERA) who has allowed one or no runs in each of his last eight starts while going 6-1 with a 0.53 ERA. The rookie is 3-0 with a 1.80 ERA in four afternoon starts.

2. Miguel Cabrera - The Detroit slugger is 8-for-22 with a double, a homer and four walks in previous meetings with Tomlin. He was ejected in the sixth inning for arguing with an umpire last night and hopefully his passion will turn into something positive and spill over on the rest of the Tigers for today's game.

3. X-Factor - The Tigers have won each of Fulmer's last six starts after allowing five runs or more in their previous game.

Selection: This is a play on the Detroit Tigers +1.5 (8*)