The set-up: Enough is enough! The Tigers come out hungry to avoid a sweep at the hands of the lowly Marlins today. Miami is playing its best ball of the season right now with five straight victories, but I believe it suffers a predictable letdown here. Detroit won't be taking anything for granted though after eight straight losses, all at home. Last night they gave up a three run lead. The Fish hand the ball to Trevor Richards, while the home side counters with Matt Boyd.

The pitchers: Richards (1-5, 4.44 ERA) comes in off his first win of the season vs. the Mets, giving up three runs over six innings.

Boyd (4-4, 3.41) looks to return to form after losing his lat two starts. In his most recent start he gave up four runs over seven innings to the A's, while also striking out eight.

The pick: Take it for what you will, but Miami is just 3-7 (-2.5 units) this year vs. southpaws, while Detroit is still 13-10 (+6.3 units) in all "day" games this season. The slide stops here and now, lay the price.

Detroit Tigers

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