T.M. Selection: Detroit Tigers.

I like the Detroit Tigers to win this game against the Texas Rangers on Friday. The Tigers have lost 5 games in a row now and they haven't been hitting well in those games either. They only put up 1 run against the Rangers yesterday but they only gave up 3 runs too and I think they can win this game since they have been great at home this year and the Rangers haven't been hitting well lately either. The Rangers may have won yesterday but they had lost 2 games in a row before that to the Astros and they didn't produce a ton of offense in those games. Tarik Skubal (5-3, 2.71 ERA) is up for the Tigers here and he has been their ace this year. He has been having a great year, he just had 2 bad starts in his 2 most recent games where he gave up 7 runs total between the 2 starts but those have also been his worst starts this year and I expect him to bounce back here in this home game against a much colder lineup that the previous one he faced. The Rangers are already struggling to put up runs now and I think Skubal will amplify those issues for the Rangers keeping them off the board with a chance for his team to win this game. Jon Gray (1-3, 4.85 ERA) is up for the Rangers here and he hasn't been good this year. He just had a great start against the White Sox in his most recent start but that has been the exception this year since he has been really up and down in his starts but has been giving up a ton of runs in a majority of his starts this year. He has given up 4+ runs in multiple starts this year and I think his bad pitching will be enough to get this Tigers offense going here. I like the Tigers to win this game.

T.M. Prediction: 4-1 Tigers.