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Tuesday, October 2nd, 8:10 p.m. 8:10 p.m.

Baseball Prediction
Detroit Tigers (87-73) at Kansas City Royals (71-89)

Home Record:     Detroit 50-31; Kansas City 36-43
Away Record:     Detroit 37-42; Kansas City 35-46

Pitchers:
Detroit - Doug Fister (10-9, 3.38)
Kansas City - Jeremy Guthrie (4-3, 3.18)


Note: Detroit's Miguel Cabrera is in position to win baseball's first Triple Crown in 45 years.

Kansas City's right-hander Jeremy Guthrie is 4-0 with a 2.10 ERA over his last 10 starts and is 1-1 with a 4.15 ERA in three meetings with the Tigers this year.

Detroit's  right-hander Doug Fister is 3-1 with a 2.34 ERA in his last five starts and is 2-2 with a 3.74 ERA. in seven career meetings versus the Royals

The Detroit Tigers are hot and have locked up the AL Central title. Detroit will host Kansas City Royals tonight as they prepared for the playoffs. Detroit is 12-4 versus the Royals this season, but has won just four of seven in Kansas City.

The Tigers are hot and have locked up the AL Central title. Fister just pitched against the Royals. He struck out 10 in that game and he looked great even though he didn’t get the win. In regards to Guthrie, he has only given up five earned runs over his last 14 innings pitched. However, in that same timeframe, he has given up 17 hits and he only struck out six. He’s not pitching dominant enough to stop the Tigers freight train. The Royals are 1-8 over their last nine games.

Prediction: Tigers 7 Royals 3