Rarely will a team sweep a series. That's especially true with the Angels, who are 15 games below .500. They edged the Tigers, 1-0, on Friday behind a four-hitter from Patrick Sandoval. The Angels are likely to win Sunday when Shohei Ohtani takes the mound for them.

Before that matchup we have this game pitting Reid Detmers against Tyler Alexander. Both pitchers have identical 4-3 records and 3.45 ERA's. The Tigers have the eighth-lowest bullpen ERA in the majors. The Angels rank 20th in bullpen ERA.

I say the underdog Tigers get this middle game with scheduling a key factor. The Angels hadn't been away from the West Coast all month until Thursday when they flew into Detroit. They were OK for a Friday night game. However, this is a day game and an extremely early start for Los Angeles. The body clock of the Angels players is bound to be messed up. So there is more than meets the eye in this matchup making the underdog attractive.