10* Kansas City (8:10 ET): The Royals have revenge here for a three-game sweep they suffered up in the Motor City earlier this month. The Tigers, shockingly, have now won 8 of 10 following another sweep as they won all three games in Seattle earlier this week. But they still have the worst run differential in all of baseball at -57 and I just can’t see them winning a fourth straight game overall, or beating the same opponent four times in a row for that matter. Expect KC to get its revenge here in the series opener.

The Royals come into this series with some “momentum” (hate that word) of their own as they have won four of five and just took both games vs. Milwaukee. Those two were at home and what’s impressive about the wins is they beat Brandon Woodruff and Corbin Burnes, who are the Brew Crew’s two top starting pitchers. It should be noted that all seven times the Royals have faced the Tigers this season, the game has been in Detroit. In the first series, they took three of four. Other than Seattle earlier this week, Detroit has swept two other teams this year. Following each prior sweep, they lost the next series opener.

The Tigers allowed only three runs in the entire series vs. Seattle, but expect them to give up more than that tonight with Jose Urena starting. Urena has managed to last just seven total innings in his last two starts combined and he gave up four runs in 2 ⅔ innings his last outing. He also took a liner off his leg, so he may not be 100 percent here. The Royals go w/ Mike Minor, who was excellent in his last appearance, allowing just one run and two hits in a 5-1 win (+175) over the White Sox. The team’s bullpen has also been outstanding of late, giving up just three runs in its last 25 innings of work. Detroit is just 8-20 following an off-day. 10* Kansas City