The Toronto Blue Jays have won all but one of their last six games to pull 1.5 games ahead of the New York Yankees for the AL East division title. They'll host a slumping Detroit Tigers team for the opener of a three-game series Friday and I have a feeling a blowout win for the home-team is in the cards tonight.

Here are my keys to the game:

1. Pitching - The Tigers hand the ball to Matt Boyd (1-4, 7.04 ERA), a 24 year old rookie who'll make his eighth appearance (seventh start) in the big leagues tonight. He allowed three runs on five hits in six innings of a 4-2 home-loss to Texas his last start and he's 0-1 behind a 7.36 ERA in three road outings on the season. The Blue Jays will counter with R.A. Dickey (8-10, 4.26 ERA) who's been roughed up in back-to-back road-starts surrendering a total of 10 runs on 20 hits over 10 frames. The Blue Jays still won both games though putting up a total of 20 runs, and Dickey is not likely to require as much support home at Rogers Centre here tonight as he's 6-3 with a 3.31 ERA over 13 home-starts this season.

2. The Blue Jays' Bats - Toronto average of 5.42 runs per game this season is by far the best record in baseball. Its bats have been even more prolific of late averaging 9.16 runs per game over its last six behind a .333 team batting average. The Tigers meanwhile have mustered only 26 runs over their last seven for an average of 3.17 runs per game.

3. X-Factor - Ben Revere is riding a seven-game hitting streak over which he's been batting .483 over 29 at bats. He was 3-for-4 in yesterday's 4-1 loss to Texas.

Selection: This is a play on the Toronto Blue Jays -1.5 (10*)