The Detroit Tigers will be a big dog tonight when they play the middle game of their 3-game set with the Minnesota Twins at Target Field. Ex-Twin Michael Pineda is expected to toe the rubber for Detroit. He will be out to prove that Minnesota made a mistake by not resigning him and he is up for the task. Pineda was lights out in his season debut against the Yankees, pitching 5 scoreless innings, allowing just 3 hits and walking none. Pineda was 22-13 in his 3 years with the Twins with a 3.80 ERA and they sent him packing. If that doesn’t give him incentive to throw flames tonight, what does? Joe Ryan is expected on the hill for Minnesota. Ryan has been dealing, going 2-1 with a 1.69 ERA and a 0.88 WHIP, but the last time he faced Detroit he was lit up for 6 runs on 6 hits in just 4-2/3 innings of work. The Twins have won 5 straight but were lucky to notch a win yesterday against the Tigers and all streaks must come to an end.
TONIGHT’S PICK: DETROIT TIGERS