Detroit Michigan is home to Motown which has given us such great soul and R&B artists as Marvin Gaye, The Temptations, The Four Tops, The Supremes, Smokey Robinson, Stevie Wonder, Diana Ross and The Jackson Five. The hits that will be coming out of Motown tonight however are ones the Atlanta Braves hope are few in number. This interleague matchup will be the first between Detroit and Atlanta in three years and both teams come in with a 5-5 Last 10 record. Maholm is 3-1 1.03 ERA and had worked 25 scoreless innings before having his streak broken by Pittsburgh last weekend. This was the longest scoreless streak since Luis Tiant in 1966. Maholm looks to bear down again on a Tigers offense who hits .319 with 6.3 runs per game at Comerica Park but only batting .207 with 14 runs scored during a 1-5 skid. Cabrera has a nine game hit streak going batting. 409 and is .319 vs. Maholm. Fielder however is 7 for 51 vs. Atlanta with only a .137 average and 15 K's. Sanchez is 2-1 1.75 ERA and has 17 outings vs. Atlanta the second most of any opponent. Sanchez was 4-11 5.42 ERA as a Marlin in this matchup and a 7.92 ERA in his last five outings vs. Atlanta. Sanchez has however not allowed a HR in 25 2/3 Innings Pitched and will be challenged tonight against a Braves lineup that has belted 35 HR's on the season. Justin Upton has hit 11 HR's and looks to become the Braves Franchise leader in HR's for the month of April if he can go deep tonight. The Atlanta Bull Pen had a let down last time out but still has a 1.60 ERA in relief and question are still surrounding the Tigers relievers also after a recent letdown. Detroit does have a 11-7 Interleague Record in 2012 going 6-3 at home so tonight Maholm and Atlanta will have to limit the hits that are coming out of Motown if they want to stay Number One on the charts. Source: ESPN MLB Preview
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Great Hits Have Come Out Of Motown But Atlanta Does Not Want To Hear Them
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Comerica should see some alley hits tonight in the gaps so the Upton Brothers and Schafer for Atlanta may also have opportunites for big defensive plays getting to and cutting the ball off maybe cutting down a lead runner. Atlanta needs to clean up on Hitting Into Double Plays. The first part of the season the Braves were doing a good job of staying away from DP's but in the past 10 days have hit into numerous inning killing DP's. Justin Upton will be the focus player tonight looking for HR #12 but will have to catch it clean to knock it out of Comerica.
Today the focus will be Atlanta +1 -127 with Tigers winning record in Interleague Play. Maholm should be more at ease with less pressure since his scoreless inning streak is finally broken. He should be able to go back to business with a quality outing. Sanchez has not given up a HR in 25 Innings Pitched but his career numbers vs Atlanta indicate Braves will have enough scoring opportunites but still will have to capitalize. A small Prop of J. Upton Hits + Runs + RBI's over 2 -115 and Atlanta Scores First -130 rounds out the night.
