MLB Daily Picks – FREE pick for August 7th is Detroit

MLB Daily Picks FREE pick of the day is Detroit:

Fixture: Detroit @ Cleveland
Time/Date: 7:05 PM ET, August 7, 2013
Pick: Detroit
Odds: -113 (1.88 in decimal odds) @ Pinnacle

This will be the third game of 4 game series played in Cleveland. Detroit won 4-2 on Monday night and 5-1 yesterday. Detroit is leading the season series 11-3, outscoring Cleveland 87-51.

Detroit is leading American League Central with 66-45 record and they are 29-26 on the road. Cleveland is second in the same division 62-51, 5 games behind Detroit.

Detroit's 3rd baseman Miguel Cabrera became the sixth player in history to record 10 consecutive 100-RBI seasons. Cabrera has been especially efficient against Cleveland this season with 15 RBI's and 5 homers in 14 meetings against them.

Detroit is on 10 game winning streak during which they have posted a 1.16 ERA. They have the best team ERA in American League with 3.57. Cleveland's pitching staff is ranked only 9th in American League with 4.04 ERA. Detroit is in top 3 in MLB in most of offensive stats.

Doug Fister will be starting for Detroit tonight. He is 10-5, 3.52 ERA after 22 starts in 2013. He has 3 wins in his last 4 starts, allowing just 4 earned runs while striking out 18 in 28 innings of work combined. Fister is 5-3, 2.71 ERA in 86.1 career innings against Cleveland.

Cleveland is sending out rookie Danny Salazar. This will be his second MLB start. Salazar recorded a win in his first start on July 11th against Toronto. He pitched for 6 innings allowing 1 earned run and 1 walk while striking out 7.

Detroit is 10-1 in the last 11 meetings against Cleveland and 7-1 in the last 8 meetings in Cleveland and I expect them to win tonight.