Jim Leyland’s Detroit Tigers Getting Plenty Of Help With Their Vault Into First Place

Jim Leyland saw his Tigers struggle in the first half this season, it looked as though this team with an extremely high pay-roll would just settle for third place in the A.L. Central. The Tigers have made a huge move after the break once the second half started. Now you may think the Tigers are playing some great baseball, the truth is they are and the other two teams that were making a run in the A.L. Central has given Leyland’s team plenty of help. The Tigers have won their last four games, beating the Chicago White Sox in their last two games and that was coming off a two game win streak they had in place after the Angels series. The Tigers schedule is set right now to get the most of their wins too. They play the White Sox and the Indians back to back. The Detroit Tigers with a win today (if they get one) will travel to Cleveland to take on the Indians whose offense is suffering just as much as the White Sox. The Indians lack of scoring runs and poor starting pitching could lead...