Detroit, MI
TWENTYMAN: 5 stats that stand out following Lions’ Week 6 victory
What it means: Lions’ average rushing yards per game, which ranks fourth in the NFL
Twentyman: What’s making Detroit so dangerous offensively right now is the way Goff is playing in the passing game, and also how the Lions have rushed the football consistently all season. Only Baltimore (205.3), Green Bay (167.2) and San Francisco (158.0) average more rushing yards per game than the Lions. Detroit’s averaging at least four-plus-yards per run on 50.3 percent of their rushes, which also ranks fourth in the NFL, and their 24 runs of 10-plus yards is Top 10 in the league.
What it means: Opponent passer rating inside the 30-yard line
Twentyman: The three most important statistics in football are turnovers, third-down percentage and red-zone efficiency. Opponents are finding it tougher and tougher in the passing game the closer they get to Detroit’s end zone. When inside the 30-yard line, opposing passers have completed just 18-of-39 attempts with three touchdowns and four interceptions with that 41.6 rating, which is the lowest in the NFL.
The Lions rank in the Top 10 in the NFL in red-zone efficiency with opponents scoring a touchdown less than half of the time (46.7 percent).
The Detroit Tigers are coming off of an 11-game homestand and are in the middle of a four-game win streak, and they will hope for that to continue as they prepare to face a struggling Houston Astros offense.
In their last five games, the Tigers’ pitching staff has surrendered just seven runs. That has come against two top-15 offenses in the San Diego Padres and the Baltimore Orioles.
The Astros’ offense they are set to take on currently ranks tied for No. 24 in MLB with a team wRC+ of just 87.
Houston does also have one of the best pitching staffs in all of baseball, but Detroit’s offense will be lucking out since they are missing the two best starting pitchers the Astros have to offer now that the probables for the series are set.
Monday night will be the start of the series in Houston at 8:10 p.m. ET.
The Tigers will be throwing Jack Flaherty with the Astros going with Ronel Blanco.
Flaherty just plays better while with Detroit, and he looks back to the form that he started last year with. He has a 2.63 ERA over five starts with a 1.024 WHIP and 11.2 K/9.
Blanco is known for throwing a no-hitter last season in his first game of the year, but he has been off to a much quieter start during this campaign.
The second game of the series, Tuesday at 8:10 p.m. ET, will see Reese Olson on the mound for Detroit with Ryan Gusto taking the ball for Houston.
Olson is on a red-hot pitching streak with 12.1 scoreless innings over his last two starts. His ERA is down to 3.29 and he is looking as good as he has in his young career.
Gusto is a rookie who is starting out of necessity for the Astros, but he has been very solid with a 3.68 ERA over his three career starts.
The final game of the series will take place on Wednesday at 2:10 p.m. ET.
It will be the rookie sensation Jackson Jobe pitching for the Tigers and most likely Hayden Wesneski doing so for Houston.
Jobe has been solid in his full rookie campaign with a 2.70 ERA, but he will look to hone in his control and start generating some more strikeouts.
Wesneski is in line for the start, but he did have some velocity issues in his last outing that could cause the Astros to rest him.
NEWS
A DDOT bus crash occurred on Detroit’s west side when a maintenance employee, reportedly experiencing a medical emergency, lost control and crashed into an empty apartment building. The incident, which happened near Greenfield and McNichols, involved no passengers and resulted in no injuries to pedestrians. Witnesses described the scene as chaotic, with debris flying, but noted relief that an area usually populated by people was empty at the time.
DETROIT (FOX 2) – A Detroit Department of Transportation bus crashed into an empty apartment building on Saturday evening after the driver had a medical emergency.
The bus was unoccupied other than the driver, a maintenance employee, and the building, which was under renovation, was also unoccupied, according to city officials.
Other than the driver, no one was hurt.
The crash happened on Greenfield near McNicholls.
A Detroit Department of Transportation bus crashed into an empty apartment building on Saturday evening.
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