Are the Tigers an all-time great team?

Detroit Tigers starter Max Scherzer looks to go 10-0 tonight and become just the second starter of the wild-card era to win his first 10 decisions. Roger Clemens started 11-0 for the '97 Toronto Blue Jays (Clay Buchholz and Patrick Corbin are also 9-0) on his way to the Cy Young Award that season.

Three stars: Doug Fister turns in excellent outing; Torii Hunter hits 300th home run, knocks in three

MLB - Fister could use some support

Fantasy Facts - Rays don't chase

Doug Fister is the only qualified pitcher in MLB to have at least 14 swings on pitches out of the zone in every one of his starts this season. However, the Rays have averaged a league-best 1.3 swings on pitches out of the zone per game this season, best in the league.

Mariners demote scuffling Ackley, recall Franklin

The Seattle Mariners demoted former No. 2 overall pick Dustin Ackley on Monday in the hopes he can rediscover his swing in the minors.

Mauer Breaks Tigers Fans Hearts Again

From Elias: Joe Mauer knocked out a first-inning homer off Doug Fister, propelling the Twins to a 3-2 victory in Detroit. Less than 20 hours earlier, Mauer's one-out, ninth-inning single had broken up a potential no-hitter by Anibal Sanchez. You have to go back 44 years to find the last time that a major-league player broke up a no-hitter in the ninth inning in one game, and then hit a first-inning home run in his next game. And the Tigers were the victims then, too. On May 31, 1969, Detroit's Joe Sparma took a no-hitter into the ninth inning at Seattle, but the Pilots' Don Mincher spoiled things with a one-out double; Sparma finished with a one-hitter, winning the game, 3-2. The next day, Mincher's two-run, first-inning homer off Earl Wilson helped the Pilots win, 8-7.

Fister Knocked Around But His Streak Of Homerless Innings Survives

From Elias: Doug Fister allowed five runs in 4 2/3 innings without allowing a home run in the Tigers' Sunday night showcase at Texas. Fister extended his streak of consecutive homerless innings to 49 2/3, and in the process he overtook Jake Westbrook (45 1/3) for the longest current streak of consecutive innings without allowing a home run for any starting pitcher. Fister had allowed five home runs in nine innings over his two previous games at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington.

Fantasy Facts - Fister is grounded

Doug Fister's groundball percentage has increased from 52 percent last season to 60 percent this season. Forty-one percent of his fastballs have been in the lower third of the zone this season, up from 31 percent in 2012.

Fantasy Facts - Fister gets swings and out of the zone

Doug Fister has gotten hitters to chase on 33 percent of his pitches out of the strike zone, the third-best rate among pitchers who have made at least 5 starts. The Nationals have chased on 28 percent of pitches out of the strike zone, the 10th-worst rate in the league.