Pirates-Tigers Preview 5-18-12
(AP) -- For all the offseason hype they received after adding one of the game's premier power hitters to a team that was already one of baseball's best, the Detroit Tigers enter interleague play with the same record as the Pittsburgh Pirates.
They didn't fare well against the NL last season with one exception - Justin Verlander, who looks to continue his interleague dominance Friday night when the Pirates visit Comerica Park for the first of three.
Many were ready to hand the AL Central to the Tigers (18-20) after they signed Prince Fielder, and considering they won the division by 15 games last year with a similar roster, those predictions seemed appropriate.
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