The Lead

Tigers Roll Past Blue Jays For Sixth Straight Win

The Detroit Tigers beat the Blue Jays 10-1 at Rogers Centre on Tuesday, extending their winning streak to six games. Spencer Torkelson hit a three-run homer and Drew Anderson threw five shutout innings for Detroit, while Michael Lorenzen took the loss for Toronto in front of 43,554 fans.

The lopsided score points to a rotation problem rather than a lineup one. Toronto managed only a single run against a Detroit pitching staff that has now shut the door on opponents for the better part of a week, and Lorenzen's outing adds to the case that the back of the Jays' rotation is the softest link heading into the stretch run.

One blowout does not rewrite a season, but it does sharpen the question facing the front office about how much they can lean on arms like Lorenzen in high-leverage innings. The rematch tonight is an immediate chance to see whether Tuesday was an outlier or a preview.

The Rest of the Slate

CFL

Argonauts receiver Damonte Coxie sits third in the CFL in receiving with 65 catches for 1,083 yards and six touchdowns this season, per a Tuesday feature. That workload makes him the focal point of Toronto's offense heading into Saturday's Week 16 game.

The Number

1,083

Damonte Coxie's receiving yards this season Third in the CFL with 65 catches and six touchdowns, Coxie has become the engine of an Argonauts passing attack that otherwise lacks a clear complementary threat. Watch how defenses start scheming around him down the stretch, because if opponents commit extra coverage to Coxie, Toronto's ability to manufacture a second option will decide whether this offense holds up in the playoffs.

What's On Today

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Top Dog — Betting Angle

The pick: Tigers moneyline. Detroit carries a six-game winning streak and a pitching staff that just held Toronto to one run into tonight's rematch, and streaks like that rarely end on the road against a team searching for rotation answers.

“A six-game winning streak looks a lot more impressive from the other dugout”