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Its Wednesday, June 18 and the Pirates (29-45) are in Detroit to take on the Tigers (47-27). Andrew Heaney is slated to take the mound for Pittsburgh against Tarik Skubal for Detroit. The Tigers won the series opener last night,

Most major outlets rank the Tigers as the No. 1 team in baseball, including USA TODAY, ESPN, Sports Illustrated, and CBS Sports. Despite dropping their most recent series to the Cincinnati Reds, the Detroit Tigers maintain MLB's best record at 46-27 entering Monday's play.

The Detroit Tigers have been a massive success story this season, riding the high from their surprise run last year to World Series contention this year.

The Detroit Tigers are cruising at the midway point of the season, holding baseball’s best record (46-27) entering Tuesday’s series opener against the Pittsburgh Pirates. One of the reasons the Tigers have had success has been their ability to find talent in the MLB Draft.

Yet, the Tigers still have a solid lead atop the American League Central, leading the Minnesota Twins by nine games. The Pirates come into Detroit at the bottom of the NL Central, 11 games out of a Wild Card spot. Time: 6:40 p.m. ET