The Tigers and Rangers meet in the regular season for a four-game set, playing out a rematch of last year's American League Championship series. The Tigers have won 16 of their last 20 regular-season games at Comerica against the Rangers, as well as two of three in the ALCS.
Detroit is off to its best 12-game start since the World Series championship year of 1984 (they were 11-1 that year), and entered the day in a three-way tie for the third-best record in baseball. Of course, they were sitting behind two red-hot teams — Texas (10-2) and the Washington Nationals (10-3)

While the Rangers send much-hyped import Yu Darvish to the mound, the Tigers counter with rookie Adam Wilk, who's making his second career start.

DETROIT TIGERS (9-3)
Austin Jackson, CF (R)
Brennan Boesch, RF (L)
Miguel Cabrera, 3B (R)
Prince Fielder, 1B (L)
Delmon Young, DH (R)
Alex Avila, C (L)
Don Kelly, LF (L)
Jhonny Peralta, SS (R)
Ramon Santiago, 2B (S)

TEXAS RANGERS (10-2)
Ian Kinsler, 2B (R)
Elvis Andrus, SS (R)
Josh Hamilton, LF (L)
Adrian Beltre, 3B (R)
Michael Young, DH (R)
Nelson Cruz, RF (R)
Mike Napoli, 1B (R)
Yorvit Torrealba, C (R)
Craig Gentry, CF (R)