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The Tigers have struggled losing 5 of 7 games in the first 7 days of May. Nate Robertson has given up at least 4 runs in each of his 7 starts this season as he sports a high ERA of 6.64. Robertson continues to get hurt by the big inning as he has given up at least 3 runs in an inning in 5 of his 7 starts this season. Teams are batting .306 against the struggling lefty. A troubling stat here is that lefty's are batting .375 against him and the Yanks have left handed power. Robertson had only 1 season with a winning percentage over .500 in his 5 + year career with the Tigers. The Tigers bullpens has been battered in recent games sporting a team ERA of 8.47 in a 7 game stretch ending last Wednesday. The Tigers got to Pettitte on April 30th scoring 5 earned runs and 7 hits against the Yankee lefty. The Tigers are 4th in the AL in batting average hitting .263 as a team and first in on base percentage at a .347 clip. I expect the offenses to come alive in this spot and play this one over 10 runs.