The Tigers remain atop the American League Central, seven games up on the Minnesota Twins. The Cubs are still first in the National League Central, four games ahead of the St. Louis Cardinals. Time: 1:10 p.m. ET

Jack Flaherty struck out nine over six scoreless innings as the Detroit Tigers defeated the Chicago Cubs 4-0 and took two of three games in a matchup of two of the MLB's top teams.

Since then, they have allowed only 24 more runs, in 11 games — and six of those 24 came in a single game, with only 18 in the 10 others, including just 13 in the last seven: 0, 3, 3, 2, 1, 3 and 1. The last time they allowed fewer than 13 runs over seven games was July 5-12 of last year,