Heading into Thursday’s action the Angels have to be happy with their start to the season as they sit tied for first place with Oakland at 13-9. The Angels started the season without their #1 and 2 starters who are on the DL and got production from Joe Saunders and Ervin Santana who are a combined 6-0 on the season. The Angels bats have been good in April as they are second in the Major Leagues in team batting hitting .296 as a team. The bullpen is starting to come around for the Angels after a slow start as the unit sports an ERA of 1.50 and earned 4 saves in the past 7 days. Jered Weaver has pitched well at home but is getting torched on the road sporting an ERA of 6.88 in 3 road starts. After a horrible start of the year the Tigers have crept up in the standings as they are only 3 games behind the division leading White Sox heading into Thursday's action. After 4 shaky starts to open the season Justin Verlander responded with a fine start at home against Texas giving up only 1 earned run and 6 hits in 6 innings in victory. Verlander reported in his last start against Texas that he worked on his delivery and it made the difference in his break on his breaking ball. Verlander has