Numbers like that lifted the starters' earned run average at home to 8.22.

Their earned run averages wouldn't even go up that much then.

And their pitching staff has one of the league's best earned run averages.

As well, not one member of the rotation rates in the league's top 10 for earned run averages.

The pitching staff's earned run average is lower this season because of the relief corps.

Minnesota's earned run average of 3.48 is the lowest for the franchise at this point in the season since 1972.

And believe me, I can give you those figures right down to earned run averages.

They had the league's lowest earned run averages, 3.83 and 4.34.

The Detroit pitching staff's earned run average is 6.88, still the worst in the major leagues, after all.

Still, it was four runs nonetheless, enough to boost the pitcher's earned run average from 4.00 to 4.03.