A purple wall that has been near-impregnable all year stands between Cronulla and relief from 50 years of heartache.An analysis of the numbers points to a Melbourne victory in this years NRL grand final.According to Fox Sports Stats, of the last 10 premiers, six have boasted the best defence during the season.And that all bodes well for Craig Bellamys charges who not only conceded the least points in 2016 (12.5 per game), they led the league for completion rates (81.9 per cent), least handling errors (7.7), least linebreaks conceded (2.7) and least missed tackles (19.5).It all makes for impressive reading and retiring Sharks hooker Michael Ennis accepts no one plays percentage football like the Storm.The Storm have been the benchmark for the last decade in a lot of ways, Ennis said.The Storm, they dont beat themselves. Thats probably the ultimate accolade you can give them. Youve got to play well to beat them.While the Storm have been guilty of being predictable this year, stopping such a well-drilled outfit has proven more difficult and they are the only team not to lose back-to-back matches.The Storm do have chinks in their armour: they have conceded 32 of 55 tries on the extreme edges - the second biggest percentage of any side.The Sharks rely on their back three of Valentine Holmes, Sosaia Feki and Ben Barba for strike power and will expose any frailties along the Storms fringes.Holmes, 21, is fourth on the try scorers list with 19 four-pointers as well as being fifth for linebreaks.Barbas haul of 15 tries is the most since his Dally M season in 2012. He is also ninth for linebreaks (19) and seventh for try assists (21).However all of that will mean little if the likes of Gallen and Andrew Fifita (who are both equal third for most metres gained by a forward with an average 162m) do not find room up the middle.The forward pack, Storm skipper Cameron Smith replied when asked where the game will be won and lost.The match up there is quite critical. In big games you need your big men performing well. Ive been pleased with how our big guys have been playing all season. I expect nothing less this week. Air Force One Just Do It Pas Cher . Vettel was 0.168 seconds faster than Red Bull teammate Mark Webber around the Suzuka circuit. Mercedes driver Nico Rosberg was two tenths of a second off Vettel. "The car balance is decent, but I think we can still improve," Vettel said. Nike Air Force 1 Low Soldes . 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This entire season has essentially been slipping out of his hands.Cameron Maybin reached base three times and drove in three runs, including a go-ahead two-run single in the sixth inning that gave the Detroit Tigers a spark in an 8-3 victory over the Minnesota Twins on Tuesday night.Gibson (5-8) failed to get an out in the sixth inning, leaving with seven hits, five runs and four walks allowed. He struck out four in his discouraging step back from the career-high nine innings he logged last week in winning at Atlanta.Didnt feel as fresh, Gibson said. Didnt feel as sharp.Anibal Sanchez (7-12) pitched seven innings to win a start on the road for the first time since the first week of the season, and the Tigers broke the game open in the seventh with soaring home runs by Erick Aybar and Victor Martinez.Brian Dozier gave Minnesota the lead in the fifth with his 29th homer, a new career high, but Gibson couldnt hold it.Literally.He threw two of the teams three wild pitches in the decisive sixth, when rain started to fall hard and the Tigers tallied three runs on three singles and a walk.Its nothing that I havent dealt with before, but its always just kind of a variable when youre out there, said Gibson, whose ERA rose to 5.09.Detroit entered the day in fourth place in the AL wild-card race, three games out of the second spot. The Tigers won for the second straight time following a 3-10 stretch that severely damaged their postseason bid, but Martinez and Miguel Cabrera each had three hits. J.D. Martinez had two hits to extend his hitting streak to 13 games, the longest active string in the league.Moved to the bullpen in June, Sanchez was 1-6 with an 8.76 ERA in his 10 turns outside of Detroit until this critical performance to lift the lid on a series against the worst team in the league. He surrendered six hits with no walks, following seven scoreless innings with onee hit allowed against Kansas City last week.ddddddddddddRight after the Tigers took command in the sixth, Sanchez needed only seven pitches for three outs in the bottom of the inning.Barely half (51) of Gibsons 98 pitches were strikes. He was one strike away from escaping the second inning unscathed, after Justin Uptons double put runners at second and third with one out, but Maybin forced in the games first run with a walk.He thinks he can make pitches, manager Paul Molitor said. A lot of times theyre close.Maybin, hitting ninth as a precaution for his sprained left thumb that had him on the disabled list until Sunday, walked again to lead off the fifth. He stole second, took third on a throwing error by catcher Juan Centeno and then jogged home to tie the game on a single by Aybar.The Twins have lost five games in a row for the first time since June 14-18.Im holding on the hope were going to play better and get back on track, Molitor said.HOMER HAPPYDozier, who went deep 28 times last season, has the most home runs by a Twins player since Josh Willingham hit 35 in 2012.Itll be fun if we see him get to 30, Molitor said. Thats a pretty big number for a little second baseman.With 20 homers since June 25, Dozier leads the major leagues. In his last 30 games, hes batting .336 with 12 home runs and 26 RBI.LIGHT WORKRight-hander Pat Light, acquired from Boston for left-handed reliever Fernando Abad on Aug. 1, made his Twins debut by recording the last two outs of the seventh inning.TRAINERS ROOMMiguel Sano was the DH again for the Twins, due to elbow pain, but Molitor said he could return to 3B as soon as Wednesday.UP NEXTThe Tigers will send LHP Matt Boyd (4-2, 3.93 ERA) to the mound on Wednesday night for his 13th start of the season. LHP Tyler Duffey (8-9, 5.93 ERA) will take his 22nd turn for the Twins. ' ' '