Detroit had scored only four runs in three games before posting a
6-4 victory Sunday as Miguel Cabrera collected three hits and
swatted a two-run homer. The White Sox return home after a
disastrous road trip that was shortened to five games because of a
pair of postponemnets in riot-stricken Baltimore. Chicago has been
outscored 39-10 during the 0-5 skid after getting swept in a
four-game series at Minnesota, including a 13-3 thumping on Sunday.
"We have to check ourselves and get back after it," White Sox
manager Robin Ventura told reporters. "You can't go out there and
lay an egg like that."
TV: 8:10 p.m. ET, FSN Detroit, CSN Chicago
PITCHING MATCHUP: Tigers RH Shane Greene (3-1, 4.60 ERA) vs. White
Sox RH Jeff Samardzija (1-2, 4.78)
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Greene had the lowest ERA in the AL (0.39) following his first three
turns but he was been pummeled in back-to-back starts, surrendering
his first two homers of the season and giving up seven runs over 4
1/3 innings last time out in a no-decision against Minnesota. He was
battered for eight runs in four-plus innings by Cleveland in his
previous outing. Greene beat the White Sox on April 19 with seven
innings of one-run ball.
Samardzija also absorbed a shellacking in his last start, serving up
a pair of homers among 10 hits and allowing eight runs over five
innings in an 8-2 loss at Baltimore. He was superb in his previous
two turns, blanking Cleveland over six innings and limiting the
Tigers to one run over a season-high eight innings. Cabrera went
2-for-4 with a double against Samardzija on April 17.
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WALK OFFS
1. White Sox RF Avisail Garcia is riding a nine-game hitting streak
and has multiple hits in five of the past seven.
2. Tigers LF Yoenis Cespedes was 5-for-12 over the past three games
versus Kansas City and has hit safely in eight of his last nine
contests.
3. White Sox OF Adam Eaton missed the last three games while 1B Adam
LaRoche had to exit Sunday's contest due to illness.
PREDICTION: White Sox 5, Tigers 3
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