Scouting report: Chicago White Sox vs. Detroit Tigers

Posted May 24, 2018 1:00 am

White Sox vs. Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park

TV:

WGN Friday; NBC Sports Chicago Saturday and Sunday

Radio:

WGN 720-AM

Pitching matchups:

The Sox's Reynaldo Lopez (1-3) vs. Mike Fiers (4-3) Friday at 6:10 p.m.; Hector Santiago (0-2) vs. Francisco Liriano (3-1) Saturday at 3:10 p.m.; James Shields (1-4) vs. Blaine Hardy (0-0) Sunday at 12:10 p.m.

At a glance:

The White Sox opened their home season vs. the Tigers and lost three straight. Detroit tied for the worst record (64-98) in baseball last season, but the Tigers have shown improvement under first-year manager Ron Gardenhire. They are third in the AL Central at 21-28. Detroit beat Minnesota Wednesday to snap a five-game losing streak. Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera (hamstring) has been on the disabled list since May 4. Right fielder Nicholas Castellanos leads Detroit in batting (.324), home runs (5) and RBI (26). Lopez will try to build off his last start, when he allowed 2 hits over 8 scoreless innings Sunday in a win over Texas.

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- Scot Gregor

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