The Sports Network The Detroit Tigers have a chance to really get back in the AL Central race this weekend, as they begin a three-game set with the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park. Detroit, picked by just about everyone to win the division at the start of the season, stumbled out of the gates, but has clawed its way back and enters tonight's opener a season-high three games above .500 and just 5 1/2 games back of the White Sox. The Tigers won their fourth straight game on Wednesday, as Armando Galarraga was perfect through six innings, and wound up allowing three hits and a run over seven frames, helping Detroit top Kansas City, 7-1, in the final test of a three-game set from Kauffman Stadium. Galarraga (8-4) began his outing by retiring the first 18 batters he faced, in a bid to become the second Tigers hurler in as many...
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