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Colleen Kane

BRIEF: Series preview: Tigers at White Sox

May 04--All games on WSCR-AM 670.

Season series: Tigers lead 2-1. Sox lost 9-1 in last meeting in Detroit on April 19.

Tuesday: 7:10 p.m., CSN. RH Shane Greene (3-1, 4.60) vs. RH Jeff Samardzija (1-2, 4.78).

Wednesday: 7:10 p.m., CSN-Plus. RH Alfredo Simon (4-1, 3.13) vs. LH Chris Sale (2-1, 5.32).

Thursday: 1:10 p.m., WGN-9. LH Kyle Lobstein (2-2, 3.91) vs. LH Jose Quintana (1-2, 5.28).

Who's hot: Sox right fielder Avisail Garcia has hit .417 with three RBIs over a nine-game hitting streak. Melky Cabrera was 7-for-20 on the Sox's five-game road trip. Tigers first baseman Miguel Cabrera is 8-for-24 with a double, three home runs, six RBIs and five walks over his last seven games. Yoenis Cespedes has five doubles, a home run, four RBIs and five runs scored in his last seven games.

Who's not: The Sox haven't hit a home run since April 22 and are last in the majors with 12 total this season. Sale gave up a career-high nine runs -- eight earned -- in three innings against the Twins on Thursday. Greene has allowed 15 earned runs over 8 1/3 innings in his last two starts combined. Victor Martinez is hitting .154 with no RBIs over his last seven games.

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