* These teams will be meeting for the seventh time this season with Chicago leading the season series, 5-1.
* The White Sox have won 19 of their last 25 games and will be looking to extend their current winning streak to eight in a row.
* Detroit has dropped five of its last seven games.
* Jose Contreras is 4-0 with a 1.50 ERA in his last six starts. Contreras is 0-1 with a 6.17 ERA in two starts against the Tigers this season.
* Nate Robertson is 0-3 with a 7.39 ERA in his last five home starts against the White Sox.
* Nick Swisher is hitting .387 (12-for-31) with four homers, two doubles and 10 RBI during his current eight-game hitting streak.
* Placido Polanco is 6-for-9 (.667) with two doubles and three RBI in his last two games but is just 2-for-15 (.133) in his four meetings with Chicago this season.
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