* If the White Sox win today’s make-up game, the Twins and White Sox will have a one-game playoff at U.S. Cellular Field on Tuesday for the AL Central title.
* Chicago is 11-6 against the Tigers this season, winning six of the last eight meetings overall.
* The Tigers have won three of their last four games after winning just once in their previous 13 contests.
* The White Sox snapped their five-game losing streak with their 5-1 win over the Indians on Sunday.
* Chicago has won 13 of Gavin Floyd’s 16 home starts this season. Floyd is 2-0 with a 4.24 ERA in four starts against the Tigers this season.
* Freddy Garcia will be making his third start of the season. Garcia beat Texas on September 17 after allowing two hits in five innings of a 17-4 win, but then lost to Kansas City last Tuesday, giving up five runs and three home runs in five innings of a 5-0 loss.
* Gary Sheffield is one homer shy of 500 for his career and is 2-for-9 with no home runs in his career against Gavin Floyd. Sheffield is hitting .162 (6-for-37) with one homer in 10 games against the White Sox this season.
* Paul Konerko has four homers and six RBI in his last three games.
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