American League Central News

No matter which term you prefer, there's something to be said about a group of guys that all mesh within the clubhouse.

Tigers slugger Miguel Cabrera watches his deep fly ball leave the yard Thursday in Cleveland after it popped in and out of the glove of Indians center fielder Michael Bourn.

John Lackey allowed two hits in seven innings, Mike Carp hit a three-run homer and the Boston Red Sox beat the Cleveland Indians 8-1 on a rainy Friday night.

Anibal Sanchez will try to improve to 5-4 on Friday night when he faces the Minnesota Twins at Comerica Park.

Detroit enters play on Friday trailing the upstart Cleveland Indians by a half game.

The Los Angeles Angels have put together a season-high five-game winning streak, which can't be ignored when making your MLB picks Friday, as they take on the Kansas City Royals at Kauffman Stadium.

Paul Konerko has become an icon in his 14-plus years with the Chicago White Sox .

The Detroit Tigers have been streaky all season. Because of this, there are already rumblings that the Tigers will try and improve their team.

There is still an awful lot of baseball to be played in 2013, and the playoff picture won't begin to really take shape until after the All-Star break.

Back at Fenway Park as a manager for the first time since being let go by the Boston Red Sox in 2011, he was calm and occasionally funny while wearing the cap of the Cleveland Indians.

Despite two home runs by the Josh Willingham of the Minnesota Twins, the Tigers came from three runs down late in the game to beat the Twins 7-6 - handing them their ninth consecutive loss in the process.

After emerging as one of the most dominant setup men in baseball last year, right-hander Kelvin Herrera was sent to Triple-A Omaha by the Royals on Thursday.

When it comes to generating excitement around baseball prospects one attribute jumps off the page: power.

The first place Cleveland Indians are coming to town for a four-game set with the Boston Red Sox .

Yan Gomes hit a three-run homer in the 10th inning and the Cleveland Indians, twice revived by Seattle's fielding errors, beat the Mariners 10-8 on Monday to complete a four-game sweep.

Jamie Samuelsen, co-host of the 'Jamie and Wojo' show at 6 p.m. weekdays on WXYT-FM , blogs for freep.com. His opinions do not necessarily reflect those of the Detroit Free Press nor its writers.

Verlander returned to the mound after sitting through a 62-minute rain delay to get his fifth win and Miguel Cabrera hit another homer - maybe the luckiest of his career - as the Detroit Tigers beat the Cleveland Indians 11-7 on Wednesday night, sweeping the two-game series between the AL Central's top teams.

For a little while during Spring Training John Danks thought he would make his Chicago White Sox return within five games of opening day.

The Chicago White Sox are still in fourth place in the American League Central. But if it wasn't for the way Jesse Crain has pitched out of the bullpen this season, the Pale Hose would likely be dead last in the American League.

Five times in the previous 10 years, they carried a record of .500 or better after 44 games.