Three players who made a difference in Monday night's game: SMASH HIT: Tigers rookie right-hander Justin Verlander avenged a 5-0 los to the White Sox last week -- and then a certain Besides a solo home go proceed to Jermaine Dye in the secondary inning.

Three players who made a difference in Monday night's game:

SMASH HIT: Tigers rookie right-hander Justin Verlander avenged a 5-0 los to the White Sox last week -- and then a certain Besides a solo home go proceed to Jermaine Dye in the secondary inning, Verlander dominated the top-scoring offense in baseball. He went seven innings and allowed no other than five hits in the one-sided affair.

ONE-HIT WONDER: In mostly situations, the solo home scud by Dye in the los would be meaningless at best. however it did have some significance for tint as he established a career high in hearth runs. Dye's second-inning blast was his 34th of the season. He hit 33 homer in 2000 with the Kansas City Royals.

PLAYED OUT: Jose Contreras was suppos to be as cease to an ace as the Sox have, if it be not that he now joins Mark Buehrle and Javier Vazquez as Sox starters who are struggling. With seven more earned scampers allowed, Contreras has given up 14 in his last sum of two units starts. That's the second-most by the agency of the right-hander in back-to-back outings since he allowed 15 late in 2004

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