Tigers beat White Sox 7-4

In possibly his most encouraging start of the season, Landon CollinsJerseyJustin Verlander reached back to past, but familiar, territory with his velocity on Wednesday. ''That's the first time I've seen him at 99 (mph) since I've been here,'' Detroit Tigers' second-year manager Brad Ausmus said after a 7-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Comerica Park. What's more, said Verlander, ''it felt great. The same effort was producing 94, 95, 96 earlier.'' In his prime, the 32-year-old's signature style included dialing upper-90s heat in the late innings, and http://www.nflgiantsofficial.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_LARRY_DONNELL_JERSEY.htmltrue to his old form, he stepped on the gas in a seventh-inning jam Wednesday. With two outs and the bases loaded, he used five 98-99 mph fastballs to strike out Geovany Soto, exiting with a four-run lead. Verlander allowed three runs on five hits with eight strikeouts in his seven innings. It's been a challenging http://www.nflgiantsofficial.com/WOMENS_YOUTH_LAWRENCE_TAYLOR_JERSEY.htmlyear for Verlander, a former Cy Young and MVP awards winner whose season debut was delayed until June 13 because of an arm issue coming out of spring training. He allowed at least five runs in four of his first nine starts, but in the last nine, he's allowed as many as four just once while posting a 2.10 ERA. Even with Wednesday's victory, he's 4-8 for the season - and the win was only his second of the year at home. Melky Cabrera's 100th career home run, a two-run shot in the fourth,AJ McCarronJersey accounted for the first two White Sox runs. Detroit scored twice in the first on Victor Martinez's 11th home run, his 200th career homer, then added four more runs in the third - two of them on J.D. Martinez's bases-loaded double that gave him 98 RBIs for the season. Victor Martinez http://www.nflbengalsofficial.com/Authentic-Andre-Smith-Jerseyis another Tiger finishing strong after a mostly disappointing season. ''He's trending upward in a lot of categories,'' Ausmus said. ''The ball is coming off his bat harder.'' Martinez called it a frustrating year for himself and for the team as well. ''Not making the playoffs is failing,'' he said. Rajai Davis, who scored three runs, had two singles and a triple for the Tigers.