The MLB schedule has been severely disrupted over the last few days due to the terrible weather inflicting many parts of the U.S.  Tonight’s game on Five should be a clash from the AL Central with the Tigers taking on the White Sox, but both games of their planned double-header were rained out yesterday and the rain is still falling in Chicago.  With uncertainty over the pitching match-up and no earlier games in the series to report on, this will be an abbreviated preview of tonight’s game. 

The two teams are currently scheduled to play a lunchtime game (19.05 BST) involving Justin Verlander and Javier Vazquez, before meeting again on ESPN in the evening (01.05 BST).  Five’s coverage is set to start at 00.40.

The weather on the Chicago Tribune website at the moment shows widespread rain in the morning with showers in the afternoon and a thirty per cent chance of showers in the evening.  So, there’s hope that the evening game will go ahead at least, although the first game may fall victim to the weather.  If it does then we will probably see Verlander and Vazquez in our game tonight.  Otherwise it should be Kenny Rogers and John Danks.

Chicago will be particularly keen for the games to go ahead as the Twins are taking full advantage of their inactivity.  Minnesota won both games of their double-header against the Orioles yesterday to join the White Sox at the top of the AL Central.  Although the White Sox will have the opportunity to regain their lead by winning these games in hand, it puts added pressure on them to come out on top, knowing that the Twins already have the wins on the board. 

If the game is rained out, it’s probable that we will head over to Milwaukee to watch the Cubs and the Astros facing each other on neutral ground as this is the only other game starting at 01.05 BST.  Carlos Zambrano and Randy Wolf are the scheduled pitchers for that one.  Keep a check on MLB.com and ESPN.com for the latest.