CHICAGO -- TheDetroitTigers announced Thursday pitcher Dontrelle Willis will be activated from the disabled list (anxiety disorder) and will start Wednesday at Minnesota. 

CHICAGO -- Perfection was a possibility until Placido Polanco's one-out double in the seventh inning skipped to the wall and rattled around in the left-field corner. 

--RF Magglio Ordonez is just as puzzled as anybody else over his lack of power thus far this season. 

--RHP Armando Galarraga had trouble spotting his pitches in the first inning Thursday, and by the time he recovered, it was all over. 

--RHP Armando Galarraga had trouble spotting his pitches in the first inning Thursday, and by the time he recovered, it was all over. 

Dontrelle Willis is on his way back to the Tigers, and Jeremy Bonderman might not be far behind. 

The driving rainstorm that postponed Wednesday's Detroit-Chicago game gave Mark Buehrle an extra day of rest and he took full advantage. 

It's been nearly a decade since the AL had a repeat Cy Young Award winner. 

LOS ANGELES 

Detroit Tigers left-hander Dontrelle Willis is ready to return to the major leagues. 

TheDetroitTigers' game against the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday was postponed because of rain in Chicago. 

DETROIT -- TheDetroitTigers needed a laugher. 

Something unexpected happened Wednesday night atDodger Stadium. 

It was too warm for fleece blankets, too soon for back-to-school lunch boxes, too late for Joe Beimel bobblehead dolls. 

May 4, 2009 (Akron Beacon Journal delivered byNewstex) --