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DETROIT -- Daniel Norris recently changed his delivery and the results give him hope for a strong finish to a mostly disappointing season.The Detroit Tigers second-year left-hander tossed a season-high 6 1/3 innings in his last start on Thursday and notched his second victory of the year. Norris recorded a season-high 12 outs on ground balls and didnt walk anybody in an 8-5 victory over Minnesota.Norris, who will try to build off that effort when he faces the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday, credits pitching coach Rich Dubee for his improvement.Dubee and I have been working on extending through the ball and finishing my delivery, rather than recoiling and cutting off, he said. In doing that, its helping me get lower in the zone. That obviously leads to ground ball outs. Its just a matter of attacking guys early and making them get themselves out.Injuries have derailed Norris a good portion of the season, most recently a right oblique strain. He feels hes rounding into form for the teams homestretch as it tries to stay in the playoff hunt.Im definitely where I want to be, he said. Its a matter of going out there and pitching my game and getting on a good roll. I know when I do that, I can be as good as anybody and help this team win. Thats what I really look foward to -- feeling that confidence out there and trusting my stuff.Detroit began a stretch of playing 26 of 29 games against Central Division opponents. The Tigers won the opener against the White Sox 4-3 and remained 4 1/2 games behind Cleveland, which won 1-0 over Minnesota in extra innings on Monday.Were at a point we still kind of control our destiny, Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said. It may come to a point where we need someone elses help but right now, weve just got to win games.The Tigers may be without centerfielder Cameron Maybin for a while. Maybin aggravated a thumb injury and left Mondays game early. X-rays were negative but hell undergo an MRI on Tuesday.The White Sox also began a long stretch within the division -- 21 consecutive games. Chicago has perked up lately, winning six of its last eight games prior to Mondays loss. That mini-surge has given the White Sox at least faint hope of reentering the postseason picture.Weve been playing good baseball lately, Chicago manager Robin Ventura said. Weve scored some runs and weve had some great starting pitching. When you get that, you have a chance. Offensively, if we keep that up, theres a shot in there to make a run, especially when youre playing within your division a lot going into the last month.Ventura was relieved that leadoff hitter Adam Eaton was healthy enough to return to the lineup on Monday. 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Teams thirsting for goals and wins could get their star midfielders back from injury when Orlando City SC plays a road game against the Columbus Crew SC on Saturday.Kaka returns for Orlando City (4-5-10) after missing three games with a calf injury. The Lions had a tie and two losses and scored twice in his absence. The Brazilian World Cup player has missed 10 games this season but has three goals and five assists in nine starts.As much as he is a catalyst for Orlando, Federico Higuain orchestrates the Crew (3-7-9) attack with three goals and three assists in 13 matches.The Crew is 0-3-4 in the past seven games, with all but the first coming since Higuain underwent sports hernia surgery on June 15. Columbus scored six times without him.Im not ruling him out, Crew coach Gregg Berhalter said. Hes at a good stage right now. If hes in thee 18 (game-day roster) that means he could potentially start.dddddddddddd We have to evaluate that.Columbus, with one win in 12 games (1-4-7), will have defender Harrison Afful available after his red card vs. D.C. United last week was rescinded.Orlando is struggling as well with two wins in the past 15 matches. The skid cost longtime coach Adrian Heath his job, and Jason Kreis was named coach on Tuesday. Assistant coaches Bobby Murphy and Anthony Pulis will guide the team Saturday before Kreis takes over next week.There are pieces here that are incredibly exciting to build around, Kreis said Wednesday during a press conference. There are some leaders in this group that should be the backbone of this club. ' ' '