UNDATED (AP) – The second half of the Major League Baseball season gets underway Friday when the All-Star break ends with a 15-game schedule. The Cubs raced out to a seven-game lead at the break by playing the second-easiest schedule in the majors. But things might get a little tougher for the NL Central leaders in next few weeks. Chicago returns from the All-Star break with three games against AL-leading Texas and then plays the Mets, Brewers, White Sox and Mariners to close out July. All but Milwaukee are over .500 and competing for playoff spots. It will be Justin Verlander and the Detroit Tigers hosting the world champion Kansas City Royals tonight as they open second-half play. Ian Kennedy is slated to start for Kansas City. Pre-game at 6:45 p.m. on 97.7 WTGV-FM.
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