Pierre's First HR in Two Years, Sox Win By 10 and the Day is Only Half Over
DETROIT -- Juan Pierre hit his first home run in almost two years, Alex Rios and Dayan Viciedo also connected and the Chicago White Sox routed the Detroit Tigers 12-2 Tuesday in the first game of a day-night doubleheader.
Mark Buehrle (10-8) pitched into the eighth inning, allowing two runs and seven hits. Rick Porcello (4-10) was chased as the AL Central leaders took a 7-1 lead in the fifth.
Pierre also doubled, drove in two runs and stole a base. His previous home run was Sept. 15, 2008. Rios, Gordon Beckham and Alexei Ramirez drove in two runs each.
Detroit fell below .500 and dropped eight games behind Chicago. Austin Jackson had three hits for the Tigers.
Buehrle walked one and struck out one in 7 2/3 innings. Scott Linebrink went the rest of the way.
Porcello was tagged for seven runs and eight hits in 4 1/3 innings.
Chicago took a 4-0 lead in the third. Pierre's double brought in the first run, Omar Vizquel hit a sacrifice fly and Rios and Paul Konerko followed with consecutive RBI singles.
Jackson had an RBI single in the Detroit third.
Beckham's sacrifice fly in the fifth made it 5-1. Pierre hit a leadoff home run in the fifth and one out later Rios hit his 17th homer.
The White Sox added four more runs in the seventh. Mark Kotsay and Beckham hit RBI singles and Ramirez had a two-run double. Viciedo hit his third home run in the eighth.
Jeff Frazier had an RBI single for the Tigers in the eighth.
Detroit 3B Brandon Inge, on the disabled list with a broken bone in his left hand, will begin a rehabilitation assignment at Single-A West Michigan on Tuesday. ... The White Sox placed LHP Erick Threets on the 15-day disabled list with turf toe in his left big toe and recalled RHP Carlos Torres, who will start Tuesday's second game, from Triple-A Charlotte. ... The Tigers had the contract of 1B-3B Jeff Larish claimed off waivers by the Oakland Athletics.
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