Tigers 18, White Sox 2
DETROIT (WWJ/AP) - Up 16-0 after six innings - the Detroit Tigers roll to an easy 18-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday night.
As heard on 97.1 The Ticket - the Tigers sweep the series from Chicago and leave the White Sox 8 1/2 games behind the Tigers in the AL Central.
Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in four runs, and the Detroit Tigers finished a three-game sweep of Chicago in emphatic fashion Sunday.
Max Scherzer (14-8) allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings, and Alex Avila had a career-high four hits for Detroit, which leads the AL Central by 6 1/2 games heading into a three-game series at second-place Cleveland.
Mark Buehrle (11-7) allowed seven earned runs in 3 1-3 innings.
The Tigers trailed 8-1 in the fifth Saturday before rallying to win 9-8. They'd scored 26 consecutive runs and led 18-0 Sunday when the White Sox finally scored two in the ninth.
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