White Sox 6, Tigers 1
Chicago (WWJ/AP) - Detroit got on the board first but a four-run sixth inning for Chicago was too much and the Tigers fall to the White Sox 6-1 on Monday night.
As heard on 97.1 The Ticket - the White Sox take a three-game lead in the AL Central with the win and the Tigers are quickly running out of time to make a dent in the division or wild-card race.
Jose Quintana pitched effectively into the eighth inning, Alex Rios and A.J. Pierzynski hit back-to-back homers in the sixth to put the Tigers away.
The White Sox had lost seven straight to Detroit, managed just two hits against Rick Porcello (9-12) and were 0 for 10 with runners in scoring position when an error on Detroit second baseman Omar Infante gave them an opening.
Infante muffed Dewayne Wise's easy, one-out grounder in the sixth. Paul Konerko singled to left to put runners at the corners and Rios lined a pitch over the wall in left center, his 23rd homer of the season.
Pierzynski followed with his 26th to center field for a 4-1 lead, ending Porcello's night and sending him to his sixth straight loss. Gordon Beckham added a two-run shot in the eighth off Octavio Dotel.
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