James McCann leads Tigers past White Sox, 10-3

Defensively, the Tigers were sound against the White Sox.

“That inning changed the game for me”, Quintana said.

Avisail Garcia replaced him with the Tigers leading 4-2 in the bottom of the seventh. Sale has a 4.19 ERA in his last three outings while Pelfrey has a 3.18.

“That was pretty exciting”, Pelfrey said.

Detroit tacked on three more runs in the eighth off reliever Matt Albers.

After Mark Lowe allowed two runs in the ninth, Francisco Rodriguez got the final out for his 14th save.

“We are all a little frustrated”, Frazier said. “That’s my first one in Detroit, and the guys made sure to celebrate with me”.

The White Sox managed to fortify their ranks with the acquisition of veteran pitcher James Shields on Saturday – bolstering an already strong rotation – but they ceded critical ground to a divisional foe and will head home knowing that the battle within the Central will likely not be a two-team race.

The Tigers announced after the seventh inning that Cabrera would be listed as day-to-day.

Coats needed five stitches in his mouth, but passed concussion tests and was listed as day to day.

Manager Brad Ausmus thought the Tigers looked as crisp as they have all year and “Greenie was a big part of that the last two days”, Ausmus said. He went two for three today with three RBIs and one run. He allowed two runs on five hits and three walks in six innings, striking out three.

“Probably overall”, Ausmus said of the Tigers playing perhaps their most crisp series of the season.

Verlander (5-5, 3.97 ERA) pitched at least seven innings for the sixth consecutive start, allowing two runs and five hits. “I just kept making my pitches and got out of it without any damage”.

That lasted until the sixth, when J.D. Martinez smoked Sale’s first pitch into the left-center stands.

In Chicago, Jake Arrieta picked up his first loss in 24 starts – ending a 20-0 streak over that time – as the Cubs went down 3-2 in a tight affair against the Arizona Diamondbacks.

When they return to U.S. Cellular Field to open a three-game series against the Nationals on Tuesday, they will be fighting to stay above.500. This was the first time he’d gone back-to-back. “He seemed to calm down at one point but the homers got him”.

Tigers: Star Miguel Cabrera was back in the lineup after leaving Friday’s game in the eighth inning with back stiffness.

Chicago could again be sending out a short-handed outfield after rookie Jason Coats exited Saturday’s game following a collision with teammate J.B. Shuck.

Tigers: RHP Shane Greene, who has been on the DL since April 25 with blister problems, was activated after the game, with RHP Buck Farmer being optioned to Triple-A Toledo.

The Tigers held a moment of silence before the game for Muhammad Ali, who spent much of his later life living in southwest MI.