White Sox power past Tigers 7‑1 for fourth straight win
CHICAGO (Interstat) — Edgar Quero, Colson Montgomery and Andrew Benintendi homered to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 7-1 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Saturday afternoon at Guaranteed Rate Field. The White Sox won their fourth consecutive game, improving to 31-27, while the Tigers fell to 22-37.
Chicago scored two runs in the first inning on a sacrifice fly by Quero. Detroit’s Wenceel Pérez homered in the third. The White Sox added two runs in the seventh on a groundout by Rikuu Nishida and three in the eighth highlighted by Benintendi’s two-run homer. Benintendi went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, Quero was 2-for-3 with two RBIs and Montgomery was 2-for-3 with a homer.
Anthony Kay (5-1) earned the win, allowing one run on six hits over five innings with three strikeouts. Framber Valdez (2-4) took the loss, giving up four runs on six hits over 6⅔ innings. Grant Taylor struck out four over two scoreless innings in relief. Attendance was 29,435, and the game lasted 2 hours, 24 minutes. Detroit has lost 20 of its last 24 games.