DETROIT (Interstat) — Kerry Carpenter’s two-run double in the sixth inning lifted the Detroit Tigers to a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night at Comerica Park, snapping the Tigers’ four-game losing streak in front of 41,353 fans.

The game, which lasted 2 hours 28 minutes, featured eight hits by each team and a pair of home runs by the White Sox that were not enough to overcome Detroit’s timely hitting in the middle innings.

Chicago struck first in the top of the first inning when Randal Grichuk led off the frame with a solo home run to left field, his seventh of the season. The blast came on a 1-1 pitch from Tigers starter Tarik Skubal and gave the White Sox an early 1-0 lead. Skubal settled in after that, striking out Chase Meidroth and Colson Montgomery to end the inning.

Detroit answered immediately in the bottom of the first against White Sox starter Erick Fedde. With two outs, Dillon Dingler singled to left field, bringing up Matt Vierling, who launched a line-drive home run to center field, his fifth of the year, scoring Dingler and giving the Tigers a 2-1 lead. Riley Greene struck out to end the inning, but Detroit had seized momentum.

The score remained 2-1 until the top of the fifth when the White Sox manufactured a run without the benefit of a hit beyond the infield. Sam Antonacci led off with a single to left and advanced to third on a single by Luisangel Acuña. Tristan Peters then grounded into a force out, but Antonacci scored on the play after a White Sox challenge overturned the original out call at first base. Miguel Vargas followed with a single, putting runners on first and second, and Grichuk walked to load the bases. But Skubal induced a force out at home from Meidroth and struck out Montgomery to escape the jam, keeping the game tied 2-2.

Fedde worked through four innings, allowing two earned runs on four hits while striking out four. He exited after 4 2/3 innings with the score tied. Chris Murphy came on in relief and tossed a scoreless fifth, striking out one.

The White Sox regained the lead in the top of the sixth when Junior Perez, with one out, hammered a line-drive solo home run to left-center field, his first of the season, giving Chicago a 3-2 advantage. Perez finished 2 for 3 with a home run and an RBI. Grichuk also went 2 for 3 with a home run, a double and a walk.

Detroit answered in the bottom of the sixth, and that proved to be the decisive frame. With one out, Dingler singled to left off White Sox reliever Seranthony Domínguez. Vierling followed with a flyout to right, bringing up Greene, who walked to put runners on first and second. Spencer Torkelson popped out on the infield fly rule, bringing Carpenter to the plate with two outs. Carpenter, Detroit’s designated hitter, doubled on a fly ball to left field, scoring Dingler and Greene to put the Tigers ahead 4-3. Carpenter finished 1 for 3 with two RBIs.

Domínguez allowed one run on two hits in his inning of work, taking the loss. Fedde was charged with two runs over 4 2/3 innings and fell to 2-6 on the season.

Tigers reliever Drew Anderson picked up the win, improving to 3-3. Anderson entered in the top of the sixth after Skubal was lifted with two outs and a runner on second. He struck out Meidroth to end the inning, then worked a perfect seventh, striking out two more. Skubal’s final line: 5 2/3 innings, seven hits, three earned runs, eight strikeouts and one walk.

Kenley Jansen pitched a clean ninth for his eighth save of the season, retiring the side in order with one strikeout. He needed only 10 pitches to close out the game.

The White Sox had chances to tie or take the lead in the late innings. In the seventh, Grichuk hit a ground-rule double with one out, but Anderson struck out Meidroth to end the threat. In the eighth, Colson Montgomery drew a leadoff walk, but Edgar Quero grounded into a double play, and Braden Montgomery grounded out to end the inning. Chicago went down in order in the ninth, with Jansen inducing groundouts from Sam Antonacci and Andrew Benintendi before striking out Tristan Peters on a foul tip to end the game.

Defensively, Detroit turned two double plays, including a crucial one in the eighth to erase the Montgomery walk. The White Sox also turned two double plays, but their bats went silent after the sixth.

The White Sox, who entered the game having won five of their previous seven, fell to 39-35. They had taken two of three from the New York Yankees earlier in the week and had won four of their last six overall. The Tigers improved to 31-44, snapping a four-game skid that included a sweep at the hands of the Houston Astros.

The two teams continue the three-game series Saturday at Comerica Park. Chicago will send its starter to the mound, while Detroit has not yet announced a starter for the afternoon contest.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Chicago White Sox 5, Detroit Tigers 3. Interstat’s ELO system had projected Detroit with a 54.30 percent probability to win. Detroit had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 7 went over the over/under line of 8.