.With the score tied at 7, Greiner led off the eighth with a single and moved up when Carson Fulmer (0-1) hit both JaCoby Jones and Josh Harrison with pitches. Castellanos and Cabrera put the Tigers ahead with back-to-back sacrifice flies.Drew VerHagen (1-0) picked up the win after recording the last out of the eighth inning. Shane Greene pitched the ninth for his ninth save in nine attempts.Neither starter was involved in the decision. Detroit's Tyson Ross pitched six-plus innings, allowing five runs - two earned - on seven hits. Ivan Nova gave up six runs on 11 hits in 6 1/3 innings.The Tigers trailed 5-4 going into the bottom of the seventh, but Castellanos ended Nova's day with a game-tying double with one out, and Cabrera greeted Kelvin Herrera with an RBI single.Niko Goodrum doubled and the White Sox loaded the bases by intentionally walking Jeimer Candelario. Dustin Peterson hit into a force at second, scoring Cabrera with Detroit's seventh run, but Wellington Castillo tied it with a two-run homer in the eighth.The Tigers took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Gordon Beckham singled and scored on Greiner's double. The same pair teamed up again in the fourth, with Beckham singling, stealing second and scoring Detroit's second run on Greiner's single.Chicago made it 2-1 in the fifth, then took a 4-2 lead with three unearned runs in the sixth. With two out, Goodrum misplayed Yonder Alonso's grounder to first and Eloy Jimenez followed with his third home run.Tim Anderson singled, stole second and went to third on Greiner's throwing error. Castillo hit a grounder to short and Beckham misplayed it for Detroit's third error of the inning as Anderson scored.Detroit made it 4-all in the sixth on three singles and a wild pitch. Ryan Cordell homered to put Chicago ahead 5-4 in the seventh.TRAINER'S ROOMWHITE SOX: Put RHP Lucas Giolito on the 10-day injured list with a strained left hamstring and recalled Fulmer from Triple-A Charlotte. ''It looks like he'll miss a couple starts and get all his treatments done. At that point, we'll reassess how he's doing,'' manager Rick Renteria said.TIGERS: Detroit put OF Christin Stewart on the 10-day injured list with a left quad pull sustained on Wednesday night and recalled 1B Brandon Dixon from Triple-A Toledo. Before the move was even announced, Tigers manager Ron Gardenhire was concerned. ''I guess they are calling it a strain or a sprain, but I think it is more than that,'' he said.CORDELL MAKES QUICK IMPACTCordell was recalled from Triple-A Charlotte before the game, got the start in right field and had three hits, including the seventh-inning homer that gave Chicago a 5-4 lead.CABRERA's BIRTHDAYCabrera came into the game with a .389 batting average in 13 games on his birthday and doubled in the first inning before his RBI single in the seventh and sacrifice fly in the eighth.UP NEXTThe teams play the second game of their four-game weekend series on Friday night. Detroit's Jordan Zimmermann (0-2, 4.29) will face Chicago's Carlos Rodon (2-2, 3.27).---More baseball coverage: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Tigers try to end skid vs. White Sox The Chicago White Sox head to Detroit hoping for more fun and less drama during the upcoming four-game series.Their 4-3, 10-inning loss to Kansas City on Wednesday was marred by a benches-clearing incident. Chicago shortstop Tim Anderson flipped his bat toward the White Sox dugout after hitting a two-run homer, then got mad when Royals starter Brad Keller plunked him in his next at-bat.During the scuffle, the teams' managers exchanged words. Royals manager Ned Yost was apparently upset at White Sox manager Rick Renteria for yelling at Kansas City players."Everybody has those 'unwritten rules,' everybody has their own, I guess," said Renteria, whose team begins its series with the Tigers on Thursday afternoon. "Timmy wasn't showing them up or showing the pitcher up, he was looking into our dugout, getting the guys going. Get him out. You want him to not do that? Get him out." The White Sox had a three-game winning streak snapped.Anderson has been the team's hottest hitter. He sports a lofty .424 average along with four homers and 12 RBIs."We're are having a lot of fun and playing good ball," Anderson told the Chicago Sun-Times. "We are going to continue to (do that), and we got Detroit. We are going to have fun. Continue to be us." Chicago third baseman Yoan Moncada left the Wednesday game after getting hit in the head with a catcher's throw while swiping second base. He tested negative for a concussion. The White Sox's starting pitcher, Lucas Giolito, exited in the third inning due to hamstring tightness.Additionally, outfielder Daniel Palka was optioned to Triple-A Charlotte after the game despite snapping his 0-for-32 slump with a seventh-inning single.The White Sox's scheduled starter on Thursday, right-hander Ivan Nova, has posted two quality starts along with one clunker this season. He limited the Cleveland Indians to one run in seven innings, surrendered seven runs to the Seattle Mariners in 2 1/3 innings, then held the New York Yankees to one run in six innings.Nova (0-2, 5.28 ERA) has only collected 11 strikeouts, but the 32-year-old has stayed in the strike zone, issuing just three walks.The Tigers have traditionally given Nova fits. He is 0-3 with a 5.36 ERA against them in eight career appearances, including seven starts.Detroit will be seeking to snap a five-game losing streak. The Tigers lost to Pittsburgh in extra innings for the second consecutive night on Wednesday, 3-2 in 10 innings.Charged with trying to get the Tigers back on track will be right-hander Tyson Ross (1-2, 3.50 ERA). He took the loss Saturday against the Minnesota Twins, giving up four runs on five hits and four walks while striking out three in six innings.That was the second time in three starts this year that he walked four batters, and he wound up with a defeat each time.Still, Ross has gone at least six innings in each of his past two starts, and he has 15 strikeouts in 18 innings. Plus he is 3-0 with a 3.51 ERA in five career appearances, four starts, against the White Sox, although he has walked 16 batters in 25 2/3 innings.The Tigers need Ross to come through after the rotation took a big hit when Matt Moore opted to have surgery for a meniscus tear in his right knee. Moore underwent the operation on Wednesday and will miss the remainder of the season."Our staff is going to be fine," manager Ron Gardenhire said, according to the Detroit Free Press. "I'm more concerned with Matt Moore. He was throwing the ball really well. This was a blow for him and our ballclub, but I'm more worried about the guy than anything else." --Field Level Media
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