Sale held the lead until old nemesis Victor Martinez singled with one out in the sixth. J.D. Martinez, who drove in Detroit's opening run with a first-inning sacrifice fly, sent Sale's next pitch out to left for his 12th home run. Cameron Maybin added a run with an RBI single in the seventh, and Mike Aviles' bunt RBI single was part of a three-run eighth to finish the Tigers' scoring.
Maybin's RBI single
CWS@DET: Maybin's knock gives Tigers an insurance run
Cameron Maybin singles through the middle off Chris Sale to bring around Jose Iglesias and push the Tigers' lead to 4-2
It was the second loss in three starts for Sale (9-2), who had won his first nine outings of the year. He fell to 7-6 in his career against the Tigers.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Put it in the book: Before Saturday's game, J.D. Martinez talked about scaling back his well-known notetaking of at-bats against some opponents, having built up a memory bank against some pitchers. His 28th plate appearance against Sale was more than he has against any other Major League pitcher, and he was ready to jump a first-pitch fastball. Statcast™ estimated the drive at 423 feet, tied for Martinez's longest this season.
Eaton does it early and late: Eaton drilled a 1-0 pitch from Pelfrey to right field for a triple to get the Sox started in the third. Tyler Saladino bounced out to shortstop, bringing Eaton in to give the Sox a lead. Eaton later doubled and drove in two runs in the ninth to finish a homer shy of the cycle.
Pelfrey's great escape: Pelfrey gave up three consecutive singles to start his outing, giving the White Sox a 1-0 lead with a chance for more with the middle of their order up. But Pelfrey recovered for back-to-back groundouts from Jose Abreu and J.B. Shuck to keep the damage at that.
Coats exits debut after collision in outfield: Jason Coats made his Major League debut in left field for the White Sox on Saturday. It ended in the seventh inning, when he collided with center fielder Shuck while tracking down a fly ball off the bat of Miguel Cabrera. Despite the hard collision, Coats was able to hang on for the second out of the inning.
Coats bloodied after collision
CWS@DET: Coats holds onto catch after scary collision
Jason Coats is bloodied and has to leave the game after colliding with J.B. Shuck and making a tough catch near the warning track in left
REPLAY REVIEW
Pelfrey was hoping he had escaped a self-inflicted threat with a pickoff of Todd Frazier, who had escaped an 0-2 count to draw a two-out walk in the fifth inning. Replay, however, showed Frazier got his hand back to first base ahead of Cabrera's tag, keeping the inning alive. Pelfrey recovered to get an inning-ending fly ball from Abreu.
Frazier safe on pickoff
CWS@DET: Frazier safe after pickoff play challenged
After Todd Frazier is ruled out at first base on a pickoff by Mike Pelfrey, the White Sox challenge the call on the field is overturned
WHAT'S NEXT
White Sox: The White Sox will send Jose Quintana to the mound in Sunday's 12:10 p.m. CT series finale at Comerica Park. Quintana, the AL ERA leader, has lost each of his last four starts after winning four straight prior to that.
Tigers: Justin Verlander enters his start in Sunday's 1:10 p.m. ET series finale having allowed a 1.91 ERA and .155 batting average over his last five outings. He's 4-1 against the White Sox since the start of the 2014 season.
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Kyle Beery is a reporter for MLB.com based in Detroit and covered the White Sox on Saturday.
This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.
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