Dioner Navarro's fourth-inning RBI single and James Shields' stingy first four innings had the White Sox in line to spoil the Tigers' winning ways. But after Anibal Sanchez thwarted Chicago's threat to add on in the fifth, Detroit's offense backed him up in the bottom half with seven hits, six of them for extra bases. James McCann's two-run single punctuated the surge.
Cabrera's third home run in two games was an opposite-field loft off Matt Albers for his 24th homer of the season, six more than last year and one shy of his 2014 total.
MOMENTS THAT MATTERED
Triples threat: Shields held the Tigers scoreless on two singles through the first four innings, but Romine jumped his first pitch of the fifth inning and sent it for a ride to the center-field wall, putting him on third base for Jose Iglesias' game-tying sacrifice fly. Two batters later, Cameron Maybin's shot down the left-field line scored Ian Kinsler and put Maybin on third.
Tilson leaves, Garcia homers: Charlie Tilson began his Major League debut by picking up a third-inning single in his first career at-bat. Then his debut was cut short in the fifth inning when he was injured while chasing down a Cabrera fly ball in center field. The Sox announced Tilson suffered a strained left hamstring and will be reevaluated on Wednesday. Avisail Garcia entered as his replacement and hit a two-run homer to left-center field in the seventh inning and a solo shot in the ninth, which gave him his fourth career multi-homer game.
Sneaky Sanchez: The big inning plagued Sanchez in many a start this season, and the White Sox, already with a 1-0 lead, seemed to have the makings of one in the fifth after Tyler Saladino's leadoff single and Adam Eaton's walk. Instead, Sanchez's alert play to catch Saladino breaking for third started him down the path to escape, including a Tim Anderson popout and a Melky Cabrera flyout to the left-field warning track.
Shields falters in fifth: Shields had allowed just two hits and five total baserunners through four innings before the Tigers tagged him for six runs on seven more hits. Shields appeared to have settled down after a tough start to his White Sox tenure, turning in six consecutive quality starts. Tuesday was the first time he allowed more than three earned runs since doing so in his first three starts after being traded from the Padres.
REPLAY REVIEW
Tyler Collins was ruled out stealing second after his leadoff single in the second inning, but the Tigers challenged the call, thinking the replay showed Collins might have reached the bag ahead of Anderson applying his tag. After review, however, the ruling was that the play stands.
WHAT'S NEXT
White Sox: Chris Sale (14-4, 3.17 ERA) gets the start on Tuesday at 6:10 p.m. CT at Comerica Park. He is 1-1 against the Tigers this season, most recently picking up a win when he allowed three earned runs over seven innings in Chicago.
Tigers: Michael Fulmer (9-2, 2.50) takes the mound opposite Sale on Tuesday, looking to avenge a rough no-decision in Chicago, where the White Sox chased him after five innings with help from a Justin Morneau three-run homer. Game time is 7:10 p.m. ET.
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Jason Beck has covered the Tigers for MLB.com since 2002. Read Beck's Blog, follow him on Twitter @beckjason and listen to his podcast.
Kyle Beery is a reporter for MLB.com based in Detroit.
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Tigers drub Shields, White Sox in 7th straight
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