Tigers hit three HRs in 6th, beat White Sox 7-2
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[August 24, 2018]
Matthew Boyd tossed six
scoreless innings, Detroit batters hit three homers in the sixth
inning and the Tigers cruised to a 7-2 victory over the Chicago
White Sox on Thursday afternoon.
Ronny Rodriguez hit his first major league homer and drove in two
runs. Mikie Mahtook and Nicholas Castellanos supplied solo shots,
and Jim Adduci added two hits, including a two-run double.
Boyd (8-11) gave up six hits and a walk while striking out six. The
Tigers have defeated the White Sox in 10 of 13 meetings this season.
Jose Rondon hit a two-run homer for the White Sox. James Shields
(5-15) surrendered seven runs on 10 hits in 6 2/3 innings.
The Tigers had a runner picked off third, yet still took a 2-0 lead
in the fourth. Nicholas Castellanos led off with a single and
advanced to third on Adduci's bloop single. When left fielder Ryan
LaMarre bobbled the ball, Adduci took second.
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Shields then caught Castellanos napping for his 40th career pickoff.
Mahtook was hit by a pitch on a 3-2 count, and Rodriguez ripped a
ground-rule double to left, bringing home Adduci. Grayson Greiner's
sacrifice fly brought in the second run.
A baserunning mistake prevented the White Sox from getting on the
board in the fifth. With runners on first and second and two out,
LaMarre singled to center. Coming from second base, Yolmer Sanchez
wasn't running at full speed heading home, and when Tim Anderson
tried to reach third, he was thrown out by center fielder Mike
Gerber before Sanchez crossed home plate.
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Tigers right fielder Nicholas Castellanos (9) hits a solo home run
during the sixth inning against the Chicago White Sox at Comerica
Park. Mandatory Credit: Raj Mehta-USA TODAY Sports
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Castellanos made up for the pickoff in his next at-bat by drilling a
Shields cutter over the left field wall.
One out later, Mahtook crushed another Shields offering over the
left field fence. Two pitches later, Rodriguez made it back-to-back
homers with his breakthrough long ball, which just cleared the left
field wall to make it 5-0.
Shields was still in the game when Adduci smashed a double to right
to bring home two more runs in the seventh.
Rondon's homer off Louis Coleman in the eighth ended Detroit's
shutout bid.
--Field Level Media
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