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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 9, Chi. White Sox 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, April 22, 2011
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 41°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Adrian Johnson, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 23537

Ryan Raburn homered and drove in four runs to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 9-3 rout of the visiting Chicago White Sox on Friday.

The Tigers (10-10) took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Jhonny Peralta drove in a run with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brennan Boesch. Raburn added a two-run homer in the third against Mark Buehrle (1-2).

Chicago (8-12) got as close as 6-3 in the seventh before the Tigers put it away with three runs in the eighth. Raburn capped the scoring with a two-run single to left.

Justin Verlander (2-2) went seven innings, scattered four hits and struck out eight. He allowed three runs, all on solo homers — two by Carlos Quentin and one by Paul Konerko.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. White Sox   Detroit
Mark Buehrle Player Justin Verlander
Loss W/L Win
5.2 IP 7.0
5 Strikeouts 8
8 Hits 4
9.53 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Chi. White Sox   Detroit
Carlos Quentin Player Alex Avila
2 Hits 2
2 RBI 1
2 HR 0
8 TB 4
.500 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. White Sox 6 3 15 .182 4 9 3 0 0 0
Detroit 12 1 21 .364 10 7 9 4 0 0