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Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. White Sox 6, Detroit 3
When: 1:10 PM ET, Saturday, August 30, 2014
Where: U.S Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 83°
Umpires: Home - Scott Barry, 1B - Marcus Pattillo, 2B - Lazaro Diaz, 3B - Jeff Nelson
Attendance: 20556

White Sox 6, Tigers 3 (Game 1): Chris Sale rebounded from a rocky start to record a season-high 13 strikeouts and Adam Dunn belted a two-run homer as host Chicago won the opening contest of a doubleheader.

Tyler Flowers also went deep as the White Sox teed off on Max Scherzer (15-5) en route to claiming just their second win in 11 outings. Rookie Jose Abreu drove in a run among his three singles to extend his hitting streak to nine games and Alexei Ramirez ripped an RBI ground-rule double and scored twice.

Ian Kinsler homered to lead off the contest and Victor Martinez launched a two-run shot later in the first inning for the Tigers, who reside one game behind first-place Kansas City in the American League Central while seeing their lead dip to a half-game over Seattle for the second wild card. Scherzer permitted a season-high six runs on nine hits and struck out 11 in 6 2/3 innings to take the loss.

Sale (11-3) allowed three runs on six hits in seven innings to notch his first win since July 26. Three relievers finished the job, with Jake Petricka inducing Kinsler to ground into a game-ending double play to secure his 10th save.

After a pair of blasts staked Detroit to an early 3-0 advantage, Chicago chipped away as Ramirez scored on an error in the bottom of the frame before his ground-rule double in the third plated Adam Eaton. Ramirez came around to score on Abreu's single to center before Dunn deposited a 2-1 curveball from Scherzer over the wall in right for his 20th homer - and first since Aug. 13.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Scherzer was thwarted in this chance to become the AL's first 16-game winner while trying to improve to 5-0 versus the White Sox in a single season for the first time since Cleveland's Jim Kern accomplished the feat in 1976. ... Eaton continues to feast on Detroit pitching, collecting two hits to improve to 5-for-8 in the series while recording 13 hits in his last 22 at-bats versus the Tigers. ... The contest was originally scheduled for June 10, which was rained out.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Detroit   Chi. White Sox
Max Scherzer Player Chris Sale
Loss W/L Win
6.2 IP 7.0
11 Strikeouts 13
9 Hits 6
6.75 ERA 3.86
Hitting
Detroit   Chi. White Sox
Rajai Davis Player Jose Abreu
2 Hits 3
0 RBI 1
0 HR 0
2 TB 3
.667 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Detroit 8 2 15 .242 13 15 3 3 0 2
Chi. White Sox 10 2 17 .286 11 12 5 1 1 0