Tigers Rout White Sox 18-2, Complete Sweep Of Chicago
DETROIT (AP) -- Miguel Cabrera homered and drove in four runs, and the Detroit Tigers finished a three-game sweep of Chicago in emphatic fashion, routing the White Sox 18-2 on Sunday night.
Max Scherzer (14-8) allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings, and Alex Avila had a career-high four hits for Detroit, which leads the AL Central by 6 1/2 games heading into a three-game series at second-place Cleveland. Chicago is 8 1/2 back.
Mark Buehrle (11-7) allowed seven earned runs in 3 1-3 innings.
The Tigers trailed 8-1 in the fifth Saturday before rallying to win 9-8. They'd scored 26 consecutive runs and led 18-0 Sunday when the White Sox finally scored two in the ninth.
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