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- Updated: September 7, 2016
CHICAGO — Avisail Garcia came back to hurt his old team, as his single to center with one out in the eighth scored pinch-runner J.B. Shuck with the deciding run in the White Sox 7-4 victory over the Tigers on Wednesday afternoon at U.S. Cellular Field. It was an especially tough loss for the Tigers, who had a one-run advantage entering the White Sox four-run eighth and could have forged a tie for the American League’s second Wild Card spot with Baltimore prior to a three-game series between the two clubs this weekend in Detroit.
Shane Greene suffered the loss, as three of the four White Sox hitters he faced made hard contact. Jose Abreu, who had three hits and is now hitting .298, ripped an 0-2 pitch to left for a leadoff single, which was followed by Justin Morneau’s run-scoring double to right-center. After Todd Frazier grounded back to Greene, Garcia brought home Shuck on a 1-1 fastball with a grounder up the middle. Tyler Saladino drove in the White Sox sixth run with a single to left, and Adam Eaton added a run-scoring single.
Chris Beck earned the victory in relief of Jose Quintana, who allowed four runs on eight hits over 6 2/3 innings. Quintana walked James McCann with two outs in the seventh and then gave up a single to Casey McGehee and Jose Iglesias’ …
