With ‘pen taxed, Kahnle, Purke pick up slack

DETROIT — The White Sox 10-3 loss to the Tigers on Friday night at Comerica Park became more of a big-picture approach than simply in the moment for the South Siders.

Trailing by two runs after six innings and with Carlos Rodon done at 101 pitches, White Sox manager Robin Ventura had to go to his bullpen. The only issue was that following Wednesday’s 13-inning victory over the Mets and Tuesday’s five-inning Mat Latos start, the relief crew was fairly taxed.

Taxed enough that almost nobody was available.

So Ventura turned to Tommy Kahnle — who was called up from Triple-A Charlotte on Friday to take Melky Cabrera’s roster spot with Cabrera placed on the family emergency leave list — and Matt Purke. The Tigers sent 17 hitters to the plate over the seventh and eighth innings, scoring six times and putting a close game out of reach.

“At that point, you are down a few,” Ventura said. “They have to cover the rest of the game, and you saw what it was. I think at that point we at least got through it. As far as usage for everybody else, you kept them …

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