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- Updated: June 5, 2016
DETROIT — Justin Upton’s two-run double completed a four-run fifth inning, providing the run support for Justin Verlander to complete the Tigers’ three-game series sweep of the White Sox with a 5-2 win Sunday at Comerica Park.
Verlander (5-5) improved to 4-0 in his last five meetings with the White Sox, delivering seven innings of two-run ball on five hits with a walk and eight strikeouts. Four of those five hits went for extra bases, but Chicago couldn’t capitalize beyond solo homers from Jose Abreu in the first inning and Todd Frazier in the sixth.
White Sox starter Jose Quintana (5-6) kept pace until a bases-loaded walk turned a fifth-inning jam into a game-turning rally. J.D. Martinez’s walk put Detroit on top for good and extended the inning for Nick Castellanos’ RBI infield single. With the bases still loaded, Upton swung away on a 3-0 pitch and laced a double to the left-field corner.
The Tigers’ fourth win in five games drew them back to .500 after a four-game losing streak. The White Sox fell to one game over .500 with their 10th loss in 12 games.
MOMENTS THAT MATTEREDVerlander escapes third-inning jam: Verlander had runners at second and third and the top of the White Sox order due up after an Alex Avila walk and Tyler Saladino double. But the righty ended the threat with …
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