Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Detroit 9, Chi. White Sox 3
When: 7:05 PM ET, Friday, April 22, 2011
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 41°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Adrian Johnson, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 23537
Where: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
Temperature: 41°
Umpires: Home - Fieldin Culbreth, 1B - Adrian Johnson, 2B - Gary Cederstrom, 3B - Lance Barksdale
Attendance: 23537
Ryan Raburn homered and drove in four runs to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 9-3 rout of the visiting Chicago White Sox on Friday.
The Tigers (10-10) took a 2-0 lead in the second inning when Jhonny Peralta drove in a run with a triple and scored on a sacrifice fly by Brennan Boesch. Raburn added a two-run homer in the third against Mark Buehrle (1-2).
Chicago (8-12) got as close as 6-3 in the seventh before the Tigers put it away with three runs in the eighth. Raburn capped the scoring with a two-run single to left.
Justin Verlander (2-2) went seven innings, scattered four hits and struck out eight. He allowed three runs, all on solo homers — two by Carlos Quentin and one by Paul Konerko.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. White Sox | Detroit | |
| Mark Buehrle | Player | Justin Verlander |
| Loss | W/L | Win |
| 5.2 | IP | 7.0 |
| 5 | Strikeouts | 8 |
| 8 | Hits | 4 |
| 9.53 | ERA | 3.86 |
Hitting
| Chi. White Sox | Detroit | |
| Carlos Quentin | Player | Alex Avila |
| 2 | Hits | 2 |
| 2 | RBI | 1 |
| 2 | HR | 0 |
| 8 | TB | 4 |
| .500 | Avg | .667 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Chi. White Sox | 6 | 3 | 15 | .182 | 4 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Detroit | 12 | 1 | 21 | .364 | 10 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 0 | 0 |