ChiSox thump Tigers 10-1
Detroit Tigers shortstop Javier Baez, left, misplays the single hit by Chicago White Sox's Jose Abreu during the ninth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, April 10, 2022, in Detroit. (Carlos Osorio/AP photo)
DETROIT (AP) — Tim Anderson swung right back into action after serving a suspension stemming from an incident last season, hitting two doubles and a single as the Chicago White Sox routed the Detroit Tigers 10-1 on Sunday.
Anderson sat out the first two games as a penalty for making contact with an umpire on Sept. 27.
Anderson is hitting .346 with 26 doubles and 79 runs in 90 career games against the Tigers.
Andrew Vaughn homered and drove in four runs for the White Sox, who won twice in the season-opening three-game series.
White Sox starter Michael Kopech allowed one run on two hits and two walks in four innings, striking out three. Kyle Crick (1-0) pitched a hitless fifth to get the win.
Tigers starter Tariq Skubal (0-1) gave up five runs on seven hits in four innings.
“I never found a good rhythm today,” he said. “I wasn’t putting the fastball where I wanted it, and my changeup command wasn’t good, either.”
The White Sox took a 2-0 lead in the first off Skubal (0-1). After Anderson doubled, Luis Robert singled and stole second. Jose Abreu had an RBI groundout and Eloy Jimenez followed with a sacrifice fly.
“They put together some long innings, and a lot of that was Tim Anderson doing what he does,” Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. “Every time the lineup rolled back over to him, we were in trouble.”
The Tigers got a run back in the second on Victor Reyes’ triple. Abreu doubled home Robert to make it 3-1 in the third and Josh Harrison added an RBI single later in the inning.
Shortstop Javier Baez’s throwing error set up Danny Mendick’s RBI double in the fourth.
The White Sox added four runs off rookie Elvin Rodriguez in the seventh. Jimenez hit an RBI single and Vaughn followed with a three-run homer. Vaughn singled home another run in the ninth.
The Tigers had no hits and two walks in the final seven innings.
WELCOME TO THE SHOW: Rodriguez made his major league debut, replacing Skubal for the fifth inning. Chicago reliever Tanner Banks made his debut with two scoreless innings, striking out four and surviving a game-ending flyball to the wall in left by Miguel Cabrera.
“I saw Miggy in the hallway just now and I said this was a good day for the win to be blowing in,” Banks said. “He smiled back at me.”
UP NEXT: Detroit hosts Boston on Monday, with Matt Manning scheduled to make his season debut against Boston’s Michael Wacha.




