Edgar Quero, Colson Montgomery and Andrew Benintendi hit home runs, as the host Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 7-1 Saturday.
White Sox starter Anthony Kay (5-1) gave up one run and six hits in five innings. The southpaw walked one and struck out three in 84 pitches.
The White Sox go for the sweep Sunday. The Tigers have lost three straight and have only won six games in May.
Framber Valdez (2-4) gave up four runs and six hits in six-plus innings. The southpaw walked two and struck out four in 89 pitches.
After giving up two runs in the first, Valdez only allowed two base runners until the seventh, when the White Sox broke the game open.
Quero led off with a home run for the first run, and Benintendi followed with a double.
Valdez recorded two outs, but Rikuu Nishida grounded a single to right to score Benintendi and give Chicago a three-run lead.
Montgomery hit a solo shot and Benintendi a two-run blast in the eighth for more insurance.
The White Sox jumped out 2-0 right away.
Chase Meidroth led off the game with a double and went third when Valdez walked Miguel Vargas and Montgomery back-to-back.
Meidroth scored on a wild pitch with Randal Grichuk at bat.
Grichuk lined out to third, but Vargas scored to make it 2-0 on a Quero sacrifice fly to center.
Wenceel Perez brought the Tigers back within one with a leadoff home run in the third.
The Tigers had a scoring chance in the fourth, when Riley Greene and Spencer Torkelson had back-to-back one-out singles. Jahmai Jones grounded into a 5-4-3 double play to end the threat, however.
Detroit had another threat in the sixth when Matt Vierling led off with a single and Greene reached when Grichuk dropped his fly ball in right. Vierling was initially called out at second, but the call was overturned.
Grant Taylor came on with two on and none out. The right-hander struck out Torkelson, induced Jones to fly out to center and forced Perez to ground out to second to end the threat.
