Final
Cespedes powers Tigers to series win
Apr 19, 2015 - 10:23 PM Detroit, MI (SportsNetwork.com) - Yoenis Cespedes supplied the power for Detroit in the Tigers' 9-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Sunday.Cespedes crushed the first grand slam of his career in the first inning and added a two-run homer in the third for a personal-best six RBI.
Victor Martinez went 3-for-3 with an RBI and three runs scored for the Tigers, who took two of three from the White Sox in the series.
Detroit's Shane Greene (3-0) continued his incredible start to the season, tossing seven strong innings. He gave up his first earned run on five hits with four walks and three strikeouts.
"The defense was working well for me today," Greene said. "It seemed like every time somebody got on base, they were turning two."
The Tigers turned four double plays in the game.
Jose Quintana (1-1) allowed nine runs on 10 hits in four-plus innings for Chicago.
"You just chalk it up to a bad day for him," Chicago manager Robin Ventura said about Quintana.
Quintana needed 42 pitches to get through the first. He retired two of the first three batters, but a single by Victor Martinez and a walk to J.D. Martinez loaded the bases for Cespedes, who crushed a 3-2 offering over the left-center field wall.
James McCann tripled to begin the bottom of the second for Detroit and scored on a Rajai Davis single to make it 5-0.
Cespedes homered again with two outs in the third, hitting a line drive to left, then Victor Martinez and Nick Castellanos each hit RBI doubles in the fifth to put Detroit up 9-0.
The only blemish for Greene, who pitched eight innings in each of his first two starts while giving up one unearned run, was Jose Abreu's RBI triple in the sixth.
Game Notes
The White Sox were 0-for-5 with runners in scoring position ... Melky Cabrera had two of Chicago's six hits.
- CHICAGO: 1
DETROIT: 9
Final
Apr 19 3:55 PM - Jose Abreu triples to right field. Melky Cabrera scores.
White Sox 1, Tigers 9 Top 6, 2 OutsApr 19 3:04 PM - Nick Castellanos doubles to deep right center field. Victor Martinez scores.
White Sox 0, Tigers 9 Bot 5, 2 OutsApr 19 2:52 PM - Victor Martinez doubles to deep right field. Miguel Cabrera scores.
White Sox 0, Tigers 8 Bot 5, 0 OutsApr 19 2:44 PM - Cespedes homered to left on a 0-1 count, V.Martinez scored.
White Sox 0, Tigers 7 Bot 3, 2 OutsApr 19 2:17 PM - Yoenis Cespedes homers to center field. Victor Martinez scores.
White Sox 0, Tigers 7 Bot 3, 2 OutsApr 19 2:17 PM - Rajai Davis singles to shortstop. James McCann scores.
White Sox 0, Tigers 5 Bot 2, 1 OutApr 19 1:53 PM - Cespedes homered to left on a full count, Kinsler scored, V.Martinez scored, J.Martinez scored.
White Sox 0, Tigers 4 Bot 1, 2 OutsApr 19 1:39 PM - Yoenis Cespedes homers to center field. J.D. Martinez scores. Victor Martinez scores. Ian Kinsler scores.
White Sox 0, Tigers 4 Bot 1, 2 OutsApr 19 1:39 PM
Apr 19 1:10 PM- CHICAGO: 0
DETROIT: 0
Top 1, 0 Outs
Apr 19 1:09 PM
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