Any worries that he was slowing down have been quelled thus far in 2016; the ten-time all-star and 2012 American League Triple Crown victor is hitting.310/.385/.550 with 12 home runs and 32 RBI. The White Sox have allowed six runs in their last three games and four or more runs in eight of their last 10 games.
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The White Sox took a 1-0 lead in the second on Avisail Garcia’s RBI single, but the Tigers moved ahead in the bottom of the inning on McCann’s second homer and a run-scoring single by Ian Kinsler.
Although, after a single by Victor Martinez and a walk to J.D. Boyd carried a no-hitter into the sixth inning, but was charged with the loss after he gave up four runs in the seventh.
The Tigers have Jordan Zimmerman taking the mound tonight to face Carlos Rodon of the White Sox. He threw a total of 18.1 innings against them in those three starts and struck out 19 batters while walking seven.
The Tigers (26-28) broke it open with one run in the sixth inning, two in the seventh and four in the eighth after leading 3-2 through six. He didn’t go deep, but allowed just two runs on five hits, striking out three and walking two on 93 pitches. That cut the Tigers’ lead to 3-2.
Alex Wilson replaced Zimmermann and got Jimmy Rollins to strike out looking at a slider.
Alex Avila received a warm ovation from the fans when he batted in the second inning – his first at-bat as a visiting player in Detroit. But Wilson got out of the jam as Tyler Saladino hit into a 6-4-3 double play. The Sox brought up a pitcher because relievers David Robertson, Nate Jones and Matt Albers each pitched two innings in the Sox’ 2-1 win over the Mets in 13 innings Wednesday. McCann hit his second home run of the season, just past the fence into the left-center bullpen to tie the game, 1-1.
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