Detroit had taken a 3-1 lead in the second when Upton, who these days seems to not go more than a game minus a home run, raked a Jose Quintana hanger on a line into the left-field seats for his 22nd home run of 2016 and his ninth in the last 17 games. The left fielder remained hotter than the sun, smoking a three-run home run in the second inning. Sanchez is 3-6 with a 4.96 ERA in 12 career appearances (10 starts) against the White Sox, including a 1-1 mark and 3.60 ERA in four appearances (two starts) this year.Quintana was roughed up for seven runs and seven hits in five innings while losing to Minnesota in his last turn. They are tied with Baltimore for the second and final wildcard spot.
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The Tigers are 9-1 in their last 10 against the AL Central, 6-1 in their last seven overall, and 8-20 in Sanchez’ last 28 starts while the White Sox are 2-6 in their last eight overall, 13-32 in their last 45 against the AL Central, and 4-0 in Quintana’s last four home starts. He was sidelined since August 12 for a strained right groin.Tigers starter Matt Boyd (5-3) gave up both runs and eight hits in seven innings after being called up from Triple-A Toledo.
Boyd has given up too many home runs while Norris is giving up too many walks. The White Sox answered with a run in the bottom of the inning, but it was not enough to extend the game.
Upton’s blast came at the flawless time after the Baltimore Orioles had already won earlier in the afternoon. We’re not going to give in until the last day of the season. It’s pretty remarkable considering he was hitting.202 with five home runs through May 31.
Meanwhile, Ubaldo Jimenez threw the Orioles’ first complete game of the season.
Cabrera became the fourth player to reach 300 homers with the Tigers with a liner to right in the first. He trails only Chris Davis, Chris Carter, and Mike Napoli in that category.
Chicago White Sox’s Avisail Garcia hits an RBI single off Detroit Tigers’ Shane Greene, scoring pinch-runner J.B. Shuck, during the eighth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, Sept. 7, 2016, in Chicago.
ROYALS 11, TWINS 5: Kendrys Morales and Eric Hosmer homered for visiting Kansas City, which overcame three homers by Brian Dozier to win for the second time in six games.
– The two leading candidates for the National league Cy Young award earned Labor Day wins.
CUBS 7, BREWERS 2: Major-league ERA leader Kyle Hendricks pitched six strong innings and visiting Chicago broke away in the seventh and eighth.
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Gonzalez retired nine straight until allowing singles to Martinez and call-up Casey McGehee in the seventh. Carlos Gonzalez led the team offensively with a grand slam in the third inning. He also had three hits and a home run. He was a shooting guard for the Redhawks where Jones averaged 10.4 points a game and led the team with 55 three-pointers during his senior season in 2015-16. Jones was ahead in the count 2-0, but swung through three fastballs to strikeout.
