DETROIT _ Adam Engel continued his heroics, homering in back-to-back games for the first time in his career and bringing the White Sox within a run, but the Tigers pulled away in the eighth with a big inning against Juan Minaya that salted away their 9-5 win Monday at Comerica Park.
Engel has been the highlight reel man of late, making three home-run saving plays at the center-field wall and coming through with some clutch homers at the plate.
This latest came in the eighth inning to pull the Sox within 6-5 before Minaya allowed three runs in the bottom of the inning.
Nicholas Castellanos capped the scoring with a two-run single, part of a 5-for-5, five-RBI performance.
Sox starter Reynaldo Lopez wasn't as sharp as his last outing, when he took a no-hit bid against the Yankees to the sixth inning.
On Monday, he gave up seven hits and four earned runs as Tigers batters seemed to draw a bead on his breaking balls and fastballs alike.
