CHICAGO _ Jose Abreu hit a three-run homer in the 12th inning as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 9-6 to complete a sweep of Wednesday's doubleheader in epic fashion.
Zack Collins drew a one-out walk to start the rally and moved to second on a single by Leury Garcia. Abreu hit the winning homer with two outs off of Nick Ramirez. It was his 20th long ball of the season.
Yoan Moncada and Ryan Cordell each homered twice for the Sox in front of 23,161 fans at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Cordell hit a solo homer in the fifth. His two-run shot in the seventh brought the Sox within 5-4. Moncada tied the game with a sacrifice fly later in the seventh.
The Tigers took a 6-5 lead in the 10th with an RBI single by John Hicks. Moncada tied the game again with a solo homer.
Moncada had three RBIs; his first homer came in the first.
The Sox won the first game 7-5 in Dylan Cease's debut. Tyler Alexander made his big-league debut in the second game for the Tigers, allowing two runs and five hits while striking out four in five innings.
Nicholas Castellanos had four hits and three RBIs to pace the Tigers. Castellanos singled twice, doubled and hit a two-run homer.
Sox starter Ross Detwiler allowed four runs, two earned, and eight hits in six innings. He struck out two and walked one.
