CHICAGO _ The White Sox rallied from a five-run deficit but fell victim to a bases-loaded jam in the eighth inning in Saturday's 7-5 loss to the Tigers at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Sox bats were dormant against Tigers starter Jordan Zimmermann for four innings until they lit into him for a four-run fifth inning and tacked on a game-tying run in the sixth.
Matt Davidson and Kevan Smith singled, and Tim Anderson dropped a double in the far right corner _ just fair by inches _ to drive in the first run. Charlie Tilson drove in two more runs on the first pitch he saw and Trayce Thompson followed suit, sacrificing to left on a first pitch to bring home Tilson. The next inning, Jose Abreu followed Yolmer Sanchez's triple with an RBI sacrifice.
In a recurring theme this season, Lucas Giolito trudged through another rough outing, giving up two home runs to Nicholas Castellanos and five earned overall over 51/3 innings. He struck out six and walked two. His ERA rose to 7.19 on the season.
Abreu couldn't punch in the go-ahead run in the seventh with the bases loaded against Tigers reliever Buck Farmer, but the Tigers capitalized on a similar situation against Bruce Rondon. After Victor Martinez singled off Jace Fry, Rondon relieved him and proceeded to walk John Hicks and give up a single to JaCoby Jones on a bunt pop. Rondon dove at the ball but the big man belly-flopped and came up empty.
After Grayson Greiner struck out, Jose Iglesias' grounder slipped out of Yoan Moncada's grip, allowing Victor Reyes to score. It was ruled a base hit.
Then Rondon walked Nike Goodrum to score Hicks and cut the White Sox lead to 7-5.
