DETROIT _ Ryan LaMarre hit his first career home run and Lucas Giolito recovered from a three-run first inning to strike out seven and help the White Sox beat the Tigers, 6-3, at Comerica Park on Monday.
Avisail Garcia ended a 0-for-20 slump with a single in the fifth.
Daniel Palka milked a rundown in the first to get a second run across the plate and help stake Giolito to a 3-0 lead.
The right-hander couldn't hold onto it. In the bottom of the frame, Victor Martinez doubled in two runs and Jim Adduci's single plated another to knot the score.
LaMarre got the lead back the next inning with a homer 387 feet to center.
Jose Abreu padded the lead with a two-RBI double in the fifth. Fourteen of his career 23 doubles against the Tigers have come at Comerica.
Reliever Jace Fry struck out four in two innings of work.
Juan Minaya came on in the ninth to protect a three-run lead and got yanked after walking the first batter, Mike Mahtook, on five pitches.
Xavier Cedeno pitched out of his own jam, striking out Nicholas Castellanos with men on first and third.
