Bonderman pitches 8 innings as Detroit Tigers beat Chicago White Sox 5-1

Bonderman helps Tigers beat White Sox 5-1

DETROIT — Jeremy Bonderman pitched eight strong innings and the Detroit Tigers beat the sloppy Chicago White Sox 5-1 on Wednesday.

Chicago, trying to catch Minnesota in the AL Central, entered Tuesday’s game with a seven-game winning streak, but has been outscored 14-2 by the Tigers over the last two nights, including seven unearned runs. The four-game series ends with a day game on Thursday.

Bonderman (8-9) picked up where Justin Verlander left off on Tuesday, allowing one run and three hits. The right-hander struck out eight and walked one.

John Danks (13-10) pitched six innings for the White Sox, yielding five runs, two earned, and eight hits.

Bonderman retired the first 10 batters of the game before Omar Vizquel broke the scoreless tie with his second homer of the season. Vizquel’s other homer also came against Detroit on June 10 against Max Scherzer.

Detroit responded with four runs in the bottom of the fourth, taking advantage of third baseman Mark Teahen’s second error of the game. With a runner on first and one out, Casper Wells hit what looked like a routine double-play grounder, but Teahen threw the ball into right field.

Jhonny Peralta then walked, loading the bases, and Brandon Inge hit a two-run single. After Don Kelly struck out, Alex Avila added a two-run double to center.

In the top of the fifth, Bonderman threw a breaking ball that sailed well over the head of Andruw Jones and to the backstop. Danks’ first pitch in the bottom of the inning flew close to the head of Ryan Raburn, causing plate umpire Brian Gorman to warn both dugouts.

Raburn doubled on the next pitch and later scored on Wells’ infield single.

NOTES: Detroit slugger Miguel Cabrera (shoulder) sat out with tendinitis in his left shoulder and biceps. Cabrera, who has been dealing with the problem since early last week, left Tuesday’s game after six innings. … White Sox 2B Gordon Beckham (hand) missed his second straight game, but Manny Ramirez returned after leaving Tuesday’s game after being hit by two pitches. … Teahen has made 10 errors in 44 career games at third base against the Tigers. … The game took just 2 hours, 4 minutes.