Kyle Lobstein pitched a gem to restore order to the Detroit Tigers and Victor Martinez had another big day at the plate. Smart baserunning and a lockdown outing by closer Joakim Soria gave the Tigers a 4-1 win over the Chicago White Sox, avoiding the sweep to end the road trip.
The offense continued to frustrate and that was the case again on Thursday. Several times the Tigers put men in scoring position, and every time they scored no more than one run, with one exception. That would come in the eighth when Detroit loaded the bases and scored two thanks to a leadoff double by Ian Kinsler and two RBI driven in by Victor Martinez and Nick Castellanos.