Mike Pelfrey suffered the loss, yielding four runs on seven hits in six-plus innings. The White Sox scored their first three runs on a Melky Cabrera sacrifice fly in the first, a Brett Lawrie groundout in the fourth and an Adam Eaton groundout in the fifth after a leadoff triple by Tim Anderson, who went 3-for-4 from the top of the lineup.
Detroit mustered a Justin Upton single and an Ian Kinsler hit by pitch over the last four innings against Sale. The White Sox improved to 3-10-1 in their last 14 series.