Whether he was going deep or finding a hole, Jeimer Candelario did what he could to keep Detroit rolling.
Candelario homered and drove in three runs, and the Tigers won their sixth straight, beating the Chicago White Sox 7-5 on Friday night.
Detroit scored three more in the inning, with Willi Castro adding a run-scoring single and Javier Báez driving in two more with a bases-loaded double against Joe Kelly. Báez raised his arms and gestured to the crowd to bring it on as he stood at second and the boos rained down on the former Cubs star.
In the ninth, they had runners on first and third after Michael Fulmer hit Tim Anderson in the shoulder with one out and AJ Pollock singled. Fulmer got out of the jam by striking out Robert and retiring José Abreu on a fly to right for his second save in four chances.Detroit’s Tarik Skubal tossed six solid innings after getting roughed up in losing his previous five starts.