Homer-happy White Sox Hit Five More, Rout Tigers 7-2

CHICAGO (AP) — Tim Anderson hit a pair of home runs, including his second to lead off the game against starter Matthew Boyd in six days, and the Chicago White Sox coasted to a 7-2 victory over the Detroit Tigers on Monday night.

Luis Robert also hit two home runs for Chicago (12-11), which had six in the game and 10 in their last two. It won for the fourth time in the last six tries to move back over the .500 mark.

White Sox starter Gio Gonzalez allowed two runs on six hits and two walks in 4 2/3 innings but remained winless this season. He struck out 10, the 15th time that he reached double figures in his career.

Codi Heuer (1-0), the second of five Chicago relievers, pitched one scoreless inning to get first big league victory.

While the White Sox are serious about the playoffs for the first time in years, the Tigers appear to be headed in a different direction.

Prior to their sixth consecutive loss, the Tigers (9-11) promoted right-handed pitcher Casey Mize, left-handed pitcher Tarik Skubal and infielder Isaac Paredes, an indication that player development will become an even bigger priority in the shortened 60-game season. All three are on the short list of top prospects in the organization.

In his major league debut, Peredes, 21, had a two-run single in the fourth in four at-bats. Mize and Skubal are scheduled to make theirs in the four-game series.

Boyd (0-3) had vowed to be better after the White Sox dealt him a 7-5 loss five days earlier in Detroit. But it was more of the same for the Tigers starter, who gave up three runs on four hits and two walks in four innings.

In the first matchup, Boyd allowed homers to Anderson and Eloy Jiménez to open the game. This time it was Anderson and Yoan Moncada who achieved the feat on consecutive pitches.

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