Afternoon Box Score: Sox Drop First Game Of Doubleheader

By Marcus Gilmer in News on Jun 8, 2009 9:35PM

The Detroit Tigers edged their way past the White Sox this afternoon in a 5-4 win in game one of a doubleheader. A Paul Konerko sac-fly gave the White Sox an early edge in the bottom of the first, but the Tigers knocked in two runs of their own in the top of the second to take a 2-1 lead. With the Tigers up 3-1 in the fifth, Jermaine Dye belted his 15th homer of the year with a man on to tie the game at 3-3. With the White Sox again trailing in the bottom of the eight, Paul Konerko went deep to tie the game at 4-4. In the top of the ninth, however, a fielding miscue would lead to the winning run for Detroit as the Sox failed to pull even for a third time. On the mound, Clayton Richard only lasted 4.2 innings, giving up three runs, but it would ultimately by Scott Linebrink who would take the loss with the unearned run in the top of the ninth. The two teams shower and do it all again tonight starting at 7:11 p.m.