DETROIT – Miguel Cabrera drove in four runs, then left the game in the top of the seventh.
Andy Dirks didn’t play until the sixth — and still had time to drive in four of his own.
It was that kind of night for the Detroit Tigers, who finished a three-game sweep of the Chicago White Sox in an emphatic fashion. Detroit routed Chicago 18-2 on Sunday night, scoring so often starting pitcher Max Scherzer had to throw in a batting cage to stay loose while he waited to return to the mound.
“Craziest game I’ve ever been a part of as a professional — just watching all the hits keep piling up and runs keep piling up,” Scherzer said. “Obviously, I love it. Obviously, if I have to keep going back into the hitting cage and keep throwing balls and keep warming up, I guess that’s a good thing.”
Scherzer (14-8) allowed five hits over seven scoreless innings, and Alex Avila had a career-high four hits for Detroit, which leads the AL Central by 6 1/2 games heading into a three-game series at second-place Cleveland. Chicago is 8 1/2 back.
Mark Buehrle (11-7) allowed seven earned runs in 3 1-3 innings.
The Tigers trailed 8-1
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