Tigers lose 3-2 to White Sox, swept in doubleheader

DETROIT They slept through the day game and stayed in a slumber at night.

The Detroit Tigers couldn’t hit Monday, not against Chicago White Sox right-hander Jeff Samardzija when the sun was out and not against fellow righty Erik Johnson and the visitors bullpen after it went down.

Randy Wolf was tripped up early, then trudged his way to seven solid innings, but the Tigers couldn’t tally enough runs to avoid a day-night doubleheader sweep, falling to the White Sox, 3-2, on Monday night at Comerica Park.

Wolf, the veteran left-hander, allowed two runs in the second inning, one run in the third and the Tigers pulled within a run of erasing that deficit courtesy of a solo home run and sacrifice fly but couldn’t push past a run on the White Sox bullpen.

Wolf allowed three earned runs on five hits in seven innings, striking out six and walking four over 110 pitches. It was his third quality start in six with the Tigers.

In the second inning, former Tiger Avisail Garcia opened the scoring with a sacrifice fly to right field before Wolf served up a solo home run to Gordon Beckham.

In the third inning, Jose Abreu hit an RBI double to give the White Sox a 3-0 lead.

The Tigers responded with two runs in the bottom half of the inning, when Alex Avila went opposite-field for his fourth home run of the season and first since July 7. It marked Avila’s first RBI since July 21.

Ian Kinsler knocked in a run on a sacrifice fly to center field but, after the Tigers left the bases loaded in the fourth inning Josh Wilson struck out swinging it was smooth sailing for the White Sox bullpen, which allowed only one baserunner in three innings.

Alex Wilson and Bruce Rondon each pitched scoreless innings and White Sox closer David Robertson picked up his 31st save of the season in the ninth inning, putting a bow on the doubleheader sweep by striking out pinch-hitter Victor Martinez swinging to strand a one-out single by Nick Castellanos.

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