By Dave Hart
LocalSportsJournal.com
White Sox 12, Tigers 3 – The Tigers’ winning streak ended on Saturday aat three games, with the White Sox teeing off on Detroit starting pitcher Anibal Sanchez.
J.D. Martinez hit his team leading fifth home run of the season.
Nick Castellanos and Miguel Cabrera each knocked in a run.
The Tigers will look to take the three-game series with a victory tomorrow.
Record: 9-2
1st Place in AL Central (.5 game ahead of 1st)
Magic # to clinch their 5th straight AL Central Division title: 152
Magic # to clinch their 5th straight playoff berth: 149
Next Game: 04/19/2015 vs Chicago White Sox 1:08 p.m. @ Comerica Park
Hitting Stats: J.D. Martinez HR (5) RBI (10), Miguel Cabrera RBI (10), Nick Castellanos RBI (4), Rajai Davis 2B (1)
Pitching Stats: Anibal Sanchez L (1-2) 3.1 IP 9 H 9 R 9 ER 2 BB 2 K
Lightning 5, Red Wings 1 – The Red Wings lost their opportunity to come back home with a two-game lead in the playoff series.
The Lightning scored three goals in the second period to take a 4-0 lead into the third period and cruised from there.
Tomas Tatar scored the lone goal for the Red Wings.
1st Round series tied 1-1
Number of wins to win a Stanley Cup championship: 15
Number of wins to win an Eastern Conference title: 11
Next Game: 04/21/2015 Game 3 of 1st Round vs Tampa Bay Lightning 7:00 p.m. @ Joe Louis Arena
Stats: Tomas Tatar G (1), Kyle Quincey A (2), Gustav Nyquist A (1)
Goalie Stats: Petr Mrazek L (1-1) 14 saves on 18 shots, Jimmy Howard 11 saves on 12 shots
