CHICAGO (AP) – Hector Santiago thought he had strike three. Home plate umpire Lance Barrett thought differently.

From there, everything went wrong for the Chicago White Sox.

Matt Wieters homered twice, including a 10th-inning grand slam, lifting the Baltimore Orioles to a come-from-behind 10-4 win over Chicago on Monday night.

The White Sox took a 4-1 lead into the eighth, but Baltimore hit three solo homers against a pair of relievers to send the game into extra innings.

Chicago reliever Zach Stewart (0-1) allowed six runs in the 10th, five unearned.

Leading off the ninth, Nolan Reimold took a close 2-2 pitch from White Sox closer Santiago that was called a ball by Barrett. Reimold launched the next pitch into the left field seats to cut the White Sox lead to 4-3.

“I kind of walked off (the mound). I don’t walk off unless I think it’s a strike,” Santiago said. “That one pitch maybe could have changed the inning, but it’s just part of the game because it happens.”

Santiago recovered to retire the next two batters, but then elevated a 2-1 pitch to Adam Jones, who tied the game with his third homer in four days.

It was the first blown save for the rookie closer, who had converted his first three opportunities.

“The way I look at it is how he bounces back,” first-year White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “I have confidence in him to take him out there and let him do it again tomorrow night.”

In the 10th, Mark Reynolds skied a ball to the wall off Stewart that center fielder Alejandro De Aza dropped for a three-base error. Chris Davis doubled off the left-field wall to score the go-ahead run.

That opened the door for the Orioles. Reimold added an RBI single and with two outs, Wieters hit his first career grand slam into the right-field seats for his fourth homer of the season.

“We’ve been battling every game pretty close,” Wieters said. “It’s nice to have a big inning to kind of put some things together.”

Wieters also went deep off Jesse Crain in the eighth to make it 4-2.

Pedro Strop (1-1) picked up the win in relief.

A.J. Pierzynski had three hits for Chicago, including a homer down the right-field line against starter Jake Arrieta. He’s 4 for 5 against Arrieta in his career.

Paul Konerko laced a two-run double in the sixth inning, breaking open a tie game and scoring De Aza and Brent Morel. Konerko has hit safely in all nine games this season.

Chicago starter Phil Humber made his season debut and worked out of three jams during his 5 1-3 innings. He was left with a no-decision after throwing 115 pitches, allowing one run, six hits and three walks while striking out seven.

“That’s not the way you draw it up, definitely not the way I want to pitch every time I go out there,” said Humber, who hadn’t pitched since April 4. “I didn’t have command of my fastball after the second inning. Just had to go to my breaking ball a lot and I was able to make some pitches when I needed to.”

Arrieta (1-1) was effective during his 6 2-3 innings, but his defense committed three errors behind him. Arrieta allowed four runs – two earned – and struck out seven.

Wieters committed a pair of throwing errors as the Orioles surrendered a pair of unearned runs.

The White Sox have split their first four games at U.S. Cellular Field this season after finishing with the American League’s second-worst home record last year at 36-45.

NOTES: White Sox pitching coach Don Cooper was ejected in the ninth after Santiago walked Wieters on four pitches. . Left-hander John Danks (1-1, 5.40 ERA) pitches Tuesday for the White Sox against Taiwanese rookie Wei-Yin Chen (0-0, 3.18) in the second game of a four-game set.

CHICAGO (AP) — Matt Wieters and the Baltimore Orioles shook their struggles with runners on bases in a big 10th inning against the White Sox.

Wieters homered twice, including a 10th-inning grand slam, lifting the Baltimore Orioles to a come-from-behind 10-4 win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night.

“We’ve been battling every game pretty close,” Wieters said. “It’s nice to have a big inning to kind of put some things together.”

Mistakes and missed opportunities left the Orioles trailing 4-1 going into the eighth, but Baltimore hit three solo homers against a pair of relievers to send the game into extra innings.

“I think it was almost like letting out some frustration,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. “All the things we helped them out with.”

The White Sox took a 4-1 lead into the eighth, but Baltimore hit three solo homers against a pair of relievers to send the game into extra innings.

Chicago reliever Zach Stewart (0-1) allowed six runs in the 10th, five unearned.

Wieters went deep off Jesse Crain in the eighth to make it 4-2. Nolan Reimold and Adam Jones homered off rookie closer Hector Santiago in the ninth to tie it.

“We didn’t quit,” said Jones, who has homered in three of his last four games. “Once we went to extra innings, we knew that this was our game. I’m still pretty pumped right now.”

In the 10th, Mark Reynolds skied a ball to the wall off Stewart that center fielder Alejandro De Aza dropped for a three-base error. Chris Davis doubled off the left-field wall to score the go-ahead run.

When I jumped, I jumped too early and took my eyes off of it,” De Aza said. “Two bad innings, we just have to keep (our spirits) up and try to win tomorrow.”

That opened the door for the Orioles. Reimold added an RBI single.

“Any time they come is fine with me,” Reimold said.

With two outs, Wieters hit his first career grand slam into the right-field seats for his fourth homer of the season.

Pedro Strop (1-1) picked up the win in relief.

A.J. Pierzynski had three hits for Chicago, including a homer down the right-field line against starter Jake Arrieta. He’s 4 for 5 against Arrieta in his career.

Paul Konerko laced a two-run double in the sixth inning, breaking open a tie game and scoring De Aza and Brent Morel. Konerko has hit safely in all nine games this season.

Chicago starter Phil Humber made his season debut and worked out of three jams during his 5 1-3 innings. He was left with a no-decision after throwing 115 pitches, allowing one run, six hits and three walks while striking out seven.

Santiago blew his first save in four chances.

“The way I look at it is how he bounces back,” first-year White Sox manager Robin Ventura said. “I have confidence in him to take him out there and let him do it again tomorrow night.”

Arrieta (1-1) was effective during his 6 2-3 innings, but his defense committed three errors behind him. Arrieta allowed four runs — two earned — and struck out seven.

“Jake was the difference,” Showalter said. “(His outing) will be forgotten, but he was outstanding. It’s very encouraging the way he pitched again tonight.”

The Orioles left the bases loaded in both the third and fourth innings, then stranded two more in the fifth.

Baltimore entered hitting .179 with runners in scoring position and started Monday’s game 1 for 9.

In the 10th inning alone, Baltimore had five hits with runners in scoring position.

“It has kind of a snowball effect,” Wieters said. “Once you get some runs going, you stop squeezing the bat as tight and it starts to come a little bit easier.”

Wieters committed a pair of throwing errors as the Orioles surrendered a pair of unearned runs.

The White Sox have split first four games at U.S. Cellular Field this season after finishing with the American League’s second-worst home record last year at 36-45. Chicago has won five of their last six games.

The Orioles won their only series in Chicago last season, but wound up winning five road series overall. Baltimore won two of three at Toronto over the weekend.

NOTES: Reliever Tsuyoshi Wada will continue his rehab from a left elbow impingement with a rehab outing Thursday for Triple-A Norfolk. Baltimore manager Buck Showalter expects him to be activated later this month. . Reimold was held out of the starting lineup because leg cramps, but pinch hit for Endy Chavez in the seventh.

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CHICAGO ——

His throwing arm wrapped in a huge bag of ice, he and his Orioles teammates taken through a roller coaster of a night, catcher Matt Wieters put it perfectly.

“This year nothing’s really come easy so far,” he said.

On a night when the Orioles nearly gift-wrapped a win to the White Sox on a chilly Chicago night at U.S. Cellular Field, frustration and elation merged within a matter of innings.

The Orioles went into the eighth inning down three runs, unable to give starter Jake Arrieta the run support he deserved while committing three errors in the field.

Credit a late-inning power surge that forced extra innings, and then a six-run 10th-inning outburst that included Wieters’ first career grand slam — one of four Baltimore long balls, all after the seventh inning — to give the Orioles a 10-4 comeback win over the White Sox.

“We’ve had close games late and we’ve had to tie some games up and go extras and we’ve had some extra-inning losses, so it’s been a lot of hard work so far this year,” Wieters said. “It’s sort of like a snowball effect. Once you get some runs going and maybe you quit squeezing the bat as tight it seems to, [it] always comes a little bit easier.”

The Orioles, who began the game 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position, forced extra innings with solo homers by Nolan Reimold and Adam Jones in the ninth off White Sox closer Hector Santiago. Wieters also hit a solo shot in the eighth off reliever Jesse Crain.

“A couple years ago, we were down 4-2 on the road, we were probably losing 4-2,” said Jones, who hit his fourth homer of the season. “It’s a different team; we’re a different breed right now. We are just enjoying taking one game at a time and not do anything else but play our style of baseball.”

Chris Davis’ run-scoring double off White Sox reliever Zach Stewart, which hit just below the top of the left-field fence, gave the Orioles a 5-4 lead in the 10th. Davis’ hit was just the Orioles’ second in their past 21 at-bats with runners in scoring position.

“There’s so much want-to there,” Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. “You can look for a breaking ball or a changeup because you know they’re going to try to use your aggressiveness and your want-to against you. But we’ve got to keep in mind they have to be strikes, too. It’s such a fine line, trying not to cross over between their wanting it so bad.”

But from then, the Orioles opened the flood gates.

After Davis’ run-scoring double, the Orioles tallied three straight singles, including another run-scoring hit by Reimold — a late-inning substitution in the seventh — that scored Davis. With the bases loaded, Wieters then took an 84 mph full-count slider over the right-field fence for a grand slam, essentially emptying U.S. Cellular Field long before the final out.

“When we started hitting home runs, it was like, ‘Is this about to happen?’” Davis said. “But it’s one of those things. With our team, it’s not a selfish effort. We’re going to stand up for one another. We’re going to have each other’s back and we’re going to keep battling until our last out, and that’s what we did. This is a young team, but we have some veteran guys mixed in who have been around a little bit. I think you see that energy from the young guys. I think you saw that play out tonight.”

The Orioles, who outhit Chicago 15-8, had more than enough opportunities to break open their series opener with the White Sox in the early innings Monday night.

The Birds worked Chicago starter Philip Humber into a high pitch count early. They had the bases loaded in both the third and fourth innings, but managed just one run in those innings. The Orioles struck out 15 times and committed three defensive errors.

Arrieta, making his third start of the season, worked deep into the game but didn’t get much support. Paul Konerko’s two-run double in the sixth — which came after a Davis fielding error — off Arrieta gave the White Sox a 3-1 lead.

Arrieta tied a career-high with 114 pitches, lasting 6 2/3 innings and allowing four runs — only two were earned — on seven hits with seven strikeouts and one walk. Arrieta, who left down 4-1, watched from the clubhouse as the Orioles rallied to tie the game and eventually win.

“He threw the crap out of the ball. We had some opportunities to put some runs on the board early and were unsuccessful,” Jones said. “We kept chipping away and he kept us in the game. As a starting pitcher that’s all we ask. Just kept us in the game and kept us close.”

Gold Glove catcher Wieters, who made just five errors all of last season, made two of the Orioles’ three errors Monday, skipping two throws into center field on runners trying to steal second.

The Orioles loaded the bases in the third and fourth innings, but scored just one run.

The Orioles rallied in the eighth — an inning that featured Wieters’ third homer of the season — against Crain, but they stranded two more runners. Reynolds drew a two-out walk, followed by a single by Davis, but Crain struck out Andino looking.

Reimold, who entered the game in the seventh, hit his third ninth-inning homer in as many games.

“We had a couple errors, a couple miscues on defense and had to face a few more hitters than necessary, but they picked me up and that’s what good teams have to do,” Arrieta said. “We’re going to make errors on defense just like everybody else in the league, but it speaks highly of our offense being able to put that behind us and really come out and continue to swing the bats well. The six runs in the 10th really speaks very highly for those guys.”

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Gerald Laird homered among his three hits to back a strong outing by Rick Porcello and lead the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the White Sox on Sunday, snapping Chicago’s four-game winning streak.

Porcello (1-0) was sharp against an aggressive Chicago lineup. He allowed five hits, struck out four and didn’t issue a walk in 7 2-3 innings.

Laird homered to left against Chris Sale (1-1) leading off the third. Detroit added single runs in the fifth and sixth, both runs scoring on wild pitches, and two in the ninth.

The White Sox brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but Jose Valverde struck out Dayan Viciedo to end the game.

Sale breezed through the first but struggled to command his off-speed pitches after that, racking up 102 pitches in five-plus innings. He struck out five and walked two, managing to keep the damage to a minimum.

Prince Fielder doubled, scored and drove in a run for Detroit. Delmon Young added two hits and is batting .350 over 243 lifetime at-bats against the White Sox.

Laird hit a wind-aided double in the fifth, then singled and scored in the ninth, in addition to his first home run of the season.

Viciedo hit his second homer for Chicago, a solo shot in the eighth. A.J. Pierzynski singled in a run in the ninth.

Eduardo Escobar singled to chase Porcello in the eighth. Reliever Joaquin Benoit then walked Alejandro De Aza before striking Brent Morel to end the threat. Morel chased a pitch in the dirt on a full count.

Adam Dunn doubled twice for Chicago. Paul Konerko doubled against Porcello and improved to 8 for 20 lifetime against the righty, who racked up 12 of his 23 outs on groundballs.

Jhonny Peralta scored on Sale’s wild pitch in the fifth and Fielder came home on reliever Nate Jones’ wild pitch an inning later.

The Tigers tacked on two runs against the Chicago bullpen in the ninth, on RBI singles by Ramon Santiago and Fielder.

Detroit salvaged the last game of the three-game weekend series, winning for the 22nd time in 30 games against the White Sox. The Tigers have won 12 of their last 18 at U.S. Cellular Field.

After scoring 40 runs while winning five of their first six games, the Tigers scored just three runs in dropping the first two games of this series.

NOTES: Konerko has a hit in all eight of Chicago’s games this season. . Tigers outfielder Clete Thomas was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. Thomas made Detroit’s opening-day roster and played in three games before being designated for assignment last week. . Brandon Inge (left groin strain) got his first start of the season as Detroit’s designated hitter. He is expected to get regular duty at second base this season, which is not one of the five positions he’s played thus far during his 12-year big league career.

CHICAGO — Gerald Laird homered among his three hits to back a strong outing by Rick Porcello and lead the Detroit Tigers to a 5-2 victory over the White Sox on Sunday, snapping Chicago’s four-game winning streak.

Porcello (1-0) was sharp against an aggressive Chicago lineup. He allowed five hits, struck out four and didn’t issue a walk in 7 2-3 innings.

Laird homered to left against Chris Sale (1-1) leading off the third. Detroit added single runs in the fifth and sixth, both runs scoring on wild pitches, and two in the ninth.

The White Sox brought the tying run to the plate in the ninth, but Jose Valverde struck out Dayan Viciedo to end the game.

Sale breezed through the first but struggled to command his off-speed pitches after that, racking up 102 pitches in five-plus innings. He struck out five and walked two, managing to keep the damage to a minimum.

Prince Fielder doubled, scored and drove in a run for Detroit.

Delmon Young added two hits and is batting .350 over 243 lifetime at-bats against the White Sox.

Laird hit a wind-aided double in the fifth, then singled and scored in the ninth, in addition to his first home run of the season.
Viciedo hit his second homer for Chicago, a solo shot in the eighth. A.J. Pierzynski singled in a run in the ninth.

Eduardo Escobar singled to chase Porcello in the eighth.

Reliever Joaquin Benoit then walked Alejandro De Aza before striking Brent Morel to end the threat. Morel chased a pitch in the dirt on a full count.

Adam Dunn doubled twice for Chicago. Paul Konerko doubled against Porcello and improved to 8 for 20 lifetime against the righty, who racked up 12 of his 23 outs on groundballs.

Jhonny Peralta scored on Sale’s wild pitch in the fifth and Fielder came home on reliever Nate Jones’ wild pitch an inning later.

The Tigers tacked on two runs against the Chicago bullpen in the ninth, on RBI singles by Ramon Santiago and Fielder.

Detroit salvaged the last game of the three-game weekend series, winning for the 22nd time in 30 games against the White Sox. The Tigers have won 12 of their last 18 at U.S. Cellular Field.

After scoring 40 runs while winning five of their first six games, the Tigers scored just three runs in dropping the first two games of this series.

NOTES: Konerko has a hit in all eight of Chicago’s games this season. . Tigers outfielder Clete Thomas was claimed off waivers by the Minnesota Twins on Saturday. Thomas made Detroit’s opening-day roster and played in three games before being designated for assignment last week. . Brandon Inge (left groin strain) got his first start of the season as Detroit’s designated hitter. He is expected to get regular duty at second base this season, which is not one of the five positions he’s played thus far during his 12-year big league career.

(Sports Network) – Chris Sale will make his second career start and aim to give the Chicago White Sox a fifth straight victory and a sweep of their weekend series against the Detroit Tigers.

Sale posted a 4-2 victory at Cleveland on Monday when he allowed three hits and a run over 6 2/3 innings. The lefty, who had 79 appearances in relief to start his major league career, will try to cap Chicago’s first home sweep of the Tigers since Aug. 11-13, 2006.

Detroit righty Rick Porcello didn’t get a decision in his first start of 2012 on Tuesday vs. Tampa Bay. Porcello gave up seven hits and a pair of runs over seven frames of Detroit’s 5-2 victory. He’s 2-4 with an inflated 6.91 ERA in seven games vs. the White Sox.

On Saturday, Tyler Flowers, Alexei Ramirez and Paul Konerko hit solo homers and Gavin Floyd pitched six scoreless innings, as the White Sox took a 5-1 win. Alejandro De Aza and Adam Dunn each knocked in a run for the White Sox, who have won four in a row to improve to 5-2 on the young season.

Floyd (1-1) gave up just three hits to go with six strikeouts and three walks. He improved to 7-2 in 18 career starts against Detroit.

“I like the feel of the team and the way they come everyday prepared to play,” White Sox manager Robin Ventura said.

Brennan Boesch hit a solo home run for the Tigers, who have lost three of four since starting the year 4-0.

Adam Wilk (0-1), filling in for an injured Doug Fister, allowed two runs on three hits in his first career start. But Wilk left the game with an injury after a Prince Fielder foul ball hit him in the dugout during the top of the sixth inning.

“I had no idea it was coming,” Wilk said. “There was a group of players on the railing and I didn’t see it coming at all. The first thing I knew it just hit me.”

Detroit was 13-5 against the White Sox a year ago with six of those wins coming in the Windy City.

On this the 65th anniversary of Jackie Robinson breaking the color barrier Major League Baseball is commemorating this special occasion by having all players and on-field personnel once again wear the Hall of Famer’s No. 42, as well as other pregame festivities.

After a strong start to the season, the Detroit Tigers‘ hitters have been relatively quiet this weekend against the Chicago White Sox.

Chris Sale will try to become the latest White Sox pitcher to contain the Tigers on Sunday as Chicago aims for its first three-game home sweep of Detroit in nearly six years.

The Tigers batted .304 and scored 40 runs during a 5-1 start to the season, but have totaled just three runs and 11 hits in two losses at U.S. Cellular Field.

Austin Jackson had three of Detroit’s five hits in Saturday’s 5-1 defeat, while Brennan Boesch drove in the lone run for the Tigers (5-3) with a solo homer.

Paul Konerko, Alexei Ramirez and Tyler Flowers all hit solo shots for the White Sox (5-2), who moved into sole possession of the AL Central lead for the first time since April 2, 2011.

“You want to win divisional games. Tigers are going to be there. They’re too good of a team,” Konerko said. “All we can hope is that we’re going to be in the mix at the end and be in that fight, too.”

Sale will try to lead his team to a fifth consecutive victory overall with another strong outing. The converted reliever gave up one run and three hits over 6 2-3 innings to win his first career start, 4-2 at Cleveland on Monday.

“Very happy with what he did,” White Sox manager Robin Ventura told the team’s official website. “He had velocity and a slider to go with it. He’s been kind of doing that all spring and it’s kind of nice to see him bring that outside of Arizona.”

Chicago is going for its first three-game sweep of the Tigers at home since Aug. 11-13, 2006. The White Sox swept a home doubleheader against Detroit on Sept. 14, 2008, and a rescheduled game from that series Sept. 29.

They had dropped six in a row overall to the Tigers and 21 of 27 in the series prior to this weekend.

Rick Porcello will seek to help Detroit avoid the sweep. The right-hander is 2-0 with a 3.32 ERA in his last three matchups with the White Sox, and gave up three runs over 6 2-3 innings Sept. 12 to earn his first career win at U.S. Cellular Field.

Porcello yielded two runs over seven innings in his season debut Tuesday but did not get a decision in the Tigers’ 5-2 victory over Tampa Bay.

Konerko, batting .407 with at least one hit in all seven games this season, is 7 for 17 in his career against Porcello. The current Tigers roster is a combined 4 for 36 off Sale, with Miguel Cabrera striking out three times in four at-bats.

Brandon Inge, 0 for 2 with one strikeout versus the left-hander, is expected to start at second base Sunday. Detroit activated from the disabled list (strained groin) on Saturday.

CHICAGO (AP) Paul Konerko and the Chicago White Sox have left their struggles against the Tigers in 2011.

Gavin Floyd overcame control problem to pitch six scoreless innings and Alexei Ramirez homered as Chicago beat Detroit for the second straight day, 5-1 on Saturday.

Tyler Flowers and Konerko also homered for the White Sox, who won their fourth straight overall.

The White Sox were 5-13 against the Tigers in 2011, including the last six meetings.

”You want to win divisional games. Tigers are going to be there, they’re too good of a team, they’re going to be there, all we can hope is that we’re going to be in the mix at the end and be in that fight, too,” Konerko said. ”All I know for sure is that those two games are in the books. Other than that I don’t know anything else so it is good to get those two games and put them in the books.”.

The White Sox improved to 4-0 in the division.

Floyd (1-1) pitched around three walks and three hit batters. He struck out six and allowed only three hits.

”I thought he did a good job of taking advantage of our aggressiveness,” Tigers manager Jim Leyland said. ”He got a lot of swings on balls, on bad pitches. It was a pretty good game plan on their part. We’re an aggressive team and he took advantage of that.”

Brennan Boesch homered in the eighth inning and Austin Jackson had three hits for the Tigers, who have lost three of its last four games.

Tigers left-hander Adam Wilk, making first big league start, was hit in his pitching shoulder by teammate Prince Fielder’s foul ball while sitting in the dugout in the sixth inning.

”I just got hit in the shoulder, and it’s my throwing arm. Just to be safe, you might as well come out of the game and not risk anything,” said Wilk.

Wilk (0-1) left with a bruised shoulder but is expected to make his next start. He allowed two runs on three hits in five innings Saturday. He struck out four and walked one.

”I thought he did a good job. He moved the ball around pretty good. Gave up a couple solo homers, but no walks before it, so that was all right. He did a good job, it’s just too bad he got hit by the foul ball, we just couldn’t take a chance,” Leyland said. ”He should be OK for his next start.”

Floyd loaded the bases in the second inning by hitting Delmon Young, walking Jhonny Peralta and hitting Andy Dirks. Floyd was able to recover by getting Ryan Raburn to fly out to end the inning.

In the sixth inning, Floyd escaped trouble again. He allowed a leadoff a double to Jackson. After he struck out Boesch, Floyd walked Fielder and Young to load the bases. He then ended the inning by striking out Alex Avila.

”He pitched great. He was aggressive early,” Flowers said. ”Most importantly I think the pitches that he missed he missed in good spots where they were effective setting up the next pitch.”

Ramirez homered on a 1-2 pitch from Wilk in the second inning to give the White Sox a l-0 lead.

Flowers homered with two outs in the fifth inning. The ball landed deep into the left field seats. Flowers started at catcher to give A.J. Pierzynski a day off.

Flowers said the calming influence of new manager Robin Ventura has been a factor in the team’s early success.

”I guess you can say that. We all know him, he is a little bit more laid back than most, but he has jumped us a few times when we needed to be jumped,” said Flowers. ”We play hard, I think we see that, we play as a team, more so since I’ve been here I think. Actually there has been a little more camaraderie and such going on in the clubhouse, on the field and in the dugout and I think that’s better for the team. I think that ends up picking up everybody else when they struggle.”

Wilk had a 5.40 ERA with no decisions in five relief appearances in 2011. He was added to the rotation after Doug Fister was placed on the disabled list Sunday with a left rib muscle strain.

Brent Morel led off the sixth inning with a double off Tigers reliever Colin Balester and Adam Dunn followed with an RBI double.

Alejandro De Aza added an RBI triple in the seventh off Tigers reliever Daniel Schlereth and Konerko tagged Schlereth in the eighth for his first homer of the season to make it 5-1.

NOTES: The Tigers activated infielder Brandon Inge from the 15-day disabled list Saturday. He is expected to start at second base Sunday. Inge, who strained his groin during spring training, hit .197 with three homers and 23 RBIs in 103 games at third base last year. He grounded out in a pinch-hit appearance to end the game. … Raburn stole a hit from Ramirez in the fifth by making a sliding, over the head catch down the right field line.

CHICAGO — Jake Peavy pitched effectively into the seventh inning and Dayan Viciedo homered and made a key catch Friday as the Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 5-2 in their home opener.

Peavy (1-0) took a one-hitter and a 3-0 lead into the seventh. He walked Miguel Cabrera and Delmon Young’s two-out, two-run homer finished him.

Alex Avila singled off reliever Will Ohman and Jhonny Peralta followed with a double against Addison Reed before Viciedo made a diving catch of Andy Dirks’ sinking liner to left field to end the inning.

In the eighth, Chicago shortstop Alexei Ramirez made a nice stop and shovel to second, starting an inning-ending double play after the Tigers had runners at first and third.

Viciedo hit his first homer with two outs in the fifth to break up a scoreless duel between Peavy and Max Scherzer (0-1). Paul Konerko had an RBI single with two outs in the sixth and then just barely beat the throw home to score on A.J. Pierzynski’s triple into the right-field corner, making it 3-0.

Brent Morel hit an RBI single for Chicago in the eighth after Young misplayed Alejandro De Aza’s fly ball into triple. Morel eventually scored on a wild pitch by Brayan Villarreal.

Hector Santiago pitched the ninth for his third save in as many chances.

Peavy, whose stint with Chicago has been since slowed by injuries since coming to the White Sox in a trade with San Diego late in the 2009 season, allowed only two hits. He struck out eight and walked one in 6 2-3 innings.

Peavy retired the first 10 batters before Brennan Boesch singled sharply to right with one in the fourth.

Scherzer (0-1), who gave up eight hits and seven runs in just 2 2-3 innings in his first start this season against the Red Sox, was much more effective in his second outing.

Scherzer struck out 11, walked one and allowed five hits and three runs in six innings.

NOTES: The teams combined to strike out 25 times — 15 by White Sox batters,  including four by Adam Dunn. … Robin Ventura became the sixth straight White Sox manager to win his debut at U.S. Cellular Field. He and Konerko got loud ovations during introductions. “You feel like you grew up here, so in a lot of ways, it’s coming home,” said the low-key Ventura, who spent a decade as Chicago’s third baseman. Konerko said the communication from Ventura has been good early in the season. “Robin doesn’t say a whole bunch so when he does you know he means it and you pay attention to it.” … The game was delayed nearly 10 minutes in the top of the first when Tigers star Miguel Cabrera pointed out that the batter’s box wasn’t the right size. The grounds crew wiped out the original and created another box with a frame that had to be brought in from center field. … The announced sellout crowd was 38,676. … Tigers INF Brandon Inge could rejoin the club Saturday after an injury rehab (groin) rehab for Triple-A Toledo. …  Adam Wilk (0-0) goes for Detroit on Saturday against Gavin Floyd (0-1). …… Former major league pitcher Kevin Hickey, who was a batting practice pitcher and pregame instructor with the White Sox, remains hospitalized in Texas undergoing tests. He was taken to the hospital the day before the White Sox’s season opener against the Rangers on April 6.

Philip Humber and J.A. Happ each had a strong start and a shaky finish Wednesday. Both starting pitchers are looking forward to the regular season, too.

J.D. Martinez hit a two-run homer and Brian Bogusevic added a solo shot for the Houston Astros, who played the Chicago White Sox to a 5-5 tie on Wednesday in the final exhibition game for both teams.

Humber pitched four scoreless innings before Jose Altuve’s run-scoring double and Martinez’s drive put Houston up 3-2 in the fifth. Humber allowed three runs and five hits with five strikeouts in five innings.

“Especially early on, I felt like I had my good stuff going and everything was working,” he said. “Toward the end, I felt like I was getting a little jumpy and I started rushing my delivery. But overall, I was very pleased with how this spring went.”

Happ gave up two runs and four hits while walking two in five innings for Houston.

Gordon Beckham and Alejandro De Aza hit back-to-back doubles to give the White Sox a 2-0 lead in the fifth.

“Things were moving and breaking and responding well, and that was a good feeling,” Happ said. “It’s a good sign, and it feels good to throw strikes and feel good with the pitches.”

Chicago’s Jared Mitchell hit a tying solo homer off Kyle Weiland in the seventh inning. Weiland, who earned a spot in Houston’s rotation this spring, allowed a spring-high seven hits with three runs in two innings.

Both teams are off Thursday before opening the season Friday. Houston hosts the Colorado Rockies and the White Sox face the Rangers in Arlington.

Alexei Ramirez had an RBI triple and Kosuke Fukudome singled in run to help the White Sox take a 4-3 lead in the sixth inning.

Houston catcher Jason Castro, who returned this spring after missing the entire 2011 season with a knee injury, had two hits. He is happy with his offensive work this spring, but was more excited about the progress he’s made behind the plate.

“We have a few new guys and I’ve been working on building those relationships with them,” he said of the new pitchers. “That was a big thing for me this spring was getting to know them and getting to know their strengths. I think we’ve learned each other quickly this spring and it’ll only get better as the season gets going.”

Bogusevic’s homer came in the sixth, and Chris Johnson doubled and scored on a wild pitch later in the inning.

Houston center fielder Jordan Schafer started for the second straight day after missing more than two weeks with a sprained left hand. Schafer, Houston’s leadoff hitter who hit .379 this spring, was replaced by a pinch hitter in the eighth and looks to be on track to start on Friday.

NOTES: The Astros finalized their 25-man roster when RHP Henry Sosa cleared waivers and was outrighted to Triple-A Oklahoma City and they purchased the contract of OF Travis Buck. … The Astros are still hopeful that SS Jed Lowrie will be able to start on Friday. He has been out since March 28 with a strained right thumb, but manager Brad Mills said he has been feeling much better the last couple of days.