MLB: Detroit 12, Chicago White Sox 5

CHICAGO, Sept. 27 (UPI) -- Miguel Cabrera drove in four runs on four hits Saturday as Detroit defeated the Chicago White Sox 12-5.

The Tigers sent the minimum 12 men to the plate over the first four innings and entered the fifth trailing 5-0 before their bats came alive.

Cabrera, who put the Tigers on the board with a solo shot to left to open the fifth, reached 100 RBIs for the sixth straight season.

Curtis Granderson added three RBI on three hits, one of them a triple, and scored twice. Placido Polanco drove in two, while Gerald Laird went 3-for-5 and scored three runs for the Tigers. Magglio Ordonez, Clete Thomas and Adam Everett each had an RBI.

The win enabled the Tigers to cling to a two-game lead in the AL Central over Minnesota, which has won 11 of 12.

For the Sox, Alex Rios hit a solo home run to left in the second, and Carlos Quentin smacked a three-run homer to left in the fourth. Gordon Beckham also drove in a run.

Winning pitcher Alfredo Figaro (2-1) hurled 2 1/3 scoreless innings.

Loser Freddy Garcia (2-4), who started strong with four scoreless innings, then got shellacked and left in the sixth after giving up seven runs on 10 hits.