White Sox reeling after fifth straight loss

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DETROIT -- The White Sox really wanted a victory in Sunday afternoons finale. Philip Humber didnt give them much of an opportunity.
The Detroit Tigers completed a thorough three-game whooping of the White Sox as they bashed four home runs in a 6-4 victory in front of 41,281 at Comerica Park.
Miguel Cabrera blasted two homers off Humber as the Tigers completed the sweep of the visiting White Sox, who have lost five straight and dropped 1 12 games off the pace in the American League Central.
Before Sundays finale, pitcher Jake Peavy tweeted that the White Sox could use a victory. Second baseman Gordon Beckham retweeted the message.
The White Sox then jumped out to a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Alex Rios two-out RBI blooper to right.
But for a third straight day, the Tigers roared right back.
Humber (4-5) got ahead of Austin Jackson with two straight strikes and just missed a called strike on the third pitch. Jackson battled back and walked on 10 pitches and Quintin Berry followed with an opposite-field, two-run homer.
Three pitches later, Cabrera ripped one 426 feet into the bullpen in left-center for a 3-1 lead.
Two innings later, Humber left another pitch up and away to Cabrera, who deposited it 457 feet away in center field for a 4-1 lead. Detroit got to Humber once more when Brennan Boesch hit a two-run homer in the third with two outs to put his team ahead by five.
Humber allowed six earned runs and seven hits in three innings.
After slumping most of the trip, the White Sox began to show signs of life offensively against Tigers pitcher Jacob Turner (1-1). Paul Konerko ripped a one-out single past Cabrera in the sixth inning and Rios lined a two-run homer to left to make it 6-3.
An inning later, Kevin Youkiils ended an 0-for-14 spell with a solo home run off reliever Phil Coke.
The White Sox got no closer, however, as Octavio Dotel struck out four of the five batters he faced. Joaquin Benoit then pitched a scoreless ninth to earn a save.
Hector Santiago was highly effective in relief of Humber.
The left-hander delivered 3 13 scoreless innings as he struck out four. Nate Jones and Donnie Veal combined with Santiago to deliver five shutout innings.

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