Justin Verlander & Tigers' hitting pound the White Sox, 8-1

**Admin** Fri Sep 02, 2011 11:40 pm

Justin Verlander took a shutout into the eighth inning and the Tigers expanded their AL Central lead over Chicago with an 8-1 victory over the White Sox.

Verlander (21-5) improved to 19-2 since May 1, allowing one run on seven hits in 7 1/3 innings. He walked one and struck out six, thus earning his 21st win of the season.

Austin Jackson led off with a single, took second on Ordonez’s groundout and scored on Delmon Young’s triple. Young came home on Cabrera’s RBI single, and Cabrera then stunned the sold-out crowd of 42,352 by stealing second base.

POSTGAME INTERVIEWS

Tigers pitcher Justin Verlander

Tigers manager Jim Leyland

White Sox manager Ozzie Gullien

White Sox left fielder Juan Pierre

...PLUS PREGAME COMMENTS

Tigers catcher Alex Avila

Tigers center fielder Austin Jackson

Tigers left fielder Delmon Young

Tigers shortstop Jhonny Peralta

White Sox manager Ozzie Gullien

White Sox left fielder Juan Pierre

White Sox pitcher Gavin Floyd