The Tigers (38-34) didn't score until Bill Freehan hit his 11th homer to lead off the ninth inning.
By then, the game was out of hand as the White Sox scored three runs in the top of the ninth off Fred Gladding to put an exclamation point on the win.
Ken Berry had three RBI for first-place Chicago, who moved back to 6.5 games ahead of the Tigers, who slipped into third place as the Boston Red Sox won their game on Saturday.
The White Sox scored single runs in the first, second, sixth and eighth before the eruption in the ninth.
Tigers righty Dave Wickersham (1-3) made his first start of the season and went six innings, giving up three runs and five hits.
Jim King hit a solo homer for the White Sox in the eighth inning.
Willie Horton, Jim Northrup and Ray Oyler each had two hits, accounting for all but two of the Tigers' eight base hits.
The Tigers have lost seven of their past 10 games.
| Game 72 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| CHI | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 8 | 0 |
| DET | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 0 |
WP- Horlen
LP- Wickersham (1-3)
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