Fill-in Flowers leads Chisox

By Rick Gano

Associated Press

Published: Saturday, Aug. 25 2012 8:36 p.m. MDT

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Umpire crew chief Jim Joyce, center, keeps Chicago White Sox manager Robin Ventura, right, away from home plate umpire Lance Barrett after Barrett ejected catcher A.J. Pierzynski and Ventura during the third inning of a baseball game against the Seattle Mariners, Saturday, Aug. 25, 2012, in Chicago.

Charles Rex Arbogast, Associated Press

Summary

Tyler Flowers hit a tying homer and Dewayne Wise delivered a go-ahead RBI single in Chicago's two-run sixth inning, lifting the White Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night for their fifth straight win.

CHICAGO — Tyler Flowers hit a tying homer and Dewayne Wise delivered a go-ahead RBI single in Chicago's two-run sixth inning, lifting the White Sox to a 5-4 victory over the Seattle Mariners on Saturday night for their fifth straight win.

Seattle took a quick first-inning lead on Kyle Seager's three-run homer before the White Sox rallied to preserve their 2½-game lead over second-place Detroit in the AL Central. Seager also connected in the ninth against closer Addison Reed to get the Mariners to within a run.

Flowers, who entered in the top of the third when starting catcher A.J. Pierzynski and manager Robin Ventura were ejected, led off the sixth with his fifth homer of the season.

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