CHICAGO -- It was hardly a conventional way to win.

But the Chicago White Sox will take Friday's 4-3 victory over the Detroit Tigers after reliever Alex Wilson hit Avisail Garcia with a pitch with the bases loaded in the 11th inning to score the game-winning run.

"I don't believe I've ever seen that," said White Sox first baseman Adam LaRoche, who homered with two outs in the ninth to tie the game and set up extra innings. "And that's one of those things for those guys (the Tigers) that when it's going bad you find ways to lose games."

The loss was the eighth straight for the Tigers, who last won on May 27 in a 3-0 decision at Oakland.

"I've been through it before," said Tigers manager Brad Ausmus. "These things happen in this game. This game will rip your heart out at times. But I think everybody in this clubhouse knows we're a good team and this is just a bad stretch."

Center fielder Adam Eaton beat out an infield single to open the 11th and reached third on shortstop Alexei Ramirez's single to center. After Wilson intentionally walked first baseman Jose Abreu to load the bases, he hit Garcia on the right arm with a 1-2 pitch.

Wilson (1-2) worked one inning, allowing one run and two hits. White Sox reliever Jake Petricka (1-1) worked a 1-2-3 top of the 11th for the victory.

Tigers left-handed starter Kyle Ryan allowed three hits but had no decision. He gave up single runs in the first and seventh innings while striking out four and walking just one in seven innings in his first start of the season.

White Sox left-handed starter Jose Quintana also had no decision in a seven-inning effort, giving up three runs and nine hits, walking two and striking out four.

"The seventh inning I was maybe a little bit too slow (giving up) two runs, but the guys came back pretty good," Quintana said.

The Tigers appeared on the brink of a 3-2 win with two outs in the ninth. But right-handed reliever Joakim Soria missed a chance for his 16th save, giving up a solo home run to LaRoche for a 3-3 tie. The home run was LaRoche's 250th of his career.

"Soria's been outstanding all year, so we really can't fault him," Ausmus said.

Detroit third baseman Josh Wilson broke a 1-1 tie with his one-out single to center in the seventh, driving home right fielder J.D. Martinez and designated hitter Nick Castellanos with his one-out base hit to center for a 3-1 lead.

Garcia cut the deficit to 3-2 in the bottom of the inning with his fifth home run of the season, a solo shot to right.

White Sox pinch-hitter J.B. Shuck led off the eighth with a single to center off right-handed reliever Joba Chamberlain and advanced to third on back-to-back sacrifices.

Soria, the third pitcher of the inning, got Ramirez to ground to short to end the threat but gave up the two-out solo homer to center in the next inning to LaRoche that tied the score at 3.

The White Sox opened a rare first-inning lead when designated hitter Jose Abreu doubled in Ramirez with one out for a 1-0 edge.

It was just the 15th run the White Sox have scored this season in the opening inning. Entering Friday, Chicago's 14 first-inning runs were the fewest in the majors while the 46 runs it has allowed in the opening inning were the most.

Tigers left fielder Yoenis Cespedes broke the shutout in the fourth after doubling to right with one out. He tied the score at 1, scoring on Castellanos' base hit to center.

NOTES: CF Rajai Davis was back with Detroit after paternity leave and led off Friday as the Tigers opened a three-game weekend series in Chicago. To make room, the team optioned OF Daniel Fields to Triple-A Toledo. ... Shortstop Jose Iglesias moved from second to ninth in the order and second baseman Ian Kinsler went from fifth to Iglesias' former spot in Friday's series opener in Chicago. ... 1B Miguel Cabr