CHICAGO -- The White Sox accomplished everything they needed to during an 8-1 victory over the Tigers on Friday night at Guaranteed Rate Field.

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Lance Lynn allowed one run over five innings, striking out four and walking one, in the final start of his first regular season with the White Sox. Lynn finished with an 11-6 record, a 2.69 ERA and 176 strikeouts over 157 innings, and he’s now set up to pitch one of the first two games of the American League Division Series against the Astros.

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When asked if this was his best season of a solid career, the big right-hander took a wait-and-see approach to that particular answer with a focus on the postseason.

“When it's all said and done, the only season that matters is the one I won,” Lynn said. “So I'll let you know at the end if it's my best season or not.

“We were able to get the up-downs and not push it too far, pitch-count wise. Eighty's a good little spot, and we can go anywhere from there. It was a good last one, nice to get a win, and it was a good game all the way around."

Lynn’s 81-pitch effort on the mound paled in comparison to Tim Anderson and José Abreu at the plate. Anderson finished 4-for-4 with two runs scored, all but securing his third consecutive season hitting above .300. He also came home from first on an Abreu double and scored from third on a grounder to shortstop with the infield pulled in, showing his legs are working as well as his bat.

“Baserunning is a part of the game as well,” Anderson said. “For me to finally get my legs back underneath me, it shows. It shows that you can also beat them on the basepaths. We did a great job running the bases tonight. Just going to continue to try to keep getting better.”

“You see what's happening: It's tough to hit in this league now,” White Sox manager Tony La Russa said. “[Anderson's] got such a good stroke where he uses the whole field, and he hits so many pitches in different parts of the strike zone. He's got his legs. But you've got to have special concentration, not throw at-bats away.”

Abreu homered and drove in four, giving him at least 30 homers and 100 RBIs for his fifth season out of eight with the White Sox. Only Frank Thomas (eight seasons) and Paul Konerko (five) join Abreu in that rarefied 30-homer, 100-RBI run-production level in franchise history.

“Definitely a dope moment for Pito,” Anderson said. “He’s the most consistent first baseman who will give it to you every year.

“For him to do it again, I couldn’t be more proud. I’ve watched him since I got here. For him to continue to do what he’s been doing, I’m so excited for him, and also as well as just learn so much, from hitting to just competing. I couldn’t be more happy for a guy like Pito.”

Garrett Crochet, Ryan Tepera, Craig Kimbrel and Liam Hendriks combined to throw four scoreless frames for the White Sox, who won their fifth straight game and improved to 52-27 at home. It was a playoff-bullpen look in the second-to-last game of the regular season, while also getting work for the key bullpen pieces.

As for those playoffs, the dream of having home-field advantage in the ALDS lived on for at least another night. Houston dropped an 8-6 decision to the A’s one night after clinching the AL West, cutting the Astros' lead to one over Chicago. Houston holds the tiebreaker, with the White Sox needing two wins and two Astros losses to start playoff action in Chicago on Thursday.

"We're deep. We get in the right situation with the lead, we've got guys that we are confident in and have the ability to do a lot of good things,” Lynn said. “Tonight was scripted out and went as well as it possibly could [have], but we also showed what we're capable of when it comes to the playoffs, shortening a game."