Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers

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Chicago White Sox

20-57, 7-32 Away

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Detroit Tigers

35-40, 17-19 Home

Kelly's early homer and Flaherty's strong start help Tigers snap 4-game skid and edge White Sox 2-1

The game ended when Paul DeJong, who was hit by a pitch with one out in the ninth, lost track of the outs and took off running on pinch-hitter Andrew Benintendi's flyout. He was doubled off first.

“Mental lapse there. I was worried about getting on base and just didn’t keep track of it,” DeJong said. “That’s totally on me and it cost us the game, so it feels pretty bad. Just going to try to do better next time, that’s all I can say.”

Flaherty (5-4) allowed one run and five hits while striking out eight in 5 2/3 innings. Beau Brieske went 1 2/3 innings in relief and Jason Foley got four outs for his 13th save.

The Tigers scored a total of three runs during their losing streak — and Kelly's homer was just enough to end the slide.

“That was a big one," first baseman Mark Canha said. "Just to get us on the right track and get us feeling good going into tomorrow with the short turnaround. It was nice to get it, for sure, and Jack led the way.”

Kelly’s homer off Erick Fedde (5-2) followed a one-out double by Justin-Henry Malloy in the second inning. It was Kelly's fourth home run of the season.

“It was a good win for us. Obviously a weird ending where Benintendi came off the bench and we’re hoping for a groundball double play," Tigers manager A.J. Hinch said. "We ended up getting a double play a different way. But it was nice to shake hands at the end of the day. We put together a good game against at good pitcher who has been very effective across the league this year.”

Fedde allowed two runs and five hits in seven innings. He retired the last 14 batters he faced.

Tommy Pham homered for the White Sox, who have lost three straight.

Chicago is 5-20 against American League Central Division opponents, including a 1-11 road record. It's the White Sox's worst start since the three-division format began in 1994.

Pham's fourth homer with two out in the fifth cut Detroit's lead to 2-1.

Flaherty departed in the sixth after issuing a four-pitch walk to Oscar Casas.

“You want to go deeper in games,” he said. “I'd like to finish that one, a four-pitch walk. I had different things to go to there and just could not execute. But you get some of those quick innings and get some quick outs and you get to go deeper.”

ROSTER MOVES

White Sox: OF Duke Ellis was claimed off waivers by the New York Mets. Ellis, who was primarily used as a pinch-runner in eight major league appearances, had been designated for assignment.

White Sox rookie RHP Drew Thorpe (0-1, 8.64 ERA) will make his third career start on Saturday in the second game of the three-game series. He'll face RHP Kenta Maeda (2-3, 6.02 ERA).

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Matchup Prediction

Tigers: 63.8%

White Sox: 36.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Benintendi lined into double play, center to shortstop to first, DeJong doubled off first.
	9th Inning	Benintendi hit for Lee
	9th Inning	DeJong hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Colás struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Keith flied out to left.
	8th Inning	Vierling grounded out to first.

Statistics

CHW		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
0	Ground Balls	0
9	Strikeouts	3
1	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	5
1	Stolen Bases	1
2	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	28
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	6
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
0	Fly Balls	0
0	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	105
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
9	Total Bases	9
35	Plate Appearances	29
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	2
2.5	Runs Created	1.6
.188	Batting Average	.179
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.281	Slugging Percentage	.321
.188	Secondary Average	.214
.257	On Base Percentage	.207
.538	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.528
0.0	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.0
2.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	1.8
14.0	Batter Rating	19.0
32.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.06	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.62
.094	Isolated Power	.143
0.22	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.33
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.034
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.036
2.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
68.3	MLB Rating	71.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0