Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox

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Detroit Tigers

63-66, 32-34 Away

Final
5 - 2

Chicago White Sox

31-98, 18-45 Home

Matt Vierling drives in 2 runs to power the Tigers to a 4-2 win over the White Sox

Vierling's single off White Sox reliever Justin Anderson in the seventh scored Parker Meadows. One out later, Colt Keith drove in Riley Greene from second with a single to extend Detroit's lead to 4-2.

Tigers reliever Will Vest (3-4) got one out in the sixth and pitched a scoreless seventh to earn the victory.

Starter Chris Flexen and the White Sox matched the MLB record for consecutive losses by a team in games in which Flexen started, falling for the 19th time. The Brewers and Chris Capuano had a run of 19 losses from May 13, 2007, to June 3, 2010.

With a win in the opener of a four-game series against Chicago, Vierling did not put any extra emphasis on the need to take advantage of the struggling White Sox.

“I think that it’s important to keep the same approach. I think if you think differently, that’s when it goes bad, that’s when you can get out of your game a little a bit. But we’re just trying to play the same baseball we’ve been playing for a while, just be aggressive and put to together good at-bats, yeah, try to keep the same mentality,” said Vierling.

The White Sox are 4-27 in the second half of the season and have the worst record in the MLB at 31-98.

Flexen is trying to avoid thinking about the current streak.

“At the end of the day, every time I take the mound — you’re trying to put a quality start, trying to put your team in a position to win, have a strong outing, stick to a game plan, and be competitive and that’s all I can focus on,” Flexen said.

Fraser Ellard (1-2) worked a third of an inning and took the loss. He allowed a hit, a walk and two earned runs.

Flexen allowed back-to-back doubles in the first inning to Greene and Vierling as the Tigers took a 1-0 lead.

Jace Jung led off the second inning with a double, his first career extra-base hit, and scored on Dillon Dingler's single to extend the Tigers' lead.

“We’re happy with where we are anytime in the order the way this lineup is starting to lengthen out. It is putting a little less pressure on the top of that order,” said Tigers manager A.J. Hinch.

Lenyn Sosa cut into the Tigers' advantage with an RBI single in the second inning. Sosa also made a nice defensive play in the third inning, fielding Spencer Torkelson's ball at third base in the outfield grass and throwing Torkelson out at first.

Flexen settled down and pitched six quality innings. He gave up two runs on five hits with five strikeouts and two walks in the no-decision.

“He was fantastic. I know he's been working hard every day to get to what he did today. It's fantastic and obviously to command the strike zone, they got to him early, but he locked it in and gave us a good quality start,” said Korey Lee.

Lee tied the game with an RBI double in the fourth inning off Tigers starter Keider Montero.

Montero allowed two runs on six hits in five innings.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Tigers: SS Javier Báez was placed on the 10-day injured list with right hip and lumbar spine inflammation. Hinch said they will know more about the injury after Báez undergoes more tests.

White Sox: According to White Sox general manager Chris Getz, 3B Yoán Moncada is starting a rehab assignment next week in Triple-A Charlotte. He's expected to play on Tuesday. Moncada has been on the injured list since April 10 with an abductor strain. ... RHP Michael Soroka threw a live bullpen session on Friday. He’ll be headed to Charlotte for a rehab assignment. Soroka has been on the injured list for just over a month with a right shoulder strain.

Tigers : LHP Tarik Skubal (14-4) will attempt to win a MLB-leading 15th game on Saturday. He currently leads the majors with a 2.49 ERA. The White Sox will send LHP Ky Bush (0-2) as their scheduled starter. In his third career start, he allowed one run on four hits in six innings at Houston. He was 7-4 with a 2.89 ERA between Triple-A Charlotte and Double-A Birmingham.

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Matchup Prediction

White Sox: 40.3%

Tigers: 59.7%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Lopez lined out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Baldwin flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Sosa flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Foley relieved Miller
	9th Inning	McKinstry as designated hitter.
	9th Inning	Jung struck out swinging.

Statistics

DET		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	4
11	Strikeouts	7
5	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
10	Hits	9
1	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
38	At Bats	35
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
16	Fly Balls	24
0	Caught Stealing	1
178	Pitches	140
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
14	Total Bases	10
43	Plate Appearances	37
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
4	Extra Base Hits	1
5.5	Runs Created	2.7
.263	Batting Average	.257
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.368	Slugging Percentage	.286
.263	Secondary Average	.057
.349	On Base Percentage	.297
.717	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.583
0.7	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.2
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
39.0	Batter Rating	19.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.14	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.78
.105	Isolated Power	.029
0.45	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.29
.116	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.054
.000	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.200
10.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
84.8	MLB Rating	74.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0