Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox

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Detroit Tigers

66-66, 35-34 Away

Final
6 - 3

Chicago White Sox

31-101, 18-48 Home

Spencer Torkelson's 3-run homer helps Tigers beat MLB-worst White Sox 6-3 for 4-game sweep

Parker Meadows led off the seventh with a homer off Jared Shuster (1-3) that tied the game at 2-all. Jace Jung hit a go-ahead RBI single before Torkelson greeted Justin Anderson with a 439-foot drive to center field that made it 6-2.

“There’s always that belief,” said Torkelson, who turned 25 on Monday. “When you’ve got a lineup like ours, we’re really gritty and we never take an at-bat for granted. We’re going to give it everything we’ve got on every single pitch, and that’s a really tough thing to face as a pitching staff. When you have nine guys putting together really good at-bats, it’s probably exhausting. We always feel like we’re in the fight, we’re never out of it.”

The White Sox have lost eight of nine and recorded their 31st blown save, the most in the majors. They have four wins in their past 38 games.

Torkelson finished 3 for 5, falling a triple short of the cycle, as the Tigers (66-66) returned to .500 for the first time since June 7. They have won 11 of 14.

“We want to play winning baseball,” manager A.J. Hinch said. “Obviously, we’ve had to do a lot to get to this point, but it’s just this point. The season’s not over. It hasn’t been over. There’s been a lot of conversation around this team. It’s changed, and we’re going to continue to show up ready to play, every day.”

Detroit right-hander Ty Madden gave up two runs, one earned, in five innings in his major league debut. The 24-year-old allowed four hits and three walks.

Sean Guenther (1-0) worked 1 2/3 scoreless innings for his first career win, and Tyler Holton handled the ninth for his fifth save.

Andrew Vaughn drove in runs for the White Sox with a sacrifice fly in the first and a single in the third. Andrew Benintendi homered in the eighth for Chicago.

Davis Martin allowed one run on seven hits in five innings for the White Sox.

TRAINER'S ROOM

Tigers: SS Javier Báez will have season-ending surgery on his right hip, Hinch said. Báez was moved to the 60-day injured list. ... LHP Bryan Sammons was optioned to Triple-A Toledo. He allowed one earned run in 4 1/3 innings in Sunday's win over the White Sox. RHP Mason Englert was recalled from Toledo. ... RHP Will Vest was placed on the paternity list.

White Sox: Claimed INF Jacob Amaya off waivers from Houston and designated INF Nick Senzel for assignment. ... Recalled LHP Sammy Peralta and INF Bryan Ramos from Triple-A Charlotte and optioned LHP Ky Bush to Charlotte.

LHP Brant Hurter (1-1, 3.57 ERA) is set to start for the Tigers Tuesday as they return home to begin a three-game series against the Los Angeles Angels, while White Sox ace Garrett Crochet (6-9, 3.64) takes the mound as Chicago hosts the Texas Rangers.

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Matchup Prediction

White Sox: 45.8%

Tigers: 54.2%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Baldwin grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Sosa fouled out to first.
	9th Inning	Fletcher popped out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Holton relieved Brieske
	9th Inning	Ibáñez flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Torkelson grounded out to third.

Statistics

DET		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
14	Ground Balls	15
8	Strikeouts	3
6	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
13	Hits	6
0	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
6	Runs	3
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
40	At Bats	32
2	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	14
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
18	Fly Balls	15
0	Caught Stealing	0
172	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
20	Total Bases	9
43	Plate Appearances	36
324.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	1
7.4	Runs Created	2.2
.325	Batting Average	.188
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.500	Slugging Percentage	.281
.250	Secondary Average	.219
.372	On Base Percentage	.250
.872	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.531
0.8	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.0
7.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.2
45.0	Batter Rating	22.0
20.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.00	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.64
.175	Isolated Power	.094
0.38	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.00
.070	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
-.075	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.031
12.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
96.0	MLB Rating	74.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0