Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers

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Chicago White Sox

40-121, 17-63 Away

Final
4 - 0

Detroit Tigers

86-75, 43-37 Home

White Sox beat playoff-bound Tigers 4-0, stay at 121 losses going into finale

Making his fourth big league appearance, Burke (2-0) struck out six and walked three, helping stop Detroit's six-game winning streak.

Detroit had two baserunners in each of the first two innings. Burke allowed only one runner in his last three innings.

“We had a couple of chances early to change his day,” Detroit manager A.J. Hinch said. “They got somebody up early because I think he had 30 pitches in the first and never really broke through.”

Burke held playoff-bound San Diego to one run and two hits in six innings during his previous outing. He persevered through dreary playing conditions in Saturday’s start.

“It’s nothing I haven’t pitched in before,” Burke said, who played college ball at Maryland. “I’m from Massachusetts and went to a Big Ten school, so I got used to pitching in this stuff. After the first two innings, I kind of settled in.”

Michael Soroka didn't allow a baserunner while striking out five in three innings. Gus Varland finished a three-hitter, just the seventh shutout for the White Sox.

Detroit, which will be the No. 2 or 3 wild card in the AL playoffs, on Friday clinched its first postseason berth since 2014 with its 10th win in 11 games.

A night after setting the post-1900 record for losses, Chicago (40-121) won for the fourth time in a five-game span for only the second time this season. The White Sox won a season-high four straight from May 8-11.

Benintendi also doubled and scored two runs and Bryan Ramos added a solo homer for the White Sox.

Jackson Jobe, a well-regarded 22-year-old Detroit right-hander, had a hitless three-inning relief stint. Making his second big league appearance, Jobe had his first two career strikeouts.

In a game that started 2 hours, 20 minutes late because of inclement weather, Ramos homered in the second off Beau Brieske (4-5) and Andrew Vaughn hit an RBI single in the sixth against Ty Madden.

Benintendi followed a leadoff walk to Zach DeLoach in the eighth a two-run homer. He also hit 20 in 2017, his first full season with Boston.

Hinch didn't think there was a letdown after Friday's celebration.

“I don't want to make any excuses whatsoever,” he said. “There was a lot of energy this morning coming out of last night. Then we sat around a little bit and then go out and it wasn't a great day to play. We're going to chalk this up and get through it and bounce back tomorrow. We have a chance to win the series and the regular season on a much better note.”

White Sox RHP Jonathan Cannon (4-10, 4.37 ERA) starts Sunday against a Tigers pitcher to be announced.

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Matchup Prediction

Tigers: 73.1%

White Sox: 26.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Keith flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Greene flied out to left.
	9th Inning	Pérez tripled to center.
	9th Inning	Ibáñez flied out to center.
	9th Inning	Varland relieved Soroka
	9th Inning	Amaya struck out swinging.

Statistics

CHW		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	6
6	Strikeouts	11
4	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
1	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	29
2	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
11	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	1
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
19	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
139	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
12	Total Bases	6
36	Plate Appearances	32
324.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
2.4	Runs Created	0.7
.152	Batting Average	.103
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.364	Slugging Percentage	.207
.273	Secondary Average	.207
.200	On Base Percentage	.188
.564	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.394
0.4	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
2.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	0.7
29.0	Batter Rating	7.5
16.5	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.86	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.41
.212	Isolated Power	.103
0.33	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.27
.056	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.094
.121	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.103
8.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.2
76.0	MLB Rating	59.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0