Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox
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White Sox blow 6-run lead and fall out of 1st place in AL Central with 11-8 loss to Tigers
Chicago (78-76) trails first-place Cleveland by one game in the AL Central with eight remaining, although the White Sox own the head-to-head tiebreaker after winning the season series. Chicago has a one-game lead for the final American League wild card.
Detroit (73-81) trailed 8-2 after Miguel Vargas hit his 32nd homer for the White Sox — a two-run shot in the third inning.
Chicago right fielder Tristan Peters left the game in the fifth after crashing into the wall in right-center on Kevin McGonigle's bases-loaded triple that cut it to 8-5 and chased rookie starter David Sandlin.
Lee had a two-out RBI double off Chris Murphy in the sixth to make it 8-6.
Lee tied it against Sean Newcomb (2-5) with his 10th homer and Greene followed with his 21st — off Bryan Hudson — later in the inning. Dillon Dingler had a go-ahead single in between the homers. Lee finished with four of the Tigers' 16 hits.
Colson Montgomery hit a three-run double with two outs in the first as Chicago scored six unearned runs off Andrew Sears in his third career start to take a 6-1 lead.
Colt Keith doubled and scored from second on a wild pitch to put Detroit up 1-0 in the first. McGonigle's RBI single cut it to 6-2 in the third.
Drew Sommers (2-4) struck out five in two perfect innings for the win, and Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his 21st save in 27 opportunities this season. It was the 497th save of his career.
Sandlin pitched four innings in his fifth career start and allowed five runs on seven hits.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Murakami struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Grichuk flied out to right. |
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9th Inning | Antonacci flied out to left. |
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9th Inning | Jansen relieved Sommers |
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9th Inning | McGonigle grounded out to second. |
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9th Inning | Lee singled to center. |
Statistics
 DET |
 CHW |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Hit By Pitch | 1 |
| 8 | Ground Balls | 12 |
| 10 | Strikeouts | 10 |
| 10 | Runs Batted In | 6 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 16 | Hits | 7 |
| 0 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 5 | Walks | 4 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 11 | Runs | 8 |
| 1 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 40 | At Bats | 35 |
| 2 | Home Runs | 1 |
| 0 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 13 | Runners Left On Base | 16 |
| 1 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 3 | Doubles | 3 |
| 22 | Fly Balls | 13 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 193 | Pitches | 156 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 3 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 1 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 0 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 27 | Total Bases | 13 |
| 46 | Plate Appearances | 40 |
| 324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 162.0 |
| 6 | Extra Base Hits | 4 |
| 11.4 | Runs Created | 4.2 |
| .400 | Batting Average | .200 |
| .333 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .675 | Slugging Percentage | .371 |
| .400 | Secondary Average | .286 |
| .478 | On Base Percentage | .300 |
| 1.153 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .671 |
| 0.4 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.9 |
| 12.3 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 4.1 |
| 72.5 | Batter Rating | 44.0 |
| 20.0 | At Bats Per Home Run | 35.0 |
| 0.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 4.20 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.90 |
| .275 | Isolated Power | .171 |
| 0.50 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.40 |
| .109 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .100 |
| .000 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .086 |
| 21.0 | Runs Produced | 14.0 |
| 0.9 | Runs Ratio | 0.8 |
| 0.8 | Patience Ratio | 0.5 |
| 0.5 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 116.0 | MLB Rating | 84.8 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 26,204 | Capacity:
2026 American League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Cleveland |
- | 77 | L1 | 0.52469134 | 85 |
| Chicago |
1 | 78 | W1 | 0.5185185 | 84 |
 Minnesota |
8 | 85 | W1 | 0.47530866 | 77 |
| Detroit |
9 | 86 | L1 | 0.4691358 | 76 |
 Kansas City |
16 | 93 | W1 | 0.42592594 | 69 |