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09/18 22:50 CDT White Sox blow 6-run lead and fall out of 1st place in AL
Central with 11-8 loss to Tigers
White Sox blow 6-run lead and fall out of 1st place in AL Central with 11-8
loss to Tigers
CHICAGO (AP) --- Hao-Yu Lee and Riley Greene each hit a two-run homer in a
five-run eighth inning as the Detroit Tigers rallied from six down to beat the
Chicago White Sox 11-8 on Friday night.
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.
Up next
Tigers RHP Jackson Jobe (2-2, 3.89 ERA) starts Saturday opposite White Sox RHP
Sean Burke (9-7, 3.47). The game time was moved up to 1:10 p.m. because of the
weather.
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