Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox

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Detroit Tigers

70-52, 31-28 Away

Final
1 - 0

Chicago White Sox

44-77, 26-36 Home

Rookie Troy Melton allows 1 hit as Tigers beat White Sox 1-0 to win series

It was a series-clinching win for the Tigers, who advanced to 70-52 and extended a narrow lead over the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Central.

The Tigers are just 11-14 since the All-Star Break, while the division-rival Guardians are 16-7 in that stretch.

Melton (3-1, 2.82 ERA) threw 56 pitches over five innings. The 24-year-old struck out six batters.

Luis Robert Jr. hit a leadoff double in the fifth inning, but Melton responded with three consecutive swinging strikeouts to end his day. Since giving up six earned runs to the Pittsburgh Pirates in his July 23 debut, Melton has been responsible for just one run in four appearances.

Tigers relievers Sawyer Gipson-Long, Kyle Finnegan and Will Vest combined to allow one hit over the final four innings. Vest picked up his 18th save of the season.

Wenceel Pérez hit a bases-loaded sacrifice fly in the sixth inning off Martín Pérez (1-2, 3.09), who surrendered three hits and two walks over 3 1/3 innings.

Chicago starter Shane Smith held Detroit to two hits in five innings and threw five strikeouts.

Key moment Pérez’s sacrifice fly brought Kerry Carpenter home for the game's first and only run.

Key stat Carpenter was the lone player on either team to log a multi-hit game. The outfielder went 2-for-4.

Up next The Tigers head to Minnesota for a four-game series against the Twins on Thursday, with Tarik Skubal (11-3, 2.35 ERA) on the mound.

The White Sox begin a six-game road trip on Friday at Kansas City. Aaron Civale (3-7, 4.91) and Noah Cameron (6-5, 2.52) are slated to start for the White Sox and Royals, respectively.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Sosa flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Teel struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Mead grounded out to pitcher.
	9th Inning	Vest relieved Finnegan
	9th Inning	Ibáñez grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Rogers popped out to third.

Statistics

DET		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
11	Ground Balls	9
9	Strikeouts	9
1	Runs Batted In	0
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	2
0	Stolen Bases	0
5	Walks	1
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	0
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
1	Sacrifice Flies	0
31	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	7
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	1
12	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
164	Pitches	98
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
1	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
6	Total Bases	3
37	Plate Appearances	29
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
1.9	Runs Created	-1.4
.161	Batting Average	.071
.500	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.194	Slugging Percentage	.107
.194	Secondary Average	.071
.270	On Base Percentage	.103
.464	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.211
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
1.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	-1.4
11.0	Batter Rating	4.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.43	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.38
.032	Isolated Power	.036
0.56	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.11
.135	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.034
.032	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
2.0	Runs Produced	0.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	0.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.1
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.1
64.8	MLB Rating	55.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

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2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Detroit	-	62	W2	0.5753425	84
Cleveland	9.5	71	L1	0.5103448	74
Kansas City	10	72	W1	0.5068493	74
Minnesota	20	82	L2	0.43835616	64
Chicago	28	90	W1	0.38356164	56

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