{"id":901351,"date":"2026-09-19T06:14:02","date_gmt":"2026-09-19T06:14:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/901351\/"},"modified":"2026-09-19T06:14:02","modified_gmt":"2026-09-19T06:14:02","slug":"chicago-white-sox-blow-six-run-lead-and-fall-out-of-first-place-in-al-central-with-loss-to-detroit-tigers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/901351\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox blow six-run lead and fall out of first place in AL Central with loss to Detroit Tigers"},"content":{"rendered":"

CHICAGO (AP) \u2014 Hao-Yu Lee<\/a> and Riley Greene<\/a> each hit a two-run homer in a five-run eighth inning as the Detroit Tigers<\/a> rallied from six down to beat the Chicago White Sox<\/a> 11-8 on Friday night.<\/p>\n

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.<\/p>\n

Detroit (73-81) trailed 8-2 after Miguel Vargas<\/a> hit his 32nd homer for the White Sox \u2014 a two-run shot in the third inning.<\/p>\n

Chicago right fielder Tristan Peters<\/a> left the game in the fifth after crashing into the wall in right-center on Kevin McGonigle<\/a>\u2019s bases-loaded triple that cut it to 8-5 and chased rookie starter David Sandlin<\/a>. <\/p>\n

Lee had a two-out RBI double off Chris Murphy<\/a> in the sixth to make it 8-6. <\/p>\n

Lee tied it against Sean Newcomb<\/a> (2-5) with his 10th homer and Greene followed with his 21st \u2014 off Bryan Hudson<\/a> \u2014 later in the inning. Dillon Dingler<\/a> had a go-ahead single in between the homers. Lee finished with four of the Tigers\u2019 16 hits. <\/p>\n

Colson Montgomery<\/a> hit a three-run double with two outs in the first as Chicago scored six unearned runs off Andrew Sears<\/a> in his third career start to take a 6-1 lead. <\/p>\n

Colt Keith<\/a> doubled and scored from second on a wild pitch to put Detroit up 1-0 in the first. McGonigle\u2019s RBI single cut it to 6-2 in the third.<\/p>\n

Drew Sommers<\/a> (2-4) struck out five in two perfect innings for the win, and Kenley Jansen<\/a> pitched the ninth for his 21st save in 27 opportunities this season. It was the 497th save of his career.<\/p>\n

Sandlin pitched four innings in his fifth career start and allowed five runs on seven hits. <\/p>\n

Up next<\/p>\n

Tigers RHP Jackson Jobe<\/a> (2-2, 3.89 ERA) starts Saturday opposite White Sox RHP Sean Burke<\/a> (9-7, 3.47). The game time was moved up to 1:10 p.m. because of the weather.<\/p>\n

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See AP\u2019s full MLB coverage here <\/p>\n

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