![]() Torkelson was then hit by a pitch to open the bottom half, and Nick Maton reached on an Alberto error at second. Anderson tried to tag and score, because hey why not, but Torkelson made the tricky catch falling onto the tarp, turned and gunned him down at the plate. This brought a mound visit from Chris Fetter and Englert responded by popping up Robert down the first base line. Greene immediately grounded into a double play, and Báez grounded out to third to end the inning.Įnglert got the first out of the sixth, but surrendered singles to Tim Anderson and Benintendi. McKinstry continued to just live on base, opening the bottom of the fifth with a single. And yeah, that was a wrap on this one, folks. However that plan took a hit as Englert immediately walked Robert and surrendered the White Sox third triple on a deep fly to center field from Moncada and then a Vaughn home run to left center field. ![]() Mason Englert took over in the fifth, and you have to wonder if they might decide to stretch him out for a few starts with Wentz scuffling so badly. Still the leash has to be pretty short for Wentz at this point. The Tigers really do not have much in the way of options at Triple-A and are waiting for someone, Spencer Turnbull or Matt Manning in particular, to get healthy. Wentz collected the last two outs without issue, but now over 80 pitches and leaking runs left and right, his outing was over. Alberto grounded a 1-2 curveball to shortstop to drive in Frazier, and it was 5-1. Clint Frazier led off the inning with a triple, and the White Sox were in business again. Wentz’s brief reprieve from danger didn’t last long. Three routine outs from Tork, Maton, and Baddoo followed, and we were on to the fourth. He was really mixing all four pitches to try and keep the White Sox off the fastball, and he punched out Vaughn and Grandal before Jake Burger flew out to right for the third out. Wentz allowed a leadoff single to Moncada to open the third, but finally settled down a bit. A ground ball from Greene forced McKinstry at second as Rogers moved to third with two outs, and Báez struck out to end the inning. Vierling struck out to open the bottom of the second, but Jake Rogers and Zach McKinstry (again) drew walks. ![]() A routine fly ball from Luis Robert ended the inning. Riley Greene made a diving attempt and came up empty as the ball rolled past and Benintendi cruised to third with an RBI triple. However a walk to Tim Anderson was followed by a sinking line drive to center field off Benintendi’s bat. Wentz got the first two outs in the second without issue, striking out Hanser Alberto swinging for the second. Miguel Cabrera got a pitch clock violation to start the AB 0-1, was eventually called out on strikes, and once again many baserunners were stranded. The left fielder battled Lynn through an eight pitch AB, and then slapped a single to third base that Moncada bobbled. Nick Maton pulled a soft liner to Andrew Vaughn at first for the second out, and that left it up to Akil Baddoo. Lance Lynn settled down quickly, striking out Spencer Torkelson. The Tigers immediately loaded the bases in the bottom half as Zach McKinstry led off with a walk, Riley Greene doubled to left, and Javier Báez reached on a ball to Moncada at third that he couldn’t get an out on anywhere. ![]() The White Sox were on just about everything Joey Wentz threw and racked up a 3-0 lead in the top of the first with two-out hits from Andrew Vaughn and Yasmani Grandal. Hinch was off attending his son’s graduation, and the team played like the boss was out of town. This game did not start out very auspiciously for the home team, and things never improved. Joey Wentz struggled badly again on Friday night and the bullpen was rocked as the White Sox pounded out 17 hits and crushed the Tigers by a score of 12-3. The holes in the back of the Detroit Tigers rotation and bullpen remain a glaring weakness as they wait for some of their better arms to get healthy.
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