Detroit Tigers

4thin AL Central · 72-81

Ugh, no.

Detroit Tigers lost to the Chicago White Sox

72-81 1 – 3

78-75

Final · Thu, Sep 17

Game Details

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Recap

Murakami hits 3-run homer, White Sox top Tigers 3-1 to move into 1st place tie in AL Central

Munetaka Murakami hit his team-leading 32nd home run and the Chicago White Sox moved into a tie with idle Cleveland for first place in the AL Central with a 3-1 win over the Detroit Tigers on Thursday night.

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
DET	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	8	1
CHW	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	0		3	5	0

Win Probability · Detroit Tigers

first pitchnow: 0%

Game Leaders

Detroit Tigers

Kevin McGonigle · 2-4Batting
Framber Valdez · 5.0 IP, 3 ER, 8 K (L, 10-11)Pitching

Chicago White Sox

Munetaka Murakami · 2-4, HR, 3 RBI, 1 RBatting
Bryan Hudson · 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 K (W, 5-4)Pitching

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

Scoring

Top 3rd

BFO Torres grounded into fielder's choice to third, Clark scored, McGonigle to second, Peck out at third.1–3

Bot 1st

HR Murakami homered to center (423 feet), Meidroth scored and Grichuk scored.0–3

Team Stats

Detroit TigersChicago White Sox

Batting

8 Hits 5

0 Home Runs 1

5 Walks 4

10 Strikeouts 11

0 Stolen Bases 1

18 Left on Base 21

Pitching & Fielding

127 Pitches Thrown 160

1 Errors 0

0 Double Plays 2

Box Score

Detroit Tigers ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
K. McGonigle3B	4	0	2	0	1	1	.275	20	.377	.425
G. TorresDH	4	0	1	1	1	1	.265	20	.367	.373
D. DinglerC	4	0	1	0	0	0	.242	19	.301	.452
R. GreeneLF	4	0	1	0	0	2	.284	21	.370	.478
S. Torkelson1B	3	0	1	0	1	1	.227	21	.322	.422
Z. McKinstryRF	2	0	0	0	0	0	.203	5	.288	.299
B. MalgeriRF	1	0	0	0	0	0	.238	2	.345	.356
B. CallahanRF	0	0	0	0	1	0	.214	6	.286	.357
M. ClarkCF	3	1	1	0	0	1	.278	13	.355	.444
J. PeckSS	4	0	1	0	0	1	.222	11	.333	.244
J. Baez2B	3	0	0	0	0	3	.234	16	.262	.343
C. KeithPH	0	0	0	0	1	0	.259	6	.323	.406
Team	32	1	8	1	5	10		160

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
F. Valdez(L, 10-11)	5.0	3	3	3	4	8	1	90-56	4.06
J. Waguespack	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	12-10	2.59
T. Madden	2.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	25-19	3.29
Team	8.0	5	3	3	4	11	1	127-85

Chicago White Sox ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
C. Meidroth2B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.271	20	.345	.401
T. PhamDH	2	0	0	0	0	1	2	.050	11	.136	.200
A. BenintendiDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.245	3	.305	.418
M. Vargas3B	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	.248	16	.356	.471
R. GrichukLF	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	.286	15	.315	.560
T. PetersLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.273	0	.343	.452
M. Murakami1B	4	1	2	3	1	0	2	.205	10	.346	.471
B. DoyleCF	4	0	2	0	0	0	2	.226	17	.273	.317
J. RogersC	3	0	0	0	0	1	2	.161	16	.276	.287
L. AcunaSS	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.227	9	.260	.261
B. MontgomeryRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.208	10	.304	.334
Team	30	3	5	3	1	4	11		127