Tigers Rally After Triple Play, Top White Sox 5-4

The Chicago White Sox took advantage of Hal Newhouser’s control struggles, jumping out to a 4-0 lead thanks to a 3-run home run by Carlton Fisk. But the Detroit Tigers fought back against Eddie Cicotte. Ty Cobb tripled home two in the 5th to cut the Chicago lead in half. In the 6th, Newhouser gave up back-to-back singles to Fisk and Luke Appling. That’s when Shoeless Joe Jackson hit a sharp liner to Alan Trammell, who stepped on 2nd and threw to 1st to catch Fisk and Appling off base for the triple-play. Miguel Cabrera homered in the bottom half, and Cobb drove in the tying run in the 7th. Aurelio López and Willie Hernández threw 4 scoreless innings for Detroit into he 10th. Roberto Hernández walked Harry Heilmann and Norm Cash to lead off the 10th. Ted Lyons came in for the White Sox to try to get out of the jam, but Hank Greenberg lined a base-hit into center for the walk-off 5-4 win. The Tigers will face the Mariners tomorrow at home, while the White Sox drop down to the American League Loser’s Bracket.

Chicago (A) @ Detroit – 10/2/23