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Cameron connected against White Sox reliever Reynaldo Lopez
(4-4) to open the ninth before Dustin Garneau and Akil Baddoo
drove home insurance runs with a double and sacrifice fly,
respectively.
Michael Fulmer pitched around a hit in a driving rain in the
ninth for his 14th save. Joe Jimenez (6-1) was the winner,
striking out two and walking one in a scoreless eighth.
After finishing with the franchise's most regular-season wins
since 2005, Chicago (93-69) is set to visit the AL West champion
Houston Astros on Thursday in the opener of a best-of-five AL
Division Series.
Sunday's loss snapped a six-game winning streak for the White
Sox.
Harold Castro had two hits and an RBI for Detroit (77-85), which
finished the season with its most wins since the 2016 team had
86.
Detroit left-hander Tyler Alexander concluded a solid stretch
run with six innings of one-run ball, scattering four hits, two
walks and four strikeouts. After surrendering a solo home run to
Luis Robert two batters into the game, Alexander held the White
Sox to three singles.
Chicago starter Dylan Cease scattered one run and four hits in
four innings, with two walks and five strikeouts.
The White Sox tied the game at 2 apiece in the seventh on an
Andrew Vaughn RBI single before loading the bases with one out.
The Tigers escaped further damage when Yoan Moncada grounded
into a double play, which ended with a lengthy rundown between
home plate and third base.
White Sox leadoff man Tim Anderson went 2-for-4 to finish with a
.309 batting average, marking the third straight season in which
the Chicago shortstop has hit above .300. Adam Engel and Cesar
Hernandez added two hits each for the White Sox.
Lopez allowed three runs and three hits in one-third of an
inning, with one walk.
--Field Level Media
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