Keith hits tiebreaking double in 8th as Tigers regroup to beat White Sox
5-4
[June 05, 2025]
By ANDREW SELIGMAN
CHICAGO (AP) — Colt Keith hit a tiebreaking RBI double
in the eighth inning to help the major league-leading Detroit Tigers
beat the lowly Chicago White Sox 5-4 on a rainy Wednesday night.
The Tigers regrouped after blowing a four-run lead and bounced back from
an 8-1 pounding the previous day. |
Chicago White Sox's Andrew Benintendi (23), right, jogs by Detroit
Tigers catcher Dillon Dingler (13) to score on a sacrifice fly from Josh
Rojas (5) during the fourth inning of a baseball game Wednesday, June 4,
2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Erin Hooley) |
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Wenceel Pérez was ruled safe at second with a
leadoff double to center against Brandon Eisert (2-1) in the
eighth after a successful replay challenge by Detroit. He scored
with one out on Colt Keith’s bloop double down the left field
line that landed just fair beyond a sliding left fielder Andrew
Benintendi’s glove, making it 5-4.
Will Vest (5-0) pitched two scoreless innings, and Tommy Kahnle
worked the ninth for his eighth save in 11 chances.
The Tigers tagged White Sox starter Jared Shuster for four runs
in the first after a 95-minute delay. Riley Greene drove in two
with a single and scored in the inning.
Chicago’s Mike Tauchman hit an RBI double and scored in the
third. Benintendi doubled leading off the fourth and came around
when Josh Rojas chased Tigers starter Sawyer Gipson-Long with a
sacrifice fly. Benintendi tied it at 4 in the fifth with a
bases-loaded sac fly against Tyler Holton.
Gipson-Long lasted 3 2/3 innings in his first start in nearly
two years, allowing three runs and five hits. The 27-year-old
right-hander missed last season with elbow and hip injuries that
required surgery.
Shuster, the opener in a bullpen game, gave up four runs and
five hits in one inning.
Key moment
Both teams loaded the bases in the fifth. The Tigers came away
empty-handed when Steven Wilson struck out Colt Keith. After
Benintendi tied it in the bottom half, pinch hitter Austin
Slater flied to center, ending the inning.
Key stat
The Tigers have won 20 of 25 against Chicago.
Up next
The Tigers send RHP Casey Mize (6-1, 2.82 ERA) to the mound
Thursday, while the White Sox go with Sean Burke (3-6, 4.20).
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