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White Sox blow 6-run lead and fall out of 1st place in AL Central with 11-8 loss to Tigers

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The Associated Press. (2026, September 19). White Sox blow 6-run lead and fall out of 1st place in AL Central with 11-8 loss to Tigers. Toronto Star. https://www.thestar.com/sports/baseball/white-sox-blow-6-run-lead-and-fall-out-of-1st-place-in-al-central-with-11-8-loss-to-tigers/article_c3822b70-10f6-5f67-bc68-b2c5bff622d3.html

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The Detroit Tigers rallied from a six-run deficit to defeat the Chicago White Sox 11-8 on Friday night at Guaranteed Rate Field. Riley Greene and Hao-Yu Lee each hit two-run homers in the eighth inning, leading Detroit’s comeback after Chicago had led 8-2 following Miguel Vargas’ home run. With this loss, the White Sox dropped to one game behind first-place Cleveland in the AL Central standings with eight games left in the season, despite holding the tiebreaker advantage from winning the season series against Cleveland.

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The Chicago White Sox lost to the Detroit Tigers on Friday night, falling out of first place in the AL Central despite an early lead. The White Sox started strong, scoring six unearned runs thanks to a three-run double by Colson Montgomery in the first inning and Miguel Vargas’s 32nd home run in the third. However, they blew their 6-run lead when rookie starter David Sandlin was forced out after Tristan Peters crashed into the outfield wall trying to catch Kevin McGonigle's bases-loaded triple in the fifth inning. Detroit mounted a comeback with two-run homers by Hao-Yu Lee and Riley Greene in the eighth inning, scoring five runs to seal an 11-8 victory. This loss leaves Chicago one game behind the Cleveland Guardians for first place with eight games left in the season. Despite this setback, the White Sox still hold a slim one-game lead over Seattle for the final AL wild card spot.

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CHICAGO Detroit Tigers the Detroit Tigers the White Sox

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CHICAGO GPE · 5× Lee PERSON · 3× Detroit GPE · 2× Tigers ORG · 2× the White Sox ORG · 2× Cleveland ORG · 1× Hao-Yu Lee PERSON · 1× Riley Greene PERSON · 1× the Chicago White Sox ORG · 1× the Detroit Tigers ORG · 1×

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Chicago right fielder Tristan Peters left the game in the fifth after crashing into the wall in right-center on Kevin McGonigle’s bases-loaded triple that cut it to 8-5 and chased rookie starter David Sandlin.

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2026-09-19 · Toronto Star

White Sox blow 6-run lead and fall out of 1st place in AL Central with 11-8 loss to Tigers · assertive framing

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CHICAGO (AP) — Hao-Yu Lee and Riley Greene each hit a two-run homer in a five-run eighth inning as the Detroit Tigers rallied from six down to beat the Chicago White Sox 11-8 on Friday night. asserted

Tigers → hit → night

Chicago (78-76) trails first-place Cleveland by one game in the AL Central with eight remaining, although the White Sox own the head-to-head tiebreaker after winning the season series. asserted

Sox → trail → series

Chicago has a one-game lead for the final American League wild card. asserted

Chicago → have → card

Detroit (73-81) trailed 8-2 after Miguel Vargas hit his 32nd homer for the White Sox — a two-run shot in the third inning. asserted

Vargas → trail → inning

that → leave → Sandlin

Lee had a two-out RBI double off Chris Murphy in the sixth to make it 8-6. asserted

it → have → sixth

Lee tied it against Sean Newcomb (2-5) with his 10th homer and Greene followed with his 21st — off Bryan Hudson — later in the inning. asserted

Greene → tie → inning

Dillon Dingler had a go-ahead single in between the homers. asserted

Dingler → have → homers

Lee finished with four of the Tigers’ 16 hits. asserted

Lee → finish → hits

Colson Montgomery hit a three-run double with two outs in the first as Chicago scored six unearned runs off Andrew Sears in his third career start to take a 6-1 lead. asserted

Chicago → hit → lead

Colt Keith doubled and scored from second on a wild pitch to put Detroit up 1-0 in the first. asserted

Keith → double → first

McGonigle’s RBI single cut it to 6-2 in the third. asserted

single → cut → third

Drew Sommers (2-4) struck out five in two perfect innings for the win, and Kenley Jansen pitched the ninth for his 21st save in 27 opportunities this season. asserted

Jansen → strike → opportunities

Sandlin pitched four innings in his fifth career start and allowed five runs on seven hits. asserted

Sandlin → pitch → hits

Up next Tigers RHP Jackson Jobe (2-2, 3.89 ERA) starts Saturday opposite White Sox RHP Sean Burke (9-7, 3.47). asserted

Jobe → start → Burke

The game time was moved up to 1:10 p.m. because of the weather. asserted

time → move → weather