Game Report - June 19, 2026 - Tigers 4, White Sox 3
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Steve Bielawski
Jun 24, 2026, 6:10:42 PM (4 days ago) Jun 24
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> Detroit Tigers 4, Chicago White Sox 3 - final
The Tigers had lost three of their last four games before they came into this weekend series. They managed to hold on for a win on Friday.
The Tigers fell behind before they got to bat. Randal Grichuk hit a solo home run with one out in the top of the first.
In the bottom of the first, Dillon Dingler singled, and Matt Vierling homered. The Tigers had a 2-1 lead at the end of the first.
In the top of the fifth, Sam Antonacci singled, went to third on a single by Luisangel Acuna, and scored as the Tigers turned a grounder by Tristan Peters into a force out fo Mr. Acuna at second base. That tied the game.
In the top of the sixth, Junior Perez hit a solo homer, giving the White Sox the lead for the moment.
In the bottom of the sixth, Dillon Dingler singled, Riley Greene walked, and Kerry Carpenter doubled with two outs to drive in Mr. Dingler and Mr. Greene.
The Tigers went on to win on Saturday and Sunday as well.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS-3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .281 .388 .430
Doubled to shallow right in the third.
Grounded into a double play to end the seventh.
> D. Dingler C 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 .263 .335 .526
Singled to left in the first and scored.
Singled to left in the sixth and scored.
Singled to left in the eighth.
> M. Vierling CF-RF 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .201 .260 .348
Homered to centre in the first
to drive in Mr. Dingler.
> R. Greene LF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .292 .382 .439
Walked in the sixth and scored.
Grounded into a double play to end the eighth.
> S. Torkelson 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .202 .301 .403
In the KIITI club.
> K. Carpenter DH 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .234 .313 .497
Doubled to left in the sixth
to drive in Mr. Dingler and Mr. Greene.
> H. Lee 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .235 .265 .357
Singled to left in the second.
> C. Keith 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 .308 .382
nothing.
> J. Jones PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .140 .221 .233
Singled to left in the seventh.
> Z. McKinstry PR-SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .168 .258 .245
> T. Cruz RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000
3 AB, 3 K.
> J. Outman CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .200 .444
> team 30 4 8 4 1 1 7
Four runs were enough to win this game.
> 2B: Carpenter (4, Fedde); McGonigle (16, Fedde)
> HR: Vierling (5, 1st inning off Eisert 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Vierling 2 (25), Carpenter 2 (29)
> 2-Out RBI: Carpenter 2.
> GIDP: Greene; McGonigle
> Team LOB: 3
> Team RISP: 1-6 (Vierling 0-1, Greene 0-1, Carpenter 1-1, Dingler 0-1, Torkelson 0-1, Lee 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Lee-McKinstry-Torkelson)
> E: McGonigle (7, fielding)
> Chicago White Sox AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> M. Vargas 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .241 .358 .474
> R. Grichuk DH 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 .309 .356 .662
> C. Meidroth 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .341 .391
Collared.
> C. Montgomery 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .228 .324 .510
Cornered.
> E. Quero C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .186 .255 .234
Caught.
> J. Perez RF 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .400 .400 1.000
> B. Montgomery PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .212 .344
> S. Antonacci LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .286 .382 .407
> L. Acuna SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .210 .254 .226
> A. Benintendi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .300 .438
> T. Peters CF 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 .285 .348 .435
Corralled.
Four White Sox players wee aboard the 0-fer Express.
> team 34 3 8 3 2 2 12
Not quire enough to win this game.
> 2B: Grichuk (7, Anderson); Antonacci (10, Skubal)
> HR: Grichuk (7, 1st inning off Skubal 0 on, 1 Out); Perez (1, 6th inning off Skubal 0 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Grichuk (20), Perez (1), Peters (22)
> GIDP: 6
> Team RISP: 0-5 (Acuña 0-1, C. Montgomery 0-1, Peters 0-1, Meidroth 0-2)
> CS: Perez (1, 2nd base by Skubal/Dingler)
> DP: 2 (Vargas-Acuña-Vargas 2)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Chicago White Sox (39-35, 15-23 away) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
> Detroit Tigers (31-44, 19-16 home) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 4 8 1
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
A happy ending for the Tigers.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Skubal 5.2 7 3 3 1 8 2 94-70 3.02
He was one out away from getting a quality start.
He did a good job.
> D. Anderson (W, 3-3) 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 16-13 3.78
> W. Vest (H, 7) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20-11 6.17
> K. Jansen (S, 8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10-6 4.24
Did their jobs.
> team 9.0 8 3 3 2 12 2 140-100
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Skubal 17/25;
> Anderson 3/5; Vest 3/3; Jansen 2/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Skubal-20-13-21-16;
> Anderson-3-3-5-2; Vest-4-1-4-2; Jansen-2-1-1-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Skubal 6-3;
> Anderson 0-1; Vest 2-0; Jansen 2-0
> Game Scores: T Skubal 50
> Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> B. Eisert 1.1 2 2 2 0 2 1 32-17 5.50
Not a particularly good opening.
> E. Fedde (L, 2-6) 4.2 4 2 2 1 4 0 78-49 4.4 6
He did well for a while, but eventually, the Tigers got to him.
> C. Murphy 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8-6 6.00
> S. Dominguez 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18-12 3.67
Thid their job.
> team 8.0 8 4 4 1 7 1 136-84
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Fedde 14/19; Domínguez 0/3; Murphy 2/3; Eisert 7/6
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Fedde-10-10-15-14; Domínguez-2-1-6-3; Murphy-1-1-2-2; Eisert-4-5-4-4
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Fedde 4-6; Domínguez 1-1; Murphy 1-0; Eisert 1-1
> Game Scores: B Eisert 44
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 41,353
> Weather: 75 degrees, clear
> Wind: 10 m.p.h., right to left
> Time of Game: 2:28
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Skubal fans 8, Vierling and Carpenter homer as the Tigers beat the White Sox 4-3
By AP
Updated: Jun 19, 2026, 09:47 pm
DETROIT -- — Tarik Skubal struck out eight while pitching into the sixth inning, and Matt Vierling and Kerry Carpenter hit home runs to help lift the Detroit Tigers past the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Friday night.
Skubal allowed three runs and seven hits with a walk in 5 2/3 innings in the left-hander’s second start since returning from the injured list after having a loose body removed from his elbow last month.
Drew Anderson (3-3) earned the win in relief, allowing one hit in 1 1/3 innings. Kenley Jansen got three outs for his eighth save for Detroit, which entered having lost four of five.
Tigers rookie Trei Cruz struck in his three at-bats in his major league debut. He batted ninth and played right field joining grandfather Jose Sr. and father Jose Jr. as the fifth three-generation family in MLB history. They joined Gus, Buddy, David and Mike Bell; Ray, Bob, Bret and Aaron Boone; Joe P., Joe H. and Casey Coleman; and Sam, Jerry, Jerry Jr. and Scott Hairston.
Randal Grichuk homered and doubled, and Junior Perez hit his first major league homer for Chicago, which had won five of its last eight.
Erick Fedde (2-6) allowed two runs in 4 2/3 innings, entering the game after opener Brandon Eisert gave up two runs in 1 1/3 innings.
The White Sox took a lead in the first on Grichuk's solo homer, but Vierling's two-run homer off Eisert in the bottom of the inning put Detroit up 2-1
Chicago tied it at 2 when Tristan Peters grounded into an RBI force at second base. The White Sox loaded the bases with one out, but Chase Meidroth grounded into a force at the plate and Colson Montgomery struck out.
Perez's solo homer gave Chicago a 3-2 lead in the sixth, but Carpenter blooped a two-run double into shallow center to put the Tigers back in front in the bottom of the inning.
Up next
The teams continue their weekend series on Saturday with Tigers RHP Troy Melton (3-0, 2.81) scheduled to face a Chicago bullpen game.
The Tigers had lost three of their last four games before they came into this weekend series. They managed to hold on for a win on Friday.
The Tigers fell behind before they got to bat. Randal Grichuk hit a solo home run with one out in the top of the first.
In the bottom of the first, Dillon Dingler singled, and Matt Vierling homered. The Tigers had a 2-1 lead at the end of the first.
In the top of the fifth, Sam Antonacci singled, went to third on a single by Luisangel Acuna, and scored as the Tigers turned a grounder by Tristan Peters into a force out fo Mr. Acuna at second base. That tied the game.
In the top of the sixth, Junior Perez hit a solo homer, giving the White Sox the lead for the moment.
In the bottom of the sixth, Dillon Dingler singled, Riley Greene walked, and Kerry Carpenter doubled with two outs to drive in Mr. Dingler and Mr. Greene.
The Tigers went on to win on Saturday and Sunday as well.
> Detroit Tigers AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> K. McGonigle SS-3B 4 0 1 0 0 0 1 .281 .388 .430
Doubled to shallow right in the third.
Grounded into a double play to end the seventh.
> D. Dingler C 4 2 3 0 0 0 0 .263 .335 .526
Singled to left in the first and scored.
Singled to left in the sixth and scored.
Singled to left in the eighth.
> M. Vierling CF-RF 4 1 1 2 1 0 1 .201 .260 .348
Homered to centre in the first
to drive in Mr. Dingler.
> R. Greene LF 3 1 0 0 0 1 1 .292 .382 .439
Walked in the sixth and scored.
Grounded into a double play to end the eighth.
> S. Torkelson 1B 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 .202 .301 .403
In the KIITI club.
> K. Carpenter DH 3 0 1 2 0 0 0 .234 .313 .497
Doubled to left in the sixth
to drive in Mr. Dingler and Mr. Greene.
> H. Lee 2B 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .235 .265 .357
Singled to left in the second.
> C. Keith 3B 2 0 0 0 0 0 0 .261 .308 .382
nothing.
> J. Jones PH 1 0 1 0 0 0 0 .140 .221 .233
Singled to left in the seventh.
> Z. McKinstry PR-SS 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .168 .258 .245
> T. Cruz RF 3 0 0 0 0 0 3 .000 .000 .000
3 AB, 3 K.
> J. Outman CF 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 .111 .200 .444
> team 30 4 8 4 1 1 7
Four runs were enough to win this game.
> 2B: Carpenter (4, Fedde); McGonigle (16, Fedde)
> HR: Vierling (5, 1st inning off Eisert 1 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Vierling 2 (25), Carpenter 2 (29)
> 2-Out RBI: Carpenter 2.
> GIDP: Greene; McGonigle
> Team LOB: 3
> Team RISP: 1-6 (Vierling 0-1, Greene 0-1, Carpenter 1-1, Dingler 0-1, Torkelson 0-1, Lee 0-1)
> DP: 1 (Lee-McKinstry-Torkelson)
> E: McGonigle (7, fielding)
> Chicago White Sox AB R H RBI HR BB K AVG OBP SLG
> M. Vargas 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 2 .241 .358 .474
> R. Grichuk DH 3 1 2 1 1 1 1 .309 .356 .662
> C. Meidroth 2B 4 0 0 0 0 0 2 .273 .341 .391
Collared.
> C. Montgomery 3B 3 0 0 0 0 1 3 .228 .324 .510
Cornered.
> E. Quero C 4 0 0 0 0 0 1 .186 .255 .234
Caught.
> J. Perez RF 3 1 2 1 1 0 0 .400 .400 1.000
> B. Montgomery PH-RF 1 0 0 0 0 0 .188 .212 .344
> S. Antonacci LF 4 1 2 0 0 0 0 .286 .382 .407
> L. Acuna SS 3 0 1 0 0 0 1 .210 .254 .226
> A. Benintendi PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 .240 .300 .438
> T. Peters CF 4 0 0 1 0 0 2 .285 .348 .435
Corralled.
Four White Sox players wee aboard the 0-fer Express.
> team 34 3 8 3 2 2 12
Not quire enough to win this game.
> 2B: Grichuk (7, Anderson); Antonacci (10, Skubal)
> HR: Grichuk (7, 1st inning off Skubal 0 on, 1 Out); Perez (1, 6th inning off Skubal 0 on, 1 Out)
> RBI: Grichuk (20), Perez (1), Peters (22)
> GIDP: 6
> Team RISP: 0-5 (Acuña 0-1, C. Montgomery 0-1, Peters 0-1, Meidroth 0-2)
> CS: Perez (1, 2nd base by Skubal/Dingler)
> DP: 2 (Vargas-Acuña-Vargas 2)
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
> Chicago White Sox (39-35, 15-23 away) 1 0 0 0 1 1 0 0 0 - 3 8 0
> Detroit Tigers (31-44, 19-16 home) 2 0 0 0 0 2 0 0 x - 4 8 1
> ----------------------------------------------------------------------
A happy ending for the Tigers.
> Detroit Tigers IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> T. Skubal 5.2 7 3 3 1 8 2 94-70 3.02
He was one out away from getting a quality start.
He did a good job.
> D. Anderson (W, 3-3) 1.1 1 0 0 0 3 0 16-13 3.78
> W. Vest (H, 7) 1.0 0 0 0 1 0 0 20-11 6.17
> K. Jansen (S, 8) 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10-6 4.24
Did their jobs.
> team 9.0 8 3 3 2 12 2 140-100
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Skubal 17/25;
> Anderson 3/5; Vest 3/3; Jansen 2/3
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Skubal-20-13-21-16;
> Anderson-3-3-5-2; Vest-4-1-4-2; Jansen-2-1-1-2
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Skubal 6-3;
> Anderson 0-1; Vest 2-0; Jansen 2-0
> Game Scores: T Skubal 50
> Chicago White Sox IP H R ER BB K HR PC-ST ERA
> B. Eisert 1.1 2 2 2 0 2 1 32-17 5.50
Not a particularly good opening.
> E. Fedde (L, 2-6) 4.2 4 2 2 1 4 0 78-49 4.4 6
He did well for a while, but eventually, the Tigers got to him.
> C. Murphy 1.0 1 0 0 0 1 0 8-6 6.00
> S. Dominguez 1.0 1 0 0 0 0 0 18-12 3.67
Thid their job.
> team 8.0 8 4 4 1 7 1 136-84
> First-pitch strikes/Batters Faced:
> Fedde 14/19; Domínguez 0/3; Murphy 2/3; Eisert 7/6
> Called strikes-Swinging strikes-Foul balls-In play strikes:
> Fedde-10-10-15-14; Domínguez-2-1-6-3; Murphy-1-1-2-2; Eisert-4-5-4-4
> Ground Balls-Fly Balls:
> Fedde 4-6; Domínguez 1-1; Murphy 1-0; Eisert 1-1
> Game Scores: B Eisert 44
> Venue: Comerica Park, Detroit, Michigan
> Attendance: 41,353
> Weather: 75 degrees, clear
> Wind: 10 m.p.h., right to left
> Time of Game: 2:28
This game report is brought to you by the Jackson 10.
Not a Jackson 5 tribute band, but rather, a multiplex in Jackson, Miochigan.
https://www.waterwinterwonderland.com/movietheaters.aspx?id=979&type=5
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Skubal fans 8, Vierling and Carpenter homer as the Tigers beat the White Sox 4-3
By AP
Updated: Jun 19, 2026, 09:47 pm
DETROIT -- — Tarik Skubal struck out eight while pitching into the sixth inning, and Matt Vierling and Kerry Carpenter hit home runs to help lift the Detroit Tigers past the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Friday night.
Skubal allowed three runs and seven hits with a walk in 5 2/3 innings in the left-hander’s second start since returning from the injured list after having a loose body removed from his elbow last month.
Drew Anderson (3-3) earned the win in relief, allowing one hit in 1 1/3 innings. Kenley Jansen got three outs for his eighth save for Detroit, which entered having lost four of five.
Tigers rookie Trei Cruz struck in his three at-bats in his major league debut. He batted ninth and played right field joining grandfather Jose Sr. and father Jose Jr. as the fifth three-generation family in MLB history. They joined Gus, Buddy, David and Mike Bell; Ray, Bob, Bret and Aaron Boone; Joe P., Joe H. and Casey Coleman; and Sam, Jerry, Jerry Jr. and Scott Hairston.
Randal Grichuk homered and doubled, and Junior Perez hit his first major league homer for Chicago, which had won five of its last eight.
Erick Fedde (2-6) allowed two runs in 4 2/3 innings, entering the game after opener Brandon Eisert gave up two runs in 1 1/3 innings.
The White Sox took a lead in the first on Grichuk's solo homer, but Vierling's two-run homer off Eisert in the bottom of the inning put Detroit up 2-1
Chicago tied it at 2 when Tristan Peters grounded into an RBI force at second base. The White Sox loaded the bases with one out, but Chase Meidroth grounded into a force at the plate and Colson Montgomery struck out.
Perez's solo homer gave Chicago a 3-2 lead in the sixth, but Carpenter blooped a two-run double into shallow center to put the Tigers back in front in the bottom of the inning.
Up next
The teams continue their weekend series on Saturday with Tigers RHP Troy Melton (3-0, 2.81) scheduled to face a Chicago bullpen game.
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