Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers

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Chicago White Sox

2-5, 0-1 Away

Final
4 - 7

Detroit Tigers

3-4, 1-0 Home

Carpenter homers twice, Flaherty wins in Detroit return, Tigers beat White Sox 7-4 in home opener

Carpenter's third career multihomer game backed Jack Flaherty (1-0), who allowed one run and three hits while striking out seven over 5 2/3 innings in his first Comerica Park start since July 16. He was traded to the Los Angeles Dodgers on July 30, then returned to the Tigers as a free agent for a $35 million, two-year contract.

Riley Greene had three hits, including a solo homer. Greene's sixth-inning homer had an exit velocity of 114.3 mph, the second hardest-hit ball of his big league career.

Zach McKinstry, Trey Sweeney, Spencer Torkelson and Dillon Dingler also drove in runs before a crowd of 44,735.

Chicago lost its third straight and dropped to 2-5, a year after losing a post-1900-record 121 games.

Brooks Baldwin drove in two runs for the White Sox, who scored three runs inthe ninth innings.

Chicago starter Jonathan Cannon (0-1) gave up three runs, three hits and three walks in 3 2/3 innings.

Key moment White Sox manager Will Venable replaced Cannon, who threw 88 pitches, with left-hander Brandon Eisert with two out and no one on in the fourth. Eisert gave up Carpenter's second homer, a Riley Greene double and Torkelson's RBI single as Detroit's lead grew to 5-1.

Key stat Carpenter was Detroit's first player with multiple homers in the home opener since Prince Fielder hit a pair against the New York Yankees on April 5, 2013.

Up next White Sox RHP Davis Martin (0-0), who held the Los Angeles Angels to two unearned runs in his season debut last weekend, will start Saturday along with Tigers RHP Reese Olson (0-1).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Robert Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Vargas to second on fielder's indifference.
	9th Inning	Vargas grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Lee scored, Jankowski out at second.
	9th Inning	Jankowski walked.
	9th Inning	Baldwin grounded out to shortstop, Sosa scored, Lee to third.
	9th Inning	Vest relieved Maeda

Statistics

CHW		DET
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	2
11	Ground Balls	11
11	Strikeouts	9
4	Runs Batted In	7
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	10
0	Stolen Bases	0
4	Walks	5
0	Catcher Interference	0
4	Runs	7
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	34
0	Home Runs	3
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
17	Runners Left On Base	19
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	2
12	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
163	Pitches	177
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
11	Total Bases	23
38	Plate Appearances	41
0.0	Projected Home Runs	486.0
4	Extra Base Hits	6
3.0	Runs Created	9.2
.206	Batting Average	.294
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.324	Slugging Percentage	.676
.235	Secondary Average	.529
.289	On Base Percentage	.415
.613	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	1.091
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.8
2.9	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	10.4
31.0	Batter Rating	53.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	11.3
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.29	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.32
.118	Isolated Power	.382
0.36	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.56
.105	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.122
.029	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.235
8.0	Runs Produced	14.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.8
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
76.5	MLB Rating	99.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0

Game Information

Comerica Park

Location: Detroit, Michigan
Attendance: 44,735 | Capacity:

2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM	W	L	PCT	GB	STRK
Cleveland	-	4	W1	0.42857143	3
Kansas City	-	4	W1	0.42857143	3
Detroit	-	4	W1	0.42857143	3
Minnesota	1	5	L1	0.2857143	2
Chicago	1	5	L3	0.2857143	2

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