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White Sox beat playoff-bound Tigers 4-0, stay at 121 losses going into finale

DETROIT (AP) Sean Burke pitched two-hit ball over five innings, Andrew Benintendi tied his career high with his 20th homer and the Chicago White Sox beat the playoff-bound Detroit Tigers 4-0 on Saturday to stay at 121 losses going into their season finale.

Making his fourth big league appearance, Burke (2-0) struck out six and walked three, helping stop Detroit's six-game winning streak.

Detroit had two baserunners in each of the first two innings. Burke allowed only one runner in his last three innings.

“We had a couple of chances early to change his day,” Detroit manager A.J. Hinch said. “They got somebody up early because I think he had 30 pitches in the first and never really broke through.”

Burke held playoff-bound San Diego to one run and two hits in six innings during his previous outing. He persevered through dreary playing conditions in Saturday’s start.

“It’s nothing I haven’t pitched in before,” Burke said, who played college ball at Maryland. “I’m from Massachusetts and went to a Big Ten school, so I got used to pitching in this stuff. After the first two innings, I kind of settled in.”

Michael Soroka didn't allow a baserunner while striking out five in three innings. Gus Varland finished a three-hitter, just the seventh shutout for the White Sox.

Detroit, which will be the No. 2 or 3 wild card in the AL playoffs, on Friday clinched its first postseason berth since 2014 with its 10th win in 11 games.

A night after setting the post-1900 record for losses, Chicago (40-121) won for the fourth time in a five-game span for only the second time this season. The White Sox won a season-high four straight from May 8-11.

Benintendi also doubled and scored two runs and Bryan Ramos added a solo homer for the White Sox.

Jackson Jobe, a well-regarded 22-year-old Detroit right-hander, had a hitless three-inning relief stint. Making his second big league appearance, Jobe had his first two career strikeouts.

In a game that started 2 hours, 20 minutes late because of inclement weather, Ramos homered in the second off Beau Brieske (4-5) and Andrew Vaughn hit an RBI single in the sixth against Ty Madden.

Benintendi followed a leadoff walk to Zach DeLoach in the eighth a two-run homer. He also hit 20 in 2017, his first full season with Boston.

Hinch didn't think there was a letdown after Friday's celebration.

“I don't want to make any excuses whatsoever,” he said. “There was a lot of energy this morning coming out of last night. Then we sat around a little bit and then go out and it wasn't a great day to play. We're going to chalk this up and get through it and bounce back tomorrow. We have a chance to win the series and the regular season on a much better note.”

UP NEXT

White Sox RHP Jonathan Cannon (4-10, 4.37 ERA) starts Sunday against a Tigers pitcher to be announced.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
White Sox CHW40-121	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	5	0
Tigers DET86-75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Comerica ParkDetroit, MI

W: S. Burke (2-0)L: B. Brieske (4-5)S: (0)
HR: CHW - B. Ramos (3), A. Benintendi (20)

CHWWhite Sox

DETTigers

.S. BurkeSean Burke
P
5.0 IP, 3 BB, 6 SO, 84 P
.M. SorokaMike Soroka
P
3.0 IP, 5 SO, 43 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Vargas 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.159	.253	.271	.523	-0.5
Z. DeLoach RF	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.206	.286	.333	.619	2.0
A. Benintendi LF	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	.229	.289	.396	.685	9.5
A. Vaughn 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.246	.298	.404	.702	2.0
L. Sosa 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.276	.346	.622	1.0
B. Ramos DH	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	.189	.235	.326	.562	5.5
D. Fletcher CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.205	.253	.256	.509	0.0
C. Robinson C	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.129	.197	.129	.326	0.5
J. Amaya SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.216	.275	.243	.518	-1.0

HITTERS	AB
M. Vargas 3B	4
Z. DeLoach RF	3
A. Benintendi LF	4
A. Vaughn 1B	4
L. Sosa 2B	4
B. Ramos DH	3
D. Fletcher CF	4
C. Robinson C	3
J. Amaya SS	4

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
P. Meadows CF	3	0	0	2	1	.241	.305	.432	.737	-1.0
a- J. Malloy PH-LF	1	0	0	1	0	.203	.291	.366	.658	-0.5
K. Carpenter RF	2	0	1	1	0	.286	.347	.583	.930	0.5
A. Ibanez SS	1	0	0	0	0	.242	.296	.359	.655	0.0
W. Perez LF-CF	3	1	1	1	0	.239	.298	.382	.680	3.5
R. Greene DH	4	0	0	1	3	.263	.349	.481	.830	-0.5
C. Keith 2B	4	1	0	1	1	.261	.310	.381	.692	0.5
S. Torkelson 1B	3	0	0	2	1	.218	.290	.374	.663	-1.0
J. Jung 3B	2	0	1	0	0	.241	.355	.304	.659	1.0
Z. McKinstry SS-RF	3	0	0	0	2	.216	.278	.338	.616	0.0
D. Dingler C	3	1	0	2	2	.167	.195	.310	.505	1.0

HITTERS	AB
P. Meadows CF	3
a- J. Malloy PH-LF	1
K. Carpenter RF	2
A. Ibanez SS	1
W. Perez LF-CF	3
R. Greene DH	4
C. Keith 2B	4
S. Torkelson 1B	3
J. Jung 3B	2
Z. McKinstry SS-RF	3
D. Dingler C	3

a-fouled out for Meadows in the 8th

2B - A. Benintendi (20)
HR - A. Benintendi (20), B. Ramos (3)
RBI - A. Benintendi 2 (64), A. Vaughn (70), B. Ramos (9)
2-Out RBI - B. Ramos
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - A. Benintendi, D. Fletcher

2B - D. Dingler (5)
3B - W. Perez (6)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - P. Meadows, C. Keith, D. Dingler

DP - (Sosa-Vaughn)

E - J. Jung (4), D. Dingler

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Burke (W, 2-0)	5.0	2	3	6	1.42	1.00	20.0
M. Soroka (H, 2)	3.0	0	0	5	4.74	1.38	11.5
G. Varland	1.0	1	0	0	2.95	1.42	2.0

PITCHERS	IP
S. Burke (W, 2-0)	5.0
M. Soroka (H, 2)	3.0
G. Varland	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Brieske (L, 4-5)	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	3.59	1.26	-0.5
J. Jobe	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.00	0.50	9.0
T. Madden	3.0	4	3	3	1	2	1	4.30	1.43	2.0
S. Guenther	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.86	0.52	3.5

PITCHERS	IP
B. Brieske (L, 4-5)	2.0
J. Jobe	3.0
T. Madden	3.0
S. Guenther	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - S. Burke 84-49, M. Soroka 43-29, G. Varland 14-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - S. Burke 4-3, M. Soroka 2-1, G. Varland 0-3
Batters Faced - S. Burke 19, M. Soroka 9, G. Varland 4

Pitches-Strikes - B. Brieske 31-24, J. Jobe 39-24, T. Madden 60-34, S. Guenther 9-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - B. Brieske 0-4, J. Jobe 3-4, T. Madden 4-5, S. Guenther 1-1
Batters Faced - B. Brieske 7, J. Jobe 12, T. Madden 14, S. Guenther 3

.S. BurkeSean Burke
P
5.0 IP, 3 BB, 6 SO, 84 P
.M. SorokaMike Soroka
P
3.0 IP, 5 SO, 43 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
White Sox CHW40-121	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	0	4	5	0
Tigers DET86-75	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	2

Comerica ParkDetroit, MI

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
M. Vargas 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.159	.253	.271	.523	-0.5
Z. DeLoach RF	3	1	0	0	0	1	0	2	.206	.286	.333	.619	2.0
A. Benintendi LF	4	2	2	2	1	0	1	2	.229	.289	.396	.685	9.5
A. Vaughn 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	0	0	.246	.298	.404	.702	2.0
L. Sosa 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.248	.276	.346	.622	1.0
B. Ramos DH	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	2	.189	.235	.326	.562	5.5
D. Fletcher CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.205	.253	.256	.509	0.0
C. Robinson C	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	.129	.197	.129	.326	0.5
J. Amaya SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.216	.275	.243	.518	-1.0
Total	33	4	5	4	2	2	6	11	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
M. Vargas 3B	4
Z. DeLoach RF	3
A. Benintendi LF	4
A. Vaughn 1B	4
L. Sosa 2B	4
B. Ramos DH	3
D. Fletcher CF	4
C. Robinson C	3
J. Amaya SS	4
Total	33

HITTERS	AB	H	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
P. Meadows CF	3	0	0	2	1	.241	.305	.432	.737	-1.0
a- J. Malloy PH-LF	1	0	0	1	0	.203	.291	.366	.658	-0.5
K. Carpenter RF	2	0	1	1	0	.286	.347	.583	.930	0.5
A. Ibanez SS	1	0	0	0	0	.242	.296	.359	.655	0.0
W. Perez LF-CF	3	1	1	1	0	.239	.298	.382	.680	3.5
R. Greene DH	4	0	0	1	3	.263	.349	.481	.830	-0.5
C. Keith 2B	4	1	0	1	1	.261	.310	.381	.692	0.5
S. Torkelson 1B	3	0	0	2	1	.218	.290	.374	.663	-1.0
J. Jung 3B	2	0	1	0	0	.241	.355	.304	.659	1.0
Z. McKinstry SS-RF	3	0	0	0	2	.216	.278	.338	.616	0.0
D. Dingler C	3	1	0	2	2	.167	.195	.310	.505	1.0
Total	29	3	3	11	10	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
P. Meadows CF	3
a- J. Malloy PH-LF	1
K. Carpenter RF	2
A. Ibanez SS	1
W. Perez LF-CF	3
R. Greene DH	4
C. Keith 2B	4
S. Torkelson 1B	3
J. Jung 3B	2
Z. McKinstry SS-RF	3
D. Dingler C	3
Total	29

a-fouled out for Meadows in the 8th

2B - A. Benintendi (20)
HR - A. Benintendi (20), B. Ramos (3)
RBI - A. Benintendi 2 (64), A. Vaughn (70), B. Ramos (9)
2-Out RBI - B. Ramos
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - A. Benintendi, D. Fletcher

2B - D. Dingler (5)
3B - W. Perez (6)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - P. Meadows, C. Keith, D. Dingler

DP - (Sosa-Vaughn)

E - J. Jung (4), D. Dingler

PITCHERS	IP	H	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
S. Burke (W, 2-0)	5.0	2	3	6	1.42	1.00	20.0
M. Soroka (H, 2)	3.0	0	0	5	4.74	1.38	11.5
G. Varland	1.0	1	0	0	2.95	1.42	2.0
Total	9.0	3	3	11	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
S. Burke (W, 2-0)	5.0
M. Soroka (H, 2)	3.0
G. Varland	1.0
Total	9.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
B. Brieske (L, 4-5)	2.0	1	1	1	0	1	1	3.59	1.26	-0.5
J. Jobe	3.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	0.00	0.50	9.0
T. Madden	3.0	4	3	3	1	2	1	4.30	1.43	2.0
S. Guenther	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0.86	0.52	3.5
Total	9.0	5	4	4	2	6	2	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
B. Brieske (L, 4-5)	2.0
J. Jobe	3.0
T. Madden	3.0
S. Guenther	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - S. Burke 84-49, M. Soroka 43-29, G. Varland 14-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - S. Burke 4-3, M. Soroka 2-1, G. Varland 0-3
Batters Faced - S. Burke 19, M. Soroka 9, G. Varland 4

Pitches-Strikes - B. Brieske 31-24, J. Jobe 39-24, T. Madden 60-34, S. Guenther 9-6
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - B. Brieske 0-4, J. Jobe 3-4, T. Madden 4-5, S. Guenther 1-1
Batters Faced - B. Brieske 7, J. Jobe 12, T. Madden 14, S. Guenther 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

2ND INNING
B. Ramos homered to left 1 0
6TH INNING
Vaughn singled to deep left, A. Benintendi scored 2 0
8TH INNING
A. Benintendi homered to right center, Z. DeLoach scored 4 0

2ND INNING
	B. Ramos homered to left	1	0

6TH INNING
	Vaughn singled to deep left, A. Benintendi scored	2	0

8TH INNING
	A. Benintendi homered to right center, Z. DeLoach scored	4	0

1ST INNING
White Sox
B. Brieske Pitching:
M. Vargas: Vargas flied out to shallow center
Z. DeLoach: Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, DeLoach flied out to left
A. Benintendi: Strike (foul tip), Foul, Strike swinging, Benintendi struck out swinging
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
S. Burke Pitching:
P. Meadows: Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Meadows struck out looking
K. Carpenter: Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Carpenter walked
W. Perez: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Perez walked, Carpenter to second
R. Greene: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Greene lined into double play second to first, Perez out at first
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
White Sox
B. Brieske Pitching:
A. Vaughn: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Vaughn popped out to first
L. Sosa: Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Sosa lined out to center
B. Ramos: Ball, Foul, B. Ramos homered to left
D. Fletcher: Foul, Fletcher flied out to center
Middle of the 2nd (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Tigers
S. Burke Pitching:
C. Keith: Foul, Keith singled to shallow center
S. Torkelson: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Strike swinging, Torkelson struck out swinging
J. Jung: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Jung walked, Keith to second
Z. McKinstry: Ball, Ball, McKinstry flied out to left
D. Dingler: Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Dingler struck out swinging
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
White Sox
Jackson Jobe relieved Beau Brieske
C. Robinson: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Robinson walked
J. Amaya: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Amaya struck out looking
M. Vargas: Strike looking, Vargas reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Robinson to second on 3rd baseman Jung fielding error
Z. DeLoach: DeLoach lined out to center
A. Benintendi: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Benintendi flied out to right
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
S. Burke Pitching:
P. Meadows: Ball, Meadows flied out to deep right
K. Carpenter: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Carpenter struck out swinging
W. Perez: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Perez struck out looking
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
4TH INNING
White Sox
J. Jobe Pitching:
A. Vaughn: Vaughn grounded out to pitcher
L. Sosa: Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Sosa flied out to right
B. Ramos: Strike looking, Ball, Ramos reached on catcher's interference
D. Fletcher: Ball, Fletcher flied out to deep right
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
S. Burke Pitching:
R. Greene: Greene grounded out to first
C. Keith: Ball, Keith grounded out to shortstop
S. Torkelson: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Torkelson fouled out to left
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
5TH INNING
White Sox
J. Jobe Pitching:
C. Robinson: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike looking, Robinson struck out looking
J. Amaya: Amaya grounded out to first
M. Vargas: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Vargas flied out to right
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
S. Burke Pitching:
J. Jung: Strike looking, Ball, Jung grounded out to third
Z. McKinstry: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, McKinstry popped out to second
D. Dingler: Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, Dingler doubled to shallow left
P. Meadows: Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Meadows struck out swinging
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
White Sox
Ty Madden relieved Jackson Jobe
Z. DeLoach: Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, DeLoach grounded out to shortstop
A. Benintendi: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Benintendi doubled to right
A. Vaughn: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Vaughn singled to deep left, A. Benintendi scored
L. Sosa: Strike swinging, Ball, Sosa singled to center, Vaughn to second
B. Ramos: Foul, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Foul tip, Ramos struck out on foul tip
D. Fletcher: Ball, Foul, Fletcher grounded out to second
Middle of the 6th (1 Run, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
Mike Soroka relieved Sean Burke
K. Carpenter: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Carpenter flied out to left
W. Perez: Ball, Ball, Perez fouled out to catcher
R. Greene: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Greene struck out swinging
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
White Sox
T. Madden Pitching:
C. Robinson: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Foul, Robinson flied out to shallow right
J. Amaya: Ball, Ball, Amaya grounded out to third
M. Vargas: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Vargas struck out looking
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
M. Soroka Pitching:
C. Keith: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Keith struck out swinging
S. Torkelson: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Torkelson struck out swinging
J. Jung: Strike looking, Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Jung grounded out to second
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
White Sox
T. Madden Pitching:
Z. DeLoach: Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, DeLoach walked
A. Benintendi: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, A. Benintendi homered to right center, Z. DeLoach scored
A. Vaughn: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Vaughn flied out to right
L. Sosa: Sosa flied out to deep right
B. Ramos: Ramos flied out to center
Middle of the 8th (2 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Tigers
M. Soroka Pitching:
Z. McKinstry: McKinstry grounded out to first
D. Dingler: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Dingler struck out swinging
Justyn-Henry Malloy hit for Parker Meadows
J. Malloy: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul tip, Malloy struck out on foul tip
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
White Sox
Justyn-Henry Malloy in left field
Andy Ibanez at shortstop
Wenceel Perez in center field
Zach McKinstry in right field
Sean Guenther relieved Ty Madden
D. Fletcher: Fletcher grounded out to second
C. Robinson: Strike looking, Robinson flied out to deep center
J. Amaya: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Amaya struck out swinging
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Tigers
Gus Varland relieved Mike Soroka
A. Ibanez: Strike looking, Strike looking, Ibanez flied out to deep center
W. Perez: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Perez tripled to deep right center
R. Greene: Greene flied out to left
C. Keith: Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Keith flied out to shallow center
End of the 9th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)

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