Detroit Tigers beat White Sox 5-4 on walk-off bloop in extra innings

The Detroit Tigers salvaged another quality start from pitcher Keider Montero thanks to a ninth-inning rally and some clutch hitting from the middle of the lineup in extra innings.The Tigers beat the White Sox, 5-4, in 10 innings at Comerica Park in Detroit on Sunday, June 21. First baseman Spencer Torkelson drove in the tying run with no outs in the 10th off White Sox lefty Brandon Eisert.

And after the Tigers loaded the bases on an infield single from third baseman Colt Keith, center fielder Matt Vierling walked it off with a bloop single to right field.It came very close to another Tigers loss before extras, however.With the Tigers down 3-2, pinch hitter Jahmai Jones reached with two outs in the ninth on a pure-hustle infield single and shortstop Kevin McGonigle continued the inning with a single to send Jones to third.

Catcher Dillon Dingler then came through with a game-tying RBI that sent McGonigle to third, but right fielder Kerry Carpenter couldn't squeak a ground ball through the infield, sending the game to extra innings.White Sox center fielder Tristan Peters recorded the go-ahead RBI off Tigers reliever Will Vest in the 10th inning on a sacrifice fly that scored first baseman Jacob Gonzalez, who started the inning on second base as the free runner. But the one run wasn't enough from the White Sox, who did well to score off a dealing Montero late in the game.

Montero was perfect through four innings and had a shutout through five against the White Sox, needing only 50 pitches to get through his first five frames. But a leadoff single from Peters in the sixth was followed by a two-run home run from shortstop Luisangel Acuña, who had zero home runs in 136 plate appearances in 2026 before his sixth-inning shot. That gave the White Sox a 2-1 lead, which they built on with a two-out, RBI double from Peters in the seventh inning.

The Tigers offense managed only one run against White Sox starter Davis Martin, who pitched six strong innings. Dingler's eighth-innin