Chicago White Sox vs Detroit Tigers Match Player Stats On Sep 17, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 17, 2017

DETROIT -- Matthew Boyd fell one out short of pitching Detroit's first no-hitter since 2011 on Sunday.

Boyd yielded a two-out double to right center in the ninth by Tim Anderson. He also got home run support from Nicholas Castellanos, Mikie Mahtook and rookie Jeimer Candelario to lead the Detroit Tigers to a 12-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox.

Boyd (6-10) retired the first eight batters he faced, walked Rob Brantly on a 3-1 pitch and then set down 18 in a row until Anderson went the other way on a 2-0 pitch for his double off the right-center field wall. He struck out five.

Until Anderson's hit, the closest Chicago came was when shortstop Dixon Machado bailed Boyd out with a nifty play on Avisail Garcia's sharp grounder leading off the second. Machado went into the hole to scoop the grounder, and threw before setting his feet to just nip the speedy Garcia at first, with Efren Navarro making a nice scoop of the throw at first.

Candelario hit his second home run with Detroit, a three-run shot in the eighth that boosted the Tigers' lead to 12-0.

Mahtook slammed his 15th home run over the left-field wall after Efren Navarro singled with one out in the fifth to pad Detroit's lead to 7-0. Castellanos made it 9-0 when he hit his 23rd after Candelario's two-out single off reliever Chris Beck in the sixth.

Bryan Holaday singled with one out in the fourth and put the Tigers ahead, 5-0, when he scored from there on JaCoby Jones' double to center.

Detroit took a 4-0 lead after Ian Kinsler singled to left and Candelario walked, both scoring in the third on a Castellanos double to left center.

Navarro singled and eventually scored from third on a two-out wild Dylan Covey pitch to give the Tigers a 2-0 lead after two innings.

Kinsler singled to open the game for Detroit, stole second and was in the process of stealing third when Candelario bounced an RBI single through short to give the Tigers a 1-0 start.

Covey (0-6) lasted 3 2/3 innings for the White Sox, allowing five runs on seven hits with four walks and three strikeouts.

NOTES: 1B Miguel Cabrera, pulled from Saturday's game with back stiffness, was not in Sunday's Detroit lineup for the same reason. ... CF Adam Engel returned to the starting White Sox lineup, as forecast by manager Rick Renteria. ... When Tigers LHP Matt Boyd retired the first eight White Sox he faced Sunday, it marked the first time a Detroit starter had done that since RHP Justin Verlander retired the first 13 Los Angeles Dodgers Aug. 20. ... Chicago won a season series from Detroit (10-9) for the first time since 2008.