Dylan Cease improved to 10-0 with a 1.91 ERA in 11 career stats versus the Tigers. Cease struck out 8 over 5 innings and only gave up 1 unearned run. He collected 15 swings and misses, 10 of which came on his slider which topped out at over 3000 rpm’s. His slider has been nothing short of dominant with a .146 xBAA, 41.9 K%, and a -11 run value. Jimmy Lambert, Joe Kelly, and Reynaldo Lopez all threw scoreless appearances with 2 strikeouts each.
Andrew Vaughn and the White Sox offense put together a solid day at the plate. Vaughn went 4-4 with a BB, RBI, and 2 hard hit balls. AJ Pollock had 4 hard hit balls and went 2-5 with a double.
Victor Reyes and Harold Castro accounted for most of the Tigers offense. Reyes went 3-5 with 4 hard hit balls, and Castro went 3-4 with a double and two hard hit balls. The rest of the Tigers lineup only put together 3 hits.
Tigers starter Drew Hutchison pitched 4 innings of 5 hit, 2 earned run, and 2 walk baseball. Will Vest and Gregory Soto both pitched scoreless innings. Wily Peralta gave up 2 earned runs in his inning of work, and Tyler Alexander pitched 2 innings of 1 run baseball.