Detroit Tigers at Chicago White Sox: Final Score & Recap

The Chicago White Sox defeated the Detroit Tigers 6-2 on June 4, 2023, at Guaranteed Rate Field, with the DiamondIQ model's estimate of a White Sox win beginning at a near-even 51 percent before finishing at 100 percent. The game was largely a pitchers' duel through three innings before Detroit briefly seized momentum in the fourth, when Spencer Torkelson connected for a home run off Michael Kopech, a swing that shifted win probability 21.5 percentage points in the Tigers' favor and stood as the single biggest play of the afternoon. Chicago answered with a run of its own in the bottom of the fourth, fueled by an Eloy Jiménez single off Matthew Boyd that added 9.7 percentage points to the White Sox's win probability, and the game remained tight through the middle frames with Chicago holding a slim 2-1 advantage.

The contest effectively ended in the bottom of the ninth, where Chicago broke it open against Alex Lange with a four-run outburst that put the final score out of reach. Tim Anderson drew a walk that swung win probability 12.5 points toward Chicago, and Jake Burger then delivered the knockout blow with a home run that added 15.9 percentage points and salted the game away at 6-2. Earlier, a Yasmani Grandal single off Will Vest in the sixth had added 11.6 percentage points, quietly extending Chicago's cushion before the decisive final inning.

Among individual performers, Burger led all batters with a net WPA of plus-13.2 and an RE24 of plus-2.2, while Torkelson's solo shot gave him plus-11.0 WPA despite being on the losing side. Anderson contributed plus-10.6 WPA from the top of the order. On the mound, Jason Foley was the most impactful arm of the night at plus-18.4 WPA, followed by Liam Hendriks at plus-13.5, with Detroit's Matthew Boyd posting plus-12.0 WPA in a losing effort that nonetheless reflected a competitive outing against a White Sox lineup that ultimately had too much in the final frame.