Chicago White Sox at Detroit Tigers: Final Score & Recap
Line Score
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 1 |
| DET | 5 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | - | 11 | 16 | 0 |
The Story
The Detroit Tigers handled the Chicago White Sox decisively on June 23, 2024, at Comerica Park, winning 11-2 in a game that was effectively decided before the third inning was complete. The DiamondIQ model entered the game with a 74% home win probability for Detroit, and that estimate reached 100% by the final out, reflecting just how thoroughly the Tigers controlled the contest. Detroit scored five runs in the first inning and added four more in the second, building a 9-0 cushion that left little doubt about the outcome. Chicago managed only two runs on six hits and committed one error, while Detroit collected 16 hits without an error.
The biggest swing moments of the game came early and underscored the lopsided nature of the afternoon. Gio Urshela's ground into a double play in the bottom of the second was the single largest win-probability play of the game, adding 6.2% in Detroit's favor against Jared Shuster, a sequence that extinguished any lingering White Sox opportunity to claw back into the frame. In the top of the second, Nicky Lopez's lineout against Reese Olson shifted probability 5.1% toward Detroit by erasing a Chicago chance to respond. Earlier, Eloy Jimenez's strikeout to end the top of the first added 4.8% to Detroit's probability, and Akil Baddoo's home run off Jonathan Cannon in the bottom of the first provided the Tigers an early exclamation point on a frame that had already gotten away from Chicago.
Among individual performers, Urshela led all batters with a WPA of plus-6.5%, though his RE24 of minus-1.6 reflected the run-expectancy cost of that double play. Colt Keith posted the most productive offensive line by RE24, finishing at plus-2.7 with a WPA of plus-4.3%, indicating he consistently contributed in high-leverage situations with runners on base. On the mound, Reese Olson led Tigers pitchers with a WPA of plus-1.3%, benefiting from his ability to suppress the White Sox in the early innings when Chicago had its best theoretical opportunities to respond.