But the Tigers took down the White Sox with a 2-1 win in the opener of a three-game series Monday, Aug. 11, at Rate Field. To take the lead, Spencer Torkelson hit a solo home run off the left-field foul pole in the ninth inning before the game was delayed nearly an hour by a sudden rain storm.

Rookie starter Troy Melton led a quartet of Detroit Tigers pitchers to a two-hit shutout Wednesday afternoon in a 1-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Rate Field. The Tigers (70-52) took two of three from the White Sox (44-77) Melton was perfect through four innings,