White Sox's bats back Shane Smith in blowout of Tigers

Michael A. Taylor smacked a three-run home run and Shane Smith pitched sharply into the sixth inning, boosting the Chicago White Sox to an 8-1 win over the visiting Detroit Tigers on Tuesday.

Taylor connected against Detroit's Tyler Holton in the sixth inning to break the game open. He also drove in a run with a bases-loaded walk in the fourth.

Austin Slater added a pair of hits for Chicago, including a two-run double.

The White Sox earned their first win against the Tigers in five tries this season while stopping their 11-game home losing streak vs. Detroit that dated to 2023. Chicago ended a four-game overall skid, while the Tigers took just their second loss in nine games.

Detroit, going with a bullpen game, stifled Chicago in the early innings. However, Miguel Vargas lined a single to left field leading off the fourth for the White Sox's first hit of the game and later scored on Taylor's bases-loaded walk to give Chicago a 1-0 lead.

Tigers reliever Brant Hurter (2-1) allowed one run, which was unearned, and one hit in two innings with one walk and four strikeouts.

Smith (2-3) permitted three hits and two walks while striking out six in 5 1/3 scoreless innings. He threw 58 of his 85 pitches for strikes. Smith allowed baserunners in each inning he completed other than the fifth, when he retired the side on a strikeout and two groundouts.

The victory was Smith's first since April 24 at Minnesota.

Detroit avoided a shutout on Dillon Dingler's RBI double in the seventh inning. Reliever Jordan Leasure escaped further trouble with three straight flyouts. Dingler's two-bagger was the only extra-base hit for the Tigers, who got a pair of singles from Riley Greene.

Mike Tauchman and Chase Meidroth capped the scoring with RBI singles in the eighth.

--Field Level Media