DETROIT — Sawyer Gipson-Long received his main league debut, Spencer Torkelson hit a two-run double in a three-run third inning and the Detroit Tigers beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 on Sunday.

“That was a really good day for us, and certainly for Sawyer - what a debut,” Tigers supervisor A.J. Hinch stated. “This is the result of a complete evolution of a pitcher.”

Torkelson had two hits for the Tigers, who've gone 5-1 towards Chicago over the previous two weekends. They received the season collection 8-5 after going 21-45 versus the White Sox from 2019-22.

Gipson-Long threw 5 1/3 innings, permitting two runs and 4 hits. Four relievers completed for Detroit, with Alex Lange pitching the ninth for his twenty third save.

“He had really good stuff, which is tough when you haven’t seen him before,” White Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol stated about Gipson-Long. “That’s another arm added to their stable. They’ve got something good going on over there with a bunch of young starters.”

Jesse Scholtens (1-8) took the loss, giving up three runs on eight hits and two walks in 5 innings.

PHOTOS: Gipson-Long wins MLB debut, Torkelson hits 2-run double because the Tigers beat the White Sox 3-2

The Tigers took the lead within the third. Zach McKinstry and Matt Vierling began the inning with singles, and Torkelson adopted along with his two-run double.

“It’s like any other at-bat - look for a good pitch and put a good swing on it,” Torkelson stated. “Sawyer pitched really well, that was awesome to see.”

Andre Lipcius made it 3-0 with an RBI single, however Scholtens acquired out of the inning by catching a line drive and doubling off Andy Ibanez at third.

“It’s super frustrating to have an inning like that,” Scholtens stated. “They hit some balls and they found holes. All you can do is keep trying to execute your pitches.”

Chicago acquired a run again within the fourth when Andrew Benintendi tripled and scored on Eloy Jiménez’s double.

The White Sox began the sixth with a double and a single, bringing Will Vest out of the bullpen. Benintendi lined out to deep right-center, transferring Lenyn Sosa to 3rd, and Luis Robert Jr. adopted with an RBI single.

Vest walked Jiménez to load the bases, however Yasmani Grandal hit into an inning-ending double play to maintain the rating 3-2.

“(Grandal) hit the ball hard up the middle, which is what you want in that spot,” Grifol stated. “But it hits the pitcher’s glove, bounces off the mound and proper to their man.

“There’s not much else you can do there.”

Chicago didn’t get one other baserunner.

END OF THE ROAD

The White Sox have been mathematically eradicated from postseason rivalry with the loss - a actuality they’ve accepted for months.

“It hasn’t been a good season,” Grifol stated. “We had excessive expectations coming into the yr, and now we’ve needed to flip our focus to verify we see the whole lot we will to prepare for subsequent yr.

“We’re still fighting to win every game, but we’re also looking at how things work at the major league level.”

UP NEXT

The White Sox return dwelling to start a three-game collection with last-place Kansas City. RHP Dylan Cease (6-7, 4.98 ERA) begins the opener Monday.

Detroit is off Monday earlier than starting a three-game collection with the Cincinnati Reds. LHP Joey Wentz (2-11, 6.65) is scheduled to pitch Tuesday.

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