CHICAGO -- Spencer Torkelson didn’t move far from home plate as he watched the ball sail.

With one out and the game tied at 1-1 in the top of the ninth, Torkelson crushed a four-seamer over the heart of the plate from White Sox reliever Brandon Eisert. The only problem? He pulled it down the left-field line. It was far from a no-doubt homer, since it could easily hook in front the left-field foul pole and keep the game knotted up.

Torkelson hunched over and leaned to his right while the ball flew, seemingly willing it to stay fair. After a few seconds of tension, it doinked off the pole, giving Torkelson his 26th home run and giving the Tigers the lead.

The skies above Rate Field opened and dropped a storm over the ballpark a few moments later, but once play resumed after a 63-minute

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