The rubber match of a three game series with the White Sox was a sloppy game full of poor pitching and poor hitting. Unfortunately for the home team, the visitors came out on top after multiple Tigers pitchers imploded and the bats snoozed.
Righty Charlie Morton was on the bump for the Tigers. He’s had decidedly mixed results since the trade deadline deal that brought him to the D, including allowing 11 earned runs in his last two starts. The White Sox led off with a Mike Tauchman single to right. A liner that Colt Keith dropped initially was a prime double play candidate, but Keith misplayed it by throwing to first instead of second and the Tigers only got the batter, moving Tauchman to second. A walk put two on and it was looking like a replay of Morton’s last two games. He did get a st