Vargas hits 2 HRs, Peters and Murakami power five-run inning to lift
White Sox over Tigers 9-5
[August 15, 2026]
DETROIT (AP) — Miguel Vargas homered twice, Tristan Peters
and Munetaka Murakami went deep once each, and the Chicago White Sox
beat the Detroit Tigers 9-5 on Friday night
Vargas went 4 for 5 and had his third multihomer game as the White Sox
extended their lead atop the AL Central to 3 1/2 games. Peters and
Braden Montgomery had three hits each. |
Chicago White Sox's Miguel Vargas hits a two-run home run against the
Detroit Tigers during the sixth inning of a baseball game Friday, Aug.
14, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Paul Sancya) |
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Montgomery gave the White Sox the lead with an RBI single in the
first, but Detroit pulled ahead 3-1 on Ben Malgeri's two-run
homer in the second and Eduardo Valencia's RBI double in the
third.
Peters' seventh home run of the season tied the game at 3-all in
the fourth. Murakami gave the White Sox the lead for good three
batters later with a solo shot, and Montgomery tripled to drive
in two more and cap off a five-run inning.
Vargas hit his first home run in the sixth and added his second
in the eighth.
Sean Newcomb opened with 1 1/3 hitless frames, and José Urquidy
(1-1) threw 3 2/3 innings of relief for the win. Urquidy allowed
three runs on five hits and struck out three.
The Tigers were led by Malgeri with his first career multihomer
game, and Gleyber Torres and Valencia with two hits each.
Jackson Jobe (1-1) allowed six runs on nine hits across 3 2/3
innings. He fanned four and walked one.
Up next
White Sox LHP Anthony Kay (9-5, 3.96 ERA) takes the mound
against Tigers RHP Troy Melton (7-1, 1.46) on Saturday
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