White Sox shortstop Tim Anderson doubled to lead off the first for his 1,000th career hit , all with Chicago. He added a single and finished 2 for 4.
Torkelson turned on a full-count sidearm sweeper from Aaron Bummer with two outs, and launched it 436 feet into the bleachers in left field for his team-leading 25th homer that gave Detroit a 3-2 lead.
"I wasn't exactly looking for it ," Torkelson said. "I knew because he showed me, I think like four or five previously, in the at-bat. I knew he had a good sinker, so that's what I was kind of looking for No. 1, and then I just kind of popped it a little bit." "It feels great every time you go out there, that's what you expect," said Skubal, who threw 97 pitches. "Put your team in a position to win and eat as many innings as you can within your pitch count."
"Michael struggled with his command a little bit," Chicago manager Pedro Grifol said. "We brought in basically our whole bullpen. They did a really good job."Anderson lined his milestone double to the left-center wall in the bottom of the first. He scored on Jimenez's two-out single. Andrus then added an RBI bloop single to put Chicago ahead 2-0.
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