White Sox Sweep Tigers, Extend AL Central Lead

The Chicago White Sox rallied from early deficits to beat the Detroit Tigers 7-5 and complete a three-game sweep, extending their AL Central lead to 5½ games. Munetaka Murakami provided the decisive blow with a two-run go-ahead homer in the seventh, his 28th of the season, while Miguel Vargas added an insurance shot in the ninth and later joined Murakami in tying franchise records for consecutive contributions with teammates. Colson Montgomery and Drew Romo also helped spur the comeback, with a six-run stretch spanning the fifth and sixth innings to erase the 4-1 deficit. Detroit’s Brett Callahan, making his MLB debut, opened the scoring with a two-run triple on the first pitch of his career, a historic moment that contrasted with a late push that fell short. The win solidifies the Sox’s position as the division front-runner and underscores Murakami’s and Vargas’s torrid run production, as well as the team’s resilient bullpen in the close.