Overview

• Troy Melton returned to the rotation for his first start since July 28 and delivered five one-hit innings with six strikeouts on 56 pitches.
• Wenceel Pérez provided the lone run with a sixth-inning sacrifice fly off Martín Pérez.
• Relievers Sawyer Gipson-Long, Kyle Finnegan and Will Vest combined to keep Chicago off the board, with Vest earning his 18th save.
• The series victory improved Detroit’s record to 70-52 and maintained its lead atop the AL Central.
• The Tigers will send lefty Tarik Skubal to the mound when they open a four-game set in Minnesota on Thursday.