Lance Lynn went six, Casey Mize went seven.
The White Sox hit four solo homers, the Tigers hit one.
That's about all you need to know from a game so straightforward, it wrapped up in a season-brief two hours and 29 minutes.
I could leave it there, but I may as well add some details.
Mize kept the Sox in check, except when he didn't. He allowed just five hits, but three of them left the yard. Yoán Moncada went the opposite way in the first inning to make Josh look smart. An inning later, Jake Lamb launched a ball deep into the Goose Island to make me look smart. In the seventh, Yasmani Grandal added to his team-best average exit velocity against fastballs 94 mph and hotter when he sent 95 mph from Mize 110 mph and 457 deep to right center. That one restored the Sox's two-run lead, which Willi Castro temporarily reduced with the one deep drive off Lance Lynn in the fifth.
And because A.J. Hinch loves a show, he sent one of his Detroit lefties to face Tim Anderson, who did what he does to Detroit lefties with a solo shot to center for his first homer since May 13.
The only uncertain aspect of this game was the status of Lynn, whom James Fegan said headed down the tunnel with a trainer after six innings and 89 pitches. Lynn endured some loose command and lengthy innings early, but eventually tightened it up and appeared to be a good bet to go seven. Instead, Aaron Bummer handled that inning by working around a two-out infield single, while Evan Marshall and Liam Hendriks each pitched two-strikeout innigs to close it out. Hendriks' inning wasn't perfect because Niko Goodrum reached on strike three in the dirt, overturning what appeared to be the closest of reviews to keep the inning alive.
But only briefly. Hendriks ended the game two pitches later by getting Castro to ground out to third.
And hey, just as I'm about to close this up, Fegan provided an update on Lynn:
May no loose end go untied.
Bullet points:
*The two teams combined to go 0-for-1 with runners in scoring position. The Tigers were the the team that did that by itself.
*Anderson was caught stealing in the third inning at first base, which he tried to retreat to after Adam Eaton missed a hit-and-run sign. Anderson actually beat the throw back, but couldn't hold the bag with his hand.
*José Abreu extended an inning by not pouncing on a Nomar Mazara chopper that spun foul, but Mazara popped out two pitches later. Again, nothing really lingered.
*Yermín Mercedes fell to 0-for-22 after going hitless in three at-bats with a strikeout and two groundouts.
*Lucas Giolito was ejected as the top of the ninth was about to start for barking at Will Little's gross called strike three of Moncada to end the eighth. Time to see if Tony La Russa is double-dipping and still getting a paycheck from the league.
