Is Detroit Tigers’ Tarik Skubal window an ‘illusion’ with Scott Harris?
On “Days of Roar,” Evan Petzold and Scott Bentley discuss what Scott Harris said about the Detroit Tigers’ timeline to win with ace Tarik Skubal.
CHICAGO — The rain came out of nowhere.
There were two outs in the top of the ninth inning between the Detroit Tigers and Chicago White Sox on Monday, Aug. 11, when rain poured on Rate Field in Chicago, resulting in a rain delay.
The game resumed after a 63-minute delay.
Before the rain, the Tigers took a 2-1 lead over the White Sox in the ninth inning on Spencer Torkelson’s solo home run off the foul pole against left-handed reliever Brandon Eisert.
The Tigers and White Sox couldn’t end the game early.
Here’s why: Because the Tigers, as the away team, took the lead in the top of the ninth inning before the delay, the White Sox were entitled to play the bottom half of the inning.
Had the rain not let up, Monday’s game would have been suspended until Tuesday, Aug. 12.
The Tigers and White Sox remain scheduled to play at 7:40 p.m. Tuesday in the second game of the series, then 2:10 p.m. Wednesday, Aug. 13, in the series finale.
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