{"id":204267,"date":"2025-09-06T06:10:10","date_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:10:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/204267\/"},"modified":"2025-09-06T06:10:10","modified_gmt":"2025-09-06T06:10:10","slug":"chicago-white-sox-rally-to-extend-winning-streak-to-6","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/204267\/","title":{"rendered":"Chicago White Sox rally to extend winning streak to 6"},"content":{"rendered":"

DETROIT \u2014 Chicago White Sox starter Shane Smith took a hit \u2014 literally \u2014 and kept on going.<\/p>\n

Smith and catcher Kyle Teel violently collided when both went after a wild pitch that bounced high in front of the plate in the fourth inning Friday against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.<\/p>\n

With both players down, two runs scored during the sequence.\u00a0The training staff checked on both Smith and Teel. The players shook off the big hit and remained in the game.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe plan for today is always to get through five,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI didn\u2019t want to let that get in the way of that.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith then finished the at-bat, striking out Dillon Dingler to end the inning. Smith went five innings and earned the win as the Sox rallied for a 7-5 victory in front of 35,216.<\/p>\n

\u201cShane\u2019s a tough guy,\u201d Teel said. \u201cI had my helmet on. I just remember crashing into him pretty hard. I\u2019ve got a whole set of gear on. Shane\u2019s a dog for staying out there and pitching his butt off.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith allowed four runs on three hits with six strikeouts and two walks in five innings.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s just realizing I\u2019ve got a job to do,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI definitely probably had some adrenaline when I first got up again. Just try to ride it a little bit longer. But just try to finish five, I know our bullpen has been used a ton lately so I wanted to get as much as I could.\u201d<\/p>\n

Asked how he was feeling, Smith said, \u201cI\u2019m good and I\u2019m glad we got the win there.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Tigers went ahead 4-3 on the wild pitch. The Sox tied it in the fifth when Dominic Fletcher doubled and scored on a fielder\u2019s choice. They went ahead an inning later on a solo home run by Andrew Benintendi. Colson Montgomery added a two-run home run in the seventh.<\/p>\n

The Sox received steady bullpen contributions from Tyler Gilbert, Dan Altavilla and Jordan Leasure to extend their season-high winning streak to six games.<\/p>\n

All six wins have been in come-from-behind fashion, which is a franchise record.<\/p>\n

\u201cA lot of no-quit attitude,\u201d Smith said. \u201cEven today, we get the lead, I give it up, we get the lead again, I give it up on that (wild pitch) and we go out the next inning and take it again.<\/p>\n

\u201cEspecially in (the previous series at) Minnesota<\/a>, we were down in every single game we played. (To come back is) a sign of a good ballclub and I think we\u2019re really putting one foot in front of the other.\u201d<\/p>\n

\"WhiteWhite Sox starter Shane Smith is checked by a trainer after colliding with catcher Kyle Teel while chasing a wild pitch in the fourth inning against the Tigers on Sept. 5, 2025, in Detroit. Smith remained in the game. (Duane Burleson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Teel saw Smith set the tone on Friday.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe just controlled the zone really well,\u201d Teel said. \u201cHe was attacking the zone early and really set us up to do what we wanted.\u201d<\/p>\n

Smith added that \u201cusing both fastballs was effective.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThe changeup came out a little later in the outing,\u201d Smith said. \u201cI was able to spin a couple of curveballs when I needed it. Relied on the fastball, but still had the other secondary stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n

Teammates followed Smith\u2019s lead.<\/p>\n

\u201cHe\u2019s a true competitor,\u201d Montgomery said. \u201cOnce a pitcher sets that tone, it kind of just gets your offense fired up.\u201d<\/p>\n

Contributions continued throughout the lineup for the Sox. Curtis Mead had two hits and scored twice. Fletcher doubled twice and scored two runs after having his contract selected from Triple-A Charlotte<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\"WhiteWhite Sox shortstop Colson Montgomery, right, celebrates with Curtis Mead after hitting a two-run home run in the seventh inning against the Tigers on Sept. 5, 2025, in Detroit. Duane Burleson\/Getty Images)<\/p>\n

Teel, Will Robertson and Benintendi each had one RBI. Montgomery drove in four.<\/p>\n

Benintendi and Montgomery are tied for second on the team with 18 home runs, one behind Lenyn Sosa.<\/p>\n

Montgomery tied Josh Fields (2007) for the most home runs after the All-Star break in Sox history by a rookie \u2014 all 18. The 18 home runs also tied Jos\u00e9 Abreu in 2014 for the most by a Sox player in the first 51 games of a career.<\/p>\n

\u201cOnce again, that inning, all of our guys were having good at-bats,\u201d Montgomery said. \u201cCurtis, he could\u2019ve ran into a double play, but it\u2019s that hustle too that we have, breaking up a double play and extending the inning because we got guys all down our lineup that can make a difference.<\/p>\n

\u201c(Reliever Keider Montero) just threw a ball and I was able to handle it.\u201d<\/p>\n

The total team effort led to the franchise\u2019s first six-game winning streak since May 2-8, 2022<\/a>.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve talked about how important finishing strong is for us,\u201d manager Will Venable said. \u201cAnd as I think about it, we got in at 4 a.m. (from Minnesota), guys didn\u2019t go to sleep until at least 5 a.m. last night and we came to the ballpark focused with a ton of energy.<\/p>\n

\u201cGot to give these guys credit for continuing to show up and believe that they can go out and get a win.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"DETROIT \u2014 Chicago White Sox starter Shane Smith took a hit \u2014 literally \u2014 and kept on going.…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":204268,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[5124],"tags":[21050,960,1274,29987,29811,5386,1818,16077,27351,20419,112674,13250],"class_list":{"0":"post-204267","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-chicago","8":"tag-andrew-benintendi","9":"tag-chicago","10":"tag-chicago-white-sox","11":"tag-colson-montgomery","12":"tag-curtis-mead","13":"tag-il","14":"tag-illinois","15":"tag-kyle-teel","16":"tag-lenyn-sosa","17":"tag-shane-smith","18":"tag-will-robertson","19":"tag-will-venable"},"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/115155870161724593","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204267","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=204267"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/204267\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/204268"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=204267"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=204267"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=204267"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}