CHICAGO (Interstat) — The Chicago White Sox beat the visiting Detroit Tigers 8-1 on Sunday afternoon, Sept. 20, at Guaranteed Rate Field, closing their weekend series with a decisive victory. Chicago improved to 80-76, while Detroit fell to 73-83. Huascar Brazobán earned the win in relief and is now 6-2. Troy Melton took the loss for Detroit and is 8-5. The game took 2 hours, 50 minutes to play after a rain delay of 3 hours, 50 minutes, and the announced attendance was 21,354.

Davis Martin set the tone for Chicago with 4 1/3 scoreless innings. He allowed three hits, walked two and struck out six. Martin did not factor in the decision, but his outing kept Detroit off the scoreboard while the White Sox built their lead. The Chicago bullpen handled the rest. Brazobán worked a scoreless inning and allowed one hit. Trevor Richards pitched two innings, giving up two hits and one earned run while walking one and striking out one. Hagen Smith recorded two outs without allowing a hit, though he walked two and struck out one. Luis Castillo pitched a perfect inning with one strikeout.

Chicago’s offense produced 10 hits and broke the game open with a three-run fourth inning and a two-run fifth. The White Sox took a 1-0 lead in the second when Braden Montgomery doubled to right field, scoring Chase Meidroth. Colson Montgomery had walked to open the inning, and Meidroth reached on a forceout before Braden Montgomery drove a ground ball double to right. Brenton Doyle lined out to end the inning, but the White Sox had the early advantage.

The Tigers threatened in the top of the third when John Peck walked, but Kevin McGonigle struck out and Gleyber Torres flew out to left. Detroit put two runners on in the fourth when Eduardo Valencia singled and Max Clark walked, but Spencer Torkelson struck out swinging to end the threat. Chicago answered in the bottom half. Colson Montgomery walked to open the inning, and after Chase Meidroth lined out, Braden Montgomery grounded out to move Colson Montgomery to second. Brenton Doyle then singled on a ground ball to third, putting runners at the corners.

Sam Antonacci followed with a two-run double to right field, scoring Colson Montgomery and Doyle. Kyle Teel then singled to right, scoring Antonacci. Miguel Vargas and Munetaka Murakami drew consecutive walks to load the bases, but Randal Grichuk flew out to center to end the inning. The three-run rally gave Chicago a 4-0 lead and proved to be the decisive stretch.

The White Sox added to their lead in the fifth. Colson Montgomery singled on a sharp line drive to right, and Chase Meidroth followed with a two-run home run to left field, his 15th of the season. The blast scored Colson Montgomery and made it 6-0. Braden Montgomery grounded out, Brenton Doyle was called out on strikes and Sam Antonacci flew out to left, but the damage was done.

Ty Madden pitched three innings of relief for Detroit, giving up three hits and two earned runs with one walk and two strikeouts. Tyler Holton recorded one out in the eighth, allowing one hit and two walks. The White Sox added two more runs in the bottom of the eighth. Tommy Pham singled, Kyle Teel walked and Miguel Vargas singled to load the bases. Munetaka Murakami drew a bases-loaded walk that scored Tristan Peters, and Randal Grichuk followed with a sacrifice fly to center that scored Kyle Teel. Colson Montgomery flew out, and Chase Meidroth struck out on a foul tip, but Chicago had pushed its lead to 8-0.

Detroit finally broke through in the top of the eighth. Riley Greene doubled on a sharp line drive to right, and Eduardo Valencia singled to center to put runners on the corners. Max Clark hit a sacrifice fly to center, scoring Greene. Spencer Torkelson walked, but Brett Callahan popped out to shortstop to end the inning. The Tigers could not mount another rally. In the ninth, John Peck popped out to first, Kevin McGonigle flew out to left and Gleyber Torres struck out swinging to end the game.

The Tigers finished with six hits. Eduardo Valencia had three singles, Riley Greene doubled, Spencer Torkelson doubled and Brett Callahan singled. Detroit’s only run came on Clark’s sacrifice fly. The White Sox finished with 10 hits. Antonacci went 2-for-4 with two RBIs, Braden Montgomery went 2-for-4 with one RBI, and Meidroth finished 1-for-5 with a home run and two RBIs. Kyle Teel, Brenton Doyle, Colson Montgomery, Tommy Pham and Miguel Vargas each added hits for Chicago.

The win gave the White Sox three victories in the four-game series. Chicago had beaten Detroit 3-1 on Thursday, lost 11-8 on Friday and won 3-1 on Saturday before Sunday’s 8-1 result. The Tigers have now lost four of their last five games. Detroit will return home to open a series against the Washington Nationals on Monday. Chicago will travel to Kansas City for a series against the Royals beginning Tuesday.

The afternoon game was delayed by rain for 3 hours and 50 minutes, and fans were allowed to leave and re-enter the ballpark during the stoppage. The White Sox offered $5 hot dogs to those who remained. The game itself moved quickly once it began, finishing in 2 hours and 50 minutes. The announced attendance was 21,354.

Interstat’s game simulator had projected a final score of Detroit Tigers 6, Chicago White Sox 3. Interstat’s ELO system gave Detroit a 50.1 percent probability to win. Detroit had been installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of -1.5. The total score of 9 finished above the over/under line of 8.