CHICAGO — Detroit Tigers rookie Matt Manning went out with his best performance yet.
Making his 18th and final start of his MLB debut season, the 23-year-old posted five scoreless innings and a career-high seven strikeouts against the Chicago White Sox. He gave the Tigers a chance to win, but three relievers — Jose Urena, Alex Lange and Kyle Funkhouser — blew a four-run lead at Guaranteed Rate Field.
The Tigers were handed a 5-4 loss Sunday on Yoan Moncada's two-run home run off Funkhouser in the bottom of the eighth inning. White Sox closer Liam Hendricks put away the Tigers (76-85) in the ninth.