Chicago — Ron Gardenhire said it before the game. On warm nights like Friday night, the ball carries at Guaranteed Rate Field.
“You never feel safe,” he said.
Not for a single inning.
Starter Mike Fiers took a 3-0 lead into the sixth inning. Four batters and one long, majestic fly ball by White Sox catcher Omar Narvaez later, the game was tied.
But, as has been the Tigers’ way this year, they shrugged it off and found another way to win the game.
They manufactured a run out of a single and walk in the eighth inning to win their third straight, beating the White Sox, 4-3, in the first of a three-game set.