Prior to the ninth, four Tigers pitchers had combined to toss eight no-hit innings. Left-hander Daniel Norris began with five perfect frames, and Buck Farmer, Ian Krol and Drew VerHagen delivered an inning each to hand the ball to Neftali Feliz with a chance at history. Saladino had other ideas, though, and laced a hanging slider into left-center. He scored a batter later on Adam Eaton's grounder into right field, tying the game at 1.
Through eight innings, the White Sox only baserunner had been Eaton, who was hit by Krol's second pitch in the seventh.