 allowed only two runners - a walk to Rob Brantly in the third and Anderson's double to the gap in right-center field with two outs in the ninth. He struck out five and threw 121 pitches - his big league high.The 26-year-old had not thrown a complete game in 52 previous major league starts and had never thrown a nine-inning complete game in 121 previous professional starts.Miami's Edinson Volquez has the only no-hitter in the majors this year, against Arizona on June 3.This was the sixth time this season that a no-hitter was broken up in the ninth inning or later - and Boyd was the first pitcher to have his bid broken up with one out to go. Anderson's drive bounced just short of the wall while right fielder Nicholas Castellanos gave chase.Castellanos hasn't played much in the outfield this year. He was there Sunday because Jeimer Candelario was at third base, but Anderson's hit would have been a tough play for anyone.The White Sox, who have not been no-hit since 2011, broke up a bid by Colorado's Kyle Freeland in the ninth inning July 9.Detroit hasn't had a no-hitter since Justin Verlander threw one at Toronto on May 7, 2011.Boyd, acquired in 2015 when the Tigers traded David Price to the Blue Jays, was helped a couple times by fine defensive plays. Shortstop Dixon Machado went deep into the hole to field Avisail Garcia's second-inning grounder, and first baseman Efren Navarro made an over-the-shoulder catch of Anderson's foul pop in the sixth.Chicago starter Dylan Covey (0-6) allowed five runs, seven hits and four walks in 3 2/3 innings.Castellanos extended his hitting streak to a career-long 14 games with a two-run double in the third, and Mikie Mahtook's two-run homer off Chris Beck made it 7-0 in the fifth, leaving the focus squarely on Boyd.Castellanos kept Detroit's offense rolling in the bottom of the sixth with a two-run homer, and Candelario's three-run shot in the eighth made it 12-0.The crowd let out a roar when Boyd took the mound for the ninth. He retired Adam Engel on a foul popup to third, then pinch-hitter Kevan Smith grounded out to second.Boyd fell behind Anderson 2-0, however, and the Chicago hitter connected on the next pitch.TRAINER'S ROOMWhite Sox: Garcia started in left, his first game action since sustaining a broken jaw and concussion in a July 31 collision with Yoan Moncada.Tigers: Cabrera had the day off after leaving Saturday's game with chronic back pain. Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said Cabrera, who has been dealing with the problem all season, will continue to play in the season's final two weeks.UP NEXTWhite Sox: Chicago is off on Monday before a three-game series in Houston. Lucas Giolito (2-2, 2.56) is scheduled to start for the White Sox.Tigers: Detroit continues its final homestand of the season with three games against the Oakland Athletics, starting Monday night. Ausmus has said that if Andrew Romine is going to play all nine positions in a game, it would be during the Oakland series. Friday, Buck Farmer (4-3, 6.62) starts for the Tigers against Jharel Cotton (8-10, 5.81).---More baseball: https://apnews.com/tag/MLBbaseball)
White Sox to throw another young arm at Tigers 1h ago• 2 min read DETROIT -- The Chicago White Sox will test another one of their young pitchers Sunday when they send right-hander Dylan Covey out to face the fading Detroit Tigers.Covey (0-5, 7.90 ERA) makes his 10th start of the season but first of his career against Detroit. It is also his second start since coming off the disabled list Aug. 15 after recovery from a strained left oblique.The Tigers counter with left-hander Matthew Boyd (5-10, 5.75 ERA), who makes his ninth career start against the White Sox.Covey, 26, still without a win in the majors, walked three Kansas City batters in the first inning of his last start before giving up a grand slam to Brandon Moss."He gave up runs early, it was the first inning," White Sox manager Rick Renteria said. "Four runs I think it was."He did a really nice job of settling down and taking control of the game from that point on. It could have been very easily a situation where a starter gives up runs early, the opposing club continues to chip away and he gives up more runs and you end up going into your bullpen."I think he gave up four runs in the first, came back out and started attacking the strike zone, kept working and I think he worked through six innings approximately. And ate up some innings, and minimized the damage. He was able to keep us out of our own bullpen, still keep us in the game and give us an opportunity to see if we could strike back." Covey did not allow a run and gave up only one hit over his final 5 1/3 innings in that game.Boyd allowed only one run in five innings during his last start but Detroit was in the process of getting shut out twice in a row at Cleveland.The southpaw has never beaten the White Sox, going 0-4 with a 6.13 ERA against Chicago. He recently simplified his motion and sped up his pace, and those moves have made him a better pitcher.Detroit has a massive bullpen, thanks to September callups, but even it is being taxed by the starters' inability to get into the sixth inning.The Tigers are 3-13 in September and only twice have they had a starter go six innings, the second coming Friday night with Anibal Sanchez's 11-strikeout effort."When you get down by six in the first two innings, it is always going to be hard to get back into the game,'' Detroit manager Brad Ausmus said. "We did make it closer, but that means holding them off for another seven innings. That's always going to be tough." He was referencing Saturday's 10-4 loss, in which Chicago scored twice in the first and four times in the second."There are going to be growing pains," Ausmus said. "Young players make mistakes, and we have a lot of them right now."
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