 just over the wall in right to give Chicago a 4-3 lead with one out. Encarnacion then sent a drive to left-center for his 37th career multi-homer game, sealing the Tigers' eighth loss in row.Evan Marshall (1-1) pitched a perfect eighth for the win. Alex Colome followed with a 1-2-3 ninth for his sixth save.Prized right-handers Casey Mize and Dane Dunning started impressively in their major league debuts before running into trouble and exiting in the fifth inning with nearly identical lines.Encarnacion hit a long solo shot off Mize in the second. Jeimer Candelario tagged Dunning for a towering three-run drive with one out in the fifth that put Detroit ahead 3-1 and ended 25-year-old's first outing since undergoing Tommy John surgery in March 2019.Mize, the No. 1 pick overall in the 2018 draft, allowed three runs on seven hits, while striking out seven and walking none in 4 1/3 innings. The 23-year-old was replaced by Jose Cisnero after Yoan Moncada's RBI single tied it at 3.Dunning also yielded three runs on five hits and struck out seven while walking one through 4 1/3.Neither Mize nor Dunning had pitched above Double-A prior to this season.Mize, ranked as the eighth-best prospect in all of baseball by MLB Pipeline, and lefty Tarik Skubal were called up this week fill a gap in the Tigers injury-depleted rotation.Candelario lined Dunning's first pitch of the game to the wall in right for a double, but the big righty set down the next 11 hitters, fanning six of and striking out the side in the third.Encarnacion launched Mize's hanging curve deep to left for his third homer to lead off the second. Nomar Mazara followed with a line-shot double off the left-field wall. But Mize retired nine of the next 10 Chicago hitters.Dunning was nursing a 1-0 lead until Candelario's towering fly narrowly cleared the wall in right center to make it 3-1.COVID CLEARWhite Sox OF Adam Engel, placed on the COVID-19 injured list Monday as a precaution, started in center in place of injured rookie Luis Robert after multiple negative tests for the virus.Engel quarantined himself at home - and away from his family - after being informed he might have been in contact with a non-baseball person who has the coronavirus.TRAINER'S ROOMTigers: Placed INF/OF Harold Castro on the 10-day injured list with a left hamstring strain and selected the contract of OF Jorge Bonifacio, who started in right. . RHP Buck Farmer (groin strain) threw 15 pitches in a simulated game Wednesday at the team's alternate site in Toledo, Ohio, and is close to returning.White Sox: Manager Rick Renteria said Robert's sore right hand is ''nothing of significant concern whatsoever,'' and the outfielder could return as early as Thursday. Robert was hurt Tuesday as he tried to make a diving catch. ... C Yasmani Grandal (back tightness, day-to-day) took some swings in the batting cage on Wednesday and is progressing.UP NEXT:Detroit's RHP Spencer Turnbull (2-1, 2.78) faces Chicago RHP and ace Lucas Giolito (1-2, 4.88) in the series finale on Thursday afternoon. Giolito will try to rebound from a loss against St. Louis last Saturday when he allowed four runs in the first inning.---More MLB: https://apnews.com/MLB and https://twitter.com/-Sports)
Tigers-White Sox PreviewRight-hander Casey Mize understands the anticipation among Detroit Tigers fans entering his major league debut on Wednesday.The No. 1 overall pick in the 2018 draft expects plenty from himself, too.Still, Mize is working to maintain balance -- and perhaps even smile -- as he prepares to face the host Chicago White Sox with the Tigers trying to snap a seven-game losing streak."I always expect myself to put this team in a position to win, and that's what I'm going to try to do," Mize said. "But I expect I'm going to have a lot of fun. That's really what I'm going to challenge myself to do, to enjoy the moment, be where my feet are and just realize that everything I've worked for is happening currently." Mize, 23, shined during spring training and summer camp, and his resume of 26 minor league starts includes a no-hitter with Double-A Erie.As the Tigers' struggles continued during his early years with the organization, Mize yearned for a promotion to the majors, eager to award Detroit's faith in him."There was a lot of opportunity that arose, and I felt like I could have helped out," Mize said. "But what else could I do other than work really hard and continue to perform well? I knew my day would come." On Saturday, Mize got his wish while watching the Tigers' game with his wife from their downtown Detroit home.Detroit vice president of player development David Littlefield called with the news: Mize was coming up to join the Tigers.Mize pitched collegiately at Auburn and is set to face a former Southeastern Conference counterpart Wednesday. White Sox righty Dane Dunning, a Florida product, also is slated to make his major league debut.The White Sox didn't formally announce the move until after Tuesday's 10-4 victory. However, general manager Rick Hahn hinted at a meeting between Mize and Dunning, a 2016 first-round pick of the Washington Nationals that Chicago acquired via trade, when he addressed reporters Monday."I don't like to announce roster moves in advance of when they happen, certainly not days in advance," Hahn said. "I think that tempts the baseball gods too much to derail things, and they've been kind of cruel to us already this year. But I think we'll probably have a pretty good pitching matchup going on here Wednesday night between some young guys." The White Sox have won three in a row and five of seven as they aim to contend with Minnesota and Cleveland for the American League Central crown. Mize will face a challenge from the get-go, as White Sox leadoff man Tim Anderson has homered to begin the first two games of the series and went 4-for-5 with three RBIs Tuesday.While the Tigers still harbor postseason aspirations thanks in part to a hot start, manager Ron Gardenhire views the recent promotions of Mize, left-hander Tarik Skubal (who took the loss Tuesday), and third baseman Isaac Paredes as a prelude of future attractions."When I took the job, I knew exactly what I was getting into -- a rebuild," Gardenhire said. "It's been an eye-opener, it's been fun. It's hard when you're not winning enough games, but this is the fun part."Hopefully, it's going to turn into something wonderful for Tiger fans, and even after I'm long, long gone from this job, they'll still be winning baseball games. And I'll be proud of them." White Sox center fielder Luis Robert is day-to-day with right hand soreness. Tigers right fielder Harold Castro (left hamstring) is set to undergo an MRI exam.--Field Level Media
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