Murakami hits go-ahead 7th-inning homer as White Sox sweep Tigers with 7-5 win

DETROIT (AP) — Munetaka Murakami hit a go-ahead homer in the seventh inning and the Chicago White Sox rallied for a 7-5 win over the Detroit Tigers on Sunday to complete a three-game sweep.

Chicago trailed 3-0 and 4-1, but scored twice in the fifth and once in the sixth to tie the game.

Tyler Holton (1-5) walked Sam Antonacci to start the seventh and Murakami followed with his 28th homer of the season to put the White Sox up 6-4.

The White Sox now lead Detroit by 5 1/2 games in the AL Central. Hagen Smith (2-0) went 1 2/3 innings for the win and Sean Newcomb pitched the final two innings for his fourth save.

Detroit left fielder Brett Callahan, making his major league debut, tripled and drove in two runs on the first pitch of his career. He's the first Tigers hitter to triple in his first at-bat since Bill Irwin did it on May 18, 1912 against the Philadelphia Athletics.

Irwin, one of the emergency players when the team went on strike to protest Ty Cobb's suspension, was playing his only MLB game.

The triple helped Detroit take a 3-0 lead in the second. Fellow rookie Max Clark also had an RBI single in the inning.

Antonacci's RBI groundout made it 3-1 in the third, but Colt Keith led off the bottom of the inning with a homer.

Drew Romo's two-run homer pulled the White Sox within 4-3 in the fifth, and Colson Montgomery's RBI single tied it in the sixth.

Detroit's Dillon Dingler snapped a 0-for-28 streak with an RBI double to make it 6-5 in the seventh. Miguel Vargas homered in the ninth.

White Sox: Retun to Chicago for a three-game series at Wrigley Field. RHP Luis Castillo (4-9, 4.96 ERA) is scheduled to start Monday against Cubs LHP Shota Imanaga (8-9, 3.74).

Tigers: Travel to Pittsburgh for a three-game series against the Pirates. Tigers LHP Framber Valdez (7-8, 4.26) will pitch Monday's opener. The Pirates haven't named a starter.

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Chicago White Sox's Sean Burke pitches against the Detroit Tigers during the first inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Detroit Tigers' Gleyber Torres singles against the Chicago White Sox during the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Chicago White Sox second baseman Chase Meidroth (10) chases down a single hit by Detroit Tigers' Gleyber Torres during the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Chicago White Sox third baseman Miguel Vargas (20) fails to reach Detroit Tigers' Brett Callahan to make the tag, as Callahan slides into third base with a triple during the second inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

Chicago White Sox's Munetaka Murakami (5) celebrates with Davis Martin (65) after hitting a two-run home run against the Detroit Tigers during the seventh inning of a baseball game Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026, in Detroit. (AP Photo/Duane Burleson)

TORONTO (AP) — Ben Rice hit a tiebreaking home run in the 10th inning and the New York Yankees beat the Toronto Blue Jays 4-3 on Sunday to avoid a three-game sweep.

New York’s four runs were twice as many as they had scored in the previous three games, all losses.

Rice's first hit of the series was a two-run homer, his33rd this season, off Braydon Fisher (3-4).

Tim Hill gave up an RBI single to Andrés Giménez in the bottom of the 10th but held on for his second save in six chances.

Toronto erased a 2-1 deficit in the bottom of the ninth but David Bednar (6-3) stranded the winning run at second base.

Josh Smith reached on Rice’s fielding error to begin the ninth and Alejandro Kirk walked to put the tying run in scoring position. Brandon Valenzuela ran for Kirk and, one out later, both runners moved up on a wild pitch before Ernie Clement tied it with a sacrifice fly.

Bednar sent it to extras by retiring Kazuma Okamoto on a grounder. The blown save was Bednar's third.

Yankees left-hander Ryan Weathers allowed one run and six hits in 7 1/3 innings, retiring the first 10 batters in order. He walked one and struck out four.

Toronto's Dylan Cease allowed two runs and three hits in 6 1/3 innings.

Cease struck out 10, reaching double digits for the ninth time in 23 starts and boosting his AL-leading total to 201. Milwaukee’s Jacob Misiorowski leads the majors with 210.

Cease has fanned 200 or more in each of the past six seasons.

Yankees: RHP Will Warren (8-6, 4.42 ERA) is scheduled to start Tuesday at Baltimore.

Blue Jays: RHP José Soriano (9-6, 3.16 ERA) is scheduled to start at Tampa Bay on Tuesday.

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New York Yankees third baseman Ryan McMahon barehands the ball before throwing it to first base but Toronto Blue Jays' Charles McAdoo was safe during the fourth inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

New York Yankees' George Lombard Jr., bottom, steals second base past Toronto Blue Jays shortstop Andrés Giménez, top, during the second inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

New York Yankees first baseman Ben Rice catches a pop flyout during the first inning of a baseball game against the Toronto Blue Jays in Toronto, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

New York Yankees starting pitcher Ryan Weathers works against the Toronto Blue Jays during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)

Toronto Blue Jays starting pitcher Dylan Cease works against the New York Yankees during the first inning of a baseball game in Toronto, Sunday, Aug. 16, 2026. (Nathan Denette/The Canadian Press via AP)