Tigers Edge White Sox 3-2 on Andy Ibanez’s 9th-Inning RBI
The Detroit Tigers topped the Chicago White Sox 3-2 in Sunday’s series finale to sweep the three-game season-opening set. Erick Fedde and Jack Flaherty debuted for their respective teams in a game that featured four solo homers. The South Siders tied the game at two apiece on Paul DeJong’s seventh-inning homer, but Andy Ibanez’s RBI single in the ninth sealed the victory for the Tigers.
While inefficient in his first start, Erick Fedde flashed the potential the White Sox saw in him when they signed him to a two-year deal over the offseason. The righty fanned seven while allowing five hits and two runs in 4.2 innings. He required 93 pitches to record 14 outs in his first MLB start since 2022.
Fedde hung a 3-2 sweeper to Kerry Carpenter to lead off the fourth inning, and the Tigers’ right fielder drilled a solo shot to even the score at one. The KBO star labored through 32 pitches in the frame but managed to escape a jam when he struck out Javy Baez to strand two runners.
Outpitched
In the fifth, Fede left another sweeper in the middle of the plate on a 3-2 pitch that Jake Rogers belted for a homer.
Flaherty outdueled the Sox starter, surrendering only one run and four hits while fanning seven. He tossed six innings and 87 pitches, with Korey Lee’s solo homer as the only blemish on the day.
