The Tigers' win gave them a record of 40-21 on the season, tops in Major League Baseball, while putting them in an elite category among historical Detroit Tigers teams. The franchise, which has four World Series titles to its name, last won it all in 1984.

On Monday night, Dylan Smith became the second Alabama pitcher to make his Major League debut this season with the Detroit Tigers. Following Chase Lee into the Detroit bullpen, “The Real Deal” worked two scoreless innings in the Tigers’ 13-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox in an American League game at Guaranteed Rate Field in Chicago.