Tigers complete three-game sweep, end White Sox's playoff run

Chicago — The White Sox's playoff dream is dead.

The Tigers officially ended their ill-fated run, completing the three-game sweep at Guaranteed Rate Field with a 4-1 win Sunday. It was the sixth straight home loss for the White Sox and the first Tigers series sweep in Chicago since 2018.

They broke open a 1-1 game scoring three times in the top of the eighth inning against reliever Kendall Graveman.

Jonathan Schoop, who had hit into a bases-loaded double play earlier in the game, and Jeimer Candelario both singled home runs. A third run crossed after a wild pitch.

The game might have looked very different in that eighth inning were it not for two spectacular defensive plays by rookie center…