Austin Jackson gets emotional send off as Tigers lose

Austin Jackson receives a hug from Max Scherzer after he lives the game in the seventh inning.(Photo Rick Osentoski USA TODAY Sports)

That was one wild scene in the seventh inning even before Austin Jackson's career with the Detroit Tigers came to an end by him being pulled from centerfield in the middle of an at bat in today's 7 4 loss to the Chicago White Sox.

Jackson and left handed pitcher Drew Smyly who allowed 11 hits and four earned runs over five innings with no strikeouts for the Tigers were traded as part of a three team deal that brings David Price to Detroit from Tampa Bay. Jackson came out of the game and was replaced by Rajai Davis.

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The Tigers entered the top of the seventh inning tied 4 4 with the White Sox. Joakim Soria who hasn't had a good outing since coming to the Tigers in a trade from the Texas Rangers hit Paul Konerko with a pitch with the bases loaded bringing home Adam Eaton to give the White Sox the lead.

Eaton had advanced to first on a wild pitch after striking out swinging at a curveball. Alexei Ramirez singled to left before Soria intentionally walked Jose Abreu. With one out Soria hit Konerko to put the White Sox ahead.

With reports swirling on Twitter that Jackson had been traded Tigers manager Brad Ausmus came out of the dugout and pulled Jackson from center field.

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Fans began clapping realizing why Jackson was coming out of the game. Some gave him a standing ovation. Jackson hugged several teammates in the dugout.

Jackson had gone 2 for 4 with an RBI before getting pulled from the game giving him 15 multi hit games in July. That's the second highest total by a Tiger in the month of July since 1969. Ron LeFlore had 16 in 1977.

The White Sox took a 7 4 lead in the eighth inning on an RBI single by Eaton and an RBI double by Alexei Ramirez off Joba Chamberlain. That lead would hold.

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The White Sox jumped out to a 3 0 lead in the top of the second. Smyly gave up four consecutive hits a single to Paul Konerko an RBI double to Gordon Beckham an RBI single to Tyler Flowers and a single to Moises Sierra. Flowers came home for the third run when Adam Eaton grounded into a force out.

The Tigers answered with two runs in the bottom of the second and two runs in the third. Eugenio Suarez hit a sacrifice fly to score J.D. Martinez and Jackon singled to center to score Nick Castellanos in the second.

With two outs in the third Torii Hunter tied the game with a solohome run to left center and J.D. Martinez followed with a home run to right. It was the fifth time this season the Tigers have hit back to back home runs. It was Hunter's 15th home run of the season and the 14th for Martinez.

The White Sox tied the game 4 4 in the fourth when Moises Sierra singled to center to score Paul Konerko.

Sipple writes for the Free Press a Gannett affiliate

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