The Detroit Tigers played like a team coming off a long night celebrating their first trip to the postseason in a decade, limited to three hits in a 4-0 loss to the MLB-worst Chicago White Sox on Saturday in the second of three games in the series at Comerica Park.

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"I don't want to make any excuses, whatsoever," manager A.J. Hinch said. "There was a lot of energy this morning coming out of last night, then we sit around a little bit (in a rain delay), and it wasn't a great day to play, but it was a day that we could have played and done a little bit better."

The Tigers (86-75) squandered their six-game winning streak, but to put their recent winning ways in perspective, the Tigers lost a game for the first time since Sept. 12 in which the opposing starter wasn't named Corbin Burnes.

"We're going to chalk this one up and get through it and bounce back tomorrow," Hinch continued. "Chance to win the series, end of the regular season on a much better note, and get a good night of sleep. I think we all need it."

In Saturday's loss, right-handed reliever Jackson Jobe — the top pitching prospect in baseball — tossed three scoreless innings, throwing 39 pitches. The 22-year-old struck out Jacob Amaya looking with a sixth-pitch changeup for the first out in the third inning, marking the first strikeout of his MLB career.

"It was great to get it out of the way," Jobe said. "Super special. Definitely going to go get that ball."

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Jobe took down the third, fourth and fifth innings.

The former No. 3 overall draft pick also froze Chuckie Robinson, a right-handed hitter, with a nasty up-and-in changeup for a called strikeout. The right-on-right changeup is Jobe's best weapon, as long as he locates.

"I think that's a big pitch for me," Jobe said. "I started throwing that a lot more last year and had a lot of success with it. I'm just rolling with it. I feel pretty comfortable with it."

Jobe didn't allow a hit, but he issued one walk while collecting two strikeouts.

His fastball averaged 96.8 mph.

For his 39 pitches, Jobe threw 22 four-seam fastballs, seven cutters, six changeups and four sweepers. He generated one whiff on 14 swings — a 7.1% whiff rate — with one fastball.

Jobe has failed to miss bats in his two MLB games.

Hitters have swung at 21 of his 48 pitches through four innings in his career at the highest level, making contact on 19 of 21 swings. He recorded one whiff in each of his relief appearances.

"He was so efficient," Hinch said. "He was still in the 30s with three innings. ... It was a really tough day to pitch, in terms of being wet and dreary and borderline Gotham City. He was efficient and threw all of his pitches and got a little bit better as he got a little more comfortable getting back up on the mound."

Offense shut down

The Tigers were shut out for the first time since Sept. 2.

For the White Sox, right-hander Sean Burke completed five scoreless innings.

"It was a miserable day to play," Hinch said, "but it was a day to play, and obviously, they had the same elements that we had. I'm glad it's over. I'm glad we can check that off the calendar and get to tomorrow."

Colt Keith hit a single in the second inning, Dillon Dingler hit a double in the fifth inning, and Wenceel Pérez hit a triple in the ninth inning.

Those were the only hits.

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As for walks, Kerry Carpenter and Pérez worked free passes in the first inning, but Riley Greene lined into an inning-ending double play. Jace Jung had the third and final walk in the second inning.

Giving up runs

Right-hander Beau Brieske, a traditional reliever, served as the opener for the Tigers, covering two innings. With two outs in the second, Bryan Ramos hit Brieske's changeup at the bottom of the strike zone for a solo home run to left field.

The homer put the White Sox ahead, 1-0.

The White Sox scored three runs against right-handed reliever Ty Madden, who allowed three runs on four hits and one walk with two strikeouts across three innings, throwing 60 pitches.

Andrew Vaughn increased the lead to 2-0 with an RBI single in the sixth inning, then Andrew Benintendi made it 4-0 with a two-run home run in the eighth inning, following Zach DeLoach's leadoff walk.

Left-handed reliever Sean Guenther tossed a scoreless ninth inning.

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