Tristan

Peters

Peters came off the bench during Sunday’s series finale against the Tigers, which was an extremely encouraging sign following a nasty collision with the center-field wall last Friday. The White Sox are proceeding with an abundance of caution, but Peters figures to be available to pinch-hit, if needed.

Peters isn’t 100 percent, but he decided he was ready to participate today. He still hasn’t hit since running into the wall Friday and hurting his shoulder, so he should still be considered day-to-day.

Peters suffered a bruised left shoulder after colliding with the outfield wall during Friday’s contest. He sat out Saturday’s game as a precautionary measure and will get an extra day on Sunday as well. It’s possible that he could be available off the bench if needed on Sunday afternoon. Braden Montgomery will start in his place in right field and will bat ninth against Tigers’ right-hander Troy Melton.

Peters is officially day-to-day with a left shoulder contusion, according to the White Sox. It doesn’t sound like he underwent any precautionary imaging after running full speed into the outfield wall during the fifth inning of Friday’s eventual loss to Detroit. The 26-year-old breakout sensation is presumably going to get a couple additional days off to rest and recover in the aftermath of the scary-looking collision.

Peters doesn’t normally sit against left-handers, but the White Sox have opted to work in all of their bench bats in this one with Peters, Colson Montgomery, Andrew Benintendi, Kyle Teel and Sam Antonacci all getting a breather in this one. Brenton Doyle will start in Peters’ place and will bat sixth against Tigers’ southpaw Framber Valdez.

Peters has gone 10 games without a home run since his surprising run of consecutive games with a homer was snapped at five, but he hasn’t started slumping; he’s hitting .313 with three doubles and a triple in 35 plate appearances during the span.

Peters was a surprise AL All-Star, but he still had just seven homers in 123 games until this incredible surge. Tonight’s homer was a 362-foot shot off Robby Ahlstrom in the fifth. He’s raised his OPS from .751 to .821 since Saturday.

Antonacci and Montgomery take a seat with lefty MacKenzie Gore toeing the rubber for Texas in this one. Luisangel Acuña is at shortstop with Tristan Peters in left field. The 23-year-old rookie will continue to cede the occasional start against a southpaw for the final months of the year. It’ll be Miguel Vargas moving up to the leadoff spot in a strange-looking lineup from Chicago manager Will Venable.

Peters’ home run was his 11th of the season. He hit a solo shot off Peyton Gray in the sixth inning. Peters has now hit a home run in four consecutive games. He’s hitting .277 with an .802 OPS and 50 RBI this year.

A jumping A.J. Ewing had a shot at robbing the homer to center, but he came up a little short. Peters, who struggled mightily over the first four weeks of the second half, made very impressive contact with a 96-mph fastball on the outer edge to end the game with the White Sox’s second walkoff homer of the series. Peters also homered Saturday and is 11-for-31 with three homers and just three strikeouts in his last 10 games.