The 33-year-old right-hander also issued a pair of walks on the night while striking out five. He served up a pair of solo home runs in the contest — one to Austin Wynns in the second inning and another to Luis Urias in the fourth. Wacha entrusted two runners to his bullpen when he exited in the sixth inning, and both ultimately came around to score. He got 11 whiffs on 93 pitches on the night — seven on his changeup — while posting a CSW of 26 percent. He’ll bring a respectable 3.38 ERA, 1.23 WHIP and a 60/21 K/BB ratio (80 innings) into Thursday’s matchup against the Rangers in Arlington.

Wacha, now 3-5 in spite of a 3.01 ERA, has a lot to complain about as far as run support this season, but in this case, you kind of deserve a loss when you give up three runs to the White Sox. Tim Elko and Chase Meidroth, who had four major league homers between the coming into the day, both took Wacha deep. Wacha’s next start will come at home against the A’s.

Wacha went toe-to-toe with Tarik Skubal spinning seven shutout frames against Detroit. He took a no-hitter into the seventh inning until Colt Keith knocked a base hit. The 33-year-old right-hander tossed 68-of-99 pitches for strikes and induced 11 whiffs to strike out six batters. He’ll take a 2.88 ERA, 1.17 WHIP, and a 50/18 K/BB ratio across 68 2/3 innings into a start against the White Sox in Chicago on Friday.

Wacha pitched four scoreless innings before a three-run fifth that included a Harrison Bader homer. Having thrown just 59 pitches, he was allowed to begin the sixth afterwards, but he immediately gave up a homer to Kody Clemens and was pulled. Wacha ended up allowing seven hits, walking one and striking out one. He’ll pitch against the Tigers next time out.