DETROIT -- While much has been made about the White Sox recent ability to overcome a few major losses due to injury, the lineup’s resilience has had a trickle-down effect in the bullpen as well.

Those wanting proof need look no further than the way Aaron Bummer shut down the Tigers in the 10th inning of Friday night’s 5-4 win at Comerica Park.

“I said to the guys, ‘I’m really happy for us; I’m thrilled for [Bummer],’” manager Tony La Russa said on Friday. “Because this is a big-time champion, and that’s what he can do. That’s a great piece of work for us, got us a win and that’s the kind of pitcher he is, the confidence he needs. You need to have something to show for it.”

When the bullpen phone rang following a 49-minute rain delay and a lost lead in the ninth, Bummer earned the nod for the first time since he allowed three earned runs and recorded one out in the eighth inning of Wednesday’s loss against Toronto. That outing marked his fourth loss and fifth blown save of the season, uncharacteristic for a reliever who earned 27 holds and pitched to a 2.13 ERA in 58 games in 2019.

“You got to have a short memory in this game, especially as a reliever, because you'll be back out there the next night or two nights later,” starter Lucas Giolito said. “That inning [Bummer] had a couple days ago; that was weird. ... That just shows the type of player he is: Get ready to go forget about it, move on.

“And then he comes in, two huge strikeouts, gets the groundout to end the game. So big, big move, big-time spot for him, and he came through for us.”

Bummer inherited a sticky situation on Friday -- closer Liam Hendriks' rare ninth-inning hiccup sent the game to extra innings and momentum was clearly on the Tigers’ side -- but Bummer squelched Detroit’s rally by setting down the side in order -- two on punchouts -- in the 10th after issuing a leadoff walk.

And no one was happier than Hendriks to see Bummer succeed.

“It's just getting back out there and getting that confidence back and being thrown into the fire a little bit,” Hendriks said. “It’s one of those sink-or-swim moments. I think [Bummer has] proven time and time again that he's a guy that swims.”

Gimme a break
Yoán Moncada, Andrew Vaughn and Adam Engel were absent from Saturday’s lineup, part of La Russa’s quest to rest his everyday guys during the current stretch of 13 consecutive games, as well as to prepare for a pair of crucial series against the Rays and Astros in the coming week.

Tim Anderson has a scheduled off-day during Sunday’s series finale in Detroit, and La Russa said he would “try to keep” Leury García out of that lineup as well.

This day in White Sox history
June 12, 1967: After catching the entire game and finishing 0-for-8, Paul Casanova ended the 22-inning game with a single to push the Senators past Chicago. The game lasted 6 hours, 38 minutes, and ended at 2:43 a.m. ET, leading to a leaguewide curfew rule that no inning may begin after 1 a.m.