Detroit Tigers manager AJ Hinch knew Casey Mize wouldn’t be pleased.

“Disappointed, for sure,” Mize said Thursday night.

“I love the fact that he’s going to leave tonight pretty pissed off,” Hinch said. “I mean, he didn’t keep the ball in the ballpark the way he wanted to. To his night, he feels he should have thrown a shutout with his stuff. He’s got that edge that matters when you’re on the mound.”

With their ace-of-late pitching, the Tigers (23-33) were beaten by the Chicago White Sox, 4-1, in the series opener at Guaranteed Rate Field. The White Sox scored all four runs on solo homers.

Mize allowed three runs on five hits across seven innings. He threw 61 of 89 pitches for strikes, with first-pitch strikes to 17 of the 26 batters he faced. Mize only went to a three-ball count twice — both to Yermin Mercedes — and didn’t concede a walk for the second consecutive game. And he struck out six, generating 17 swings and misses by utilizing his entire arsenal.

But Mize wasn’t all that proud.

“My stuff was there, and I felt good physically,” Mize said. “I just hate the outcome. This is where it’s kind of tough to balance trust the process. My body was in a good position, my stuff was fine, but the outcome wasn’t good. Obviously disappointed there.”

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Tigers pitcher Casey Mize delivers a pitch against the White Sox during the first inning on Thursday, June 3, 2021, in Chicago.

The 2018 No. 1 overall pick also acknowledges there was plenty good from his most recent start.

“I know that if I feel like I did tonight, there’s gonna be many more nights of success, where I’m not disappointed like I am tonight,” Mize said. “Unfortunately, we came out on the wrong end of it.”

The White Sox crushed three solo home runs off Mize. The first of the three came on a nasty splitter to Yoan Moncada, who made spectacular effort to hit it. The next two were poorly executed fastballs. It seemed like those were the only two mistakes he made in his seven-inning outing.

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