Abreu homers twice, Tim Anderson and Yasmani Grandal also homer as White Sox improve to 9-9
CLEVELAND — What Carlos Rodon lacked for no-hit stuff was made up with true-grit stuff.
Battling through early fastball command issues in his first start since pitching a no-hitter last Wednesday, Rodon gave up three hits to the same Indians but walked five. He posted no perfect innings after coming within two outs of a perfect game last week.
But the left-hander, in short sleeves on a frosty 38-degree night, struck out eight Indians and plowed his way through five innings with 110 pitches, setting the tone for a 8-5 victory that evened the Sox record at 9-9.
Rodon was starting to find a rhythm when he struck out Franmil Reyes and Eddie Rosario to end the third and got Amed Rosario to hit a routine grounder to second baseman Nick Madrigal to open the fourth. But Yermin Mercedes, a catcher playing his first game at first base, couldn’t glove Madrigal’s low throw. Madrigal was charged with an error initially before the scoring was changed to pin the error on Mercedes.
After that, catcher Yasmani Grandal was called for catcher’s interference, his first of two for the night and third this season. After a walk to Roberto Perez loaded the bases, Rodon got two strikeouts before Carlos Hernandez’ single off third baseman Yoan Mancada’s glove scored the Indians run.
Josh Naylor helped Rodon by running through a stop sign and getting thrown out at home by Tim Anderson to end the inning.
Rodon (2-0) tacked on a scoreless fifth and exited with a 0.47 ERA through three starts and qualifying for the win. He had pitched 13 consecutive no-hit innings until Jordan Luplow’s solo homer in the third inning, snapping his streak of 17 2⁄3 innings and 51 batters without a hit.
Jose Abreu homered twice, and Tim Anderson and Grandal also went deep. Luis Robert had three hits, including his AL-leading seventh double, and collected his third stolen base.
The Sox needed the offense on a night when Garrett Crochet, Aaron Bummer and Codi Heuer all got nicked, and Liam Hendriks had to come in for his third save.
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