Andrew Benintendi ripped a double to correct. With one out inside the fourth inning, the Chicago White Sox had one among their best scoring chances Monday in direction of the Cleveland Guardians.
Hunter Gaddis, who entered the game with a 6.86 ERA, struck out Luis Robert Jr. Yoán Moncada acquired hit by a pitch, nonetheless the Sox received right here up empty when Gavin Sheets popped out to second baseman Andrés Giménez.
It was that form of night for the Sox, who misplaced 3-0 in entrance of 13,878 at Progressive Area. Gaddis and 4 relievers restricted the Sox to three hits inside the opener of the three-game sequence.
The Guardians had solely 4 hits as every teams pitched successfully.
With Mike Clevinger on the injured document, the Sox went with the combination of Jimmy Lambert and Jesse Scholtens for almost all of the game. The reliever Lambert served as a result of the opener, allowing one hit and a stroll in a scoreless first.
Scholtens, recalled from Triple-A Charlotte on Monday, allowed one run on two hits with one strikeout and two walks in 5 innings. The run received right here on a wild pitch inside the second.
Scholtens acquired out of a jam inside the third when Benintendi made a working catch in left and the Sox doubled up Steven Kwan at second.
Kwan reached third with two outs inside the sixth, and Scholtens struck out Josh Bell to complete the inning and his night.
However the Sox couldn’t get one thing going in direction of Gaddis, who allowed two hits, struck out 4 and walked one in six innings in his sixth look (fifth start) of the season.
The Sox threatened with one out inside the seventh when Clint Frazier walked and Andrew Vaughn singled in direction of reliever Sam Hentges. The lefty struck out Yasmani Grandal, and Nick Sandlin acquired Jake Burger to line out softly to Giménez.
Mike Zunino dealt the Sox a blow inside the seventh with a two-run homer in direction of Gregory Santos to extend the lead to 3-0. The Guardians catcher was 1-for-31 in Might heading into that at-bat.
It was a sort of nights for the Sox.
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