Andrew Benintendi ripped a double to proper. With one out within the fourth inning, the Chicago White Sox had one in all their greatest scoring probabilities Monday towards the Cleveland Guardians.
Hunter Gaddis, who entered the sport with a 6.86 ERA, struck out Luis Robert Jr. Yoán Moncada acquired hit by a pitch, however the Sox got here up empty when Gavin Sheets popped out to second baseman Andrés Giménez.
It was that sort of evening for the Sox, who misplaced 3-0 in entrance of 13,878 at Progressive Field. Gaddis and 4 relievers restricted the Sox to 3 hits within the opener of the three-game sequence.
The Guardians had solely 4 hits as each groups pitched effectively.
With Mike Clevinger on the injured record, the Sox went with the mixture of Jimmy Lambert and Jesse Scholtens for the majority of the sport. The reliever Lambert served because the opener, permitting 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 got here on a wild pitch within the second.
Scholtens acquired out of a jam within 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 within the sixth, and Scholtens struck out Josh Bell to finish the inning and his evening.
But the Sox couldn’t get something going towards Gaddis, who allowed two hits, struck out 4 and walked one in six innings in his sixth look (fifth begin) of the season.
The Sox threatened with one out within the seventh when Clint Frazier walked and Andrew Vaughn singled towards 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 within the seventh with a two-run homer towards Gregory Santos to increase the result in 3-0. The Guardians catcher was 1-for-31 in May heading into that at-bat.
It was a kind of nights for the Sox.
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