Enrique Hernández hit Dylan Cease’s first pitch over the left-field wall.
It was the beginning of a tricky Tuesday for Cease and the Chicago White Sox.
Cease had his roughest outing of the season in a 16-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox in entrance of 21,835 at Guaranteed Rate Field.
The right-hander allowed a season-high seven runs on eight hits in a season-low three innings. He had 4 strikeouts and two walks.
“We’re going to have to take some time, look into it,” Cease stated. “They put some good swings on it.”
The White Sox allowed season highs in runs and hits (19). The Red Sox additionally recorded season highs in each classes whereas stretching their successful streak to 6.
“You take 30-some starts and you are going to have some where your location is not good,” Sox supervisor Tony La Russa stated, “and he simply wasn’t sharp they usually have been able to hit and made him pay.
“The pitches that they put in play, they had a lot of the strike zone. So he just wasn’t as sharp and we got him out before he threw too many. He’s coming back in five days against the Cubs.”
Cease got here in main the majors with 67 strikeouts. Eight of them got here in a May 7 begin at Fenway Park wherein he allowed one run on 4 hits in 5 innings in a sport the White Sox received 3-1 in 10 innings.
He was an out away from escaping the primary with simply the one run. But Trevor Story, who was named American League Player of the Week on Monday, linked for a three-run homer to make it 4-0.
The Red Sox scored at the very least as soon as in every of the primary 5 innings. They scored two within the second and one within the third towards Cease, who exited after 71 pitches.
“They definitely had some comfortable swings in there,” Cease stated.
The Red Sox additionally had success towards relievers José Ruiz (three runs in two-thirds of an inning), Bennett Sousa (5 runs in two-thirds of an inning) and Matt Foster (one run in two-thirds of an inning).
The White Sox surrendered 4 dwelling runs. All 9 Red Sox starters had at the very least one hit, and 7 had multiple. Eight starters had at the very least one RBI.
“(Hernández’s homer) was good because (Cease) is really, really good,” Red Sox supervisor Alex Cora stated. “He had his way against us in Boston. It was really nice from top to bottom.”
Vince Velasquez offered the primary scoreless — and 1-2-3 — inning of the night time for the White Sox within the sixth. It was the right-hander’s first time figuring out of the bullpen this season after making seven begins. He walked one and struck out 5 in three hitless innings.
“Vince was outstanding and we got a (scoreless ninth) inning for (Aaron) Bummer, so it wasn’t a total loss tonight,” La Russa stated. “Vince really threw the ball well. He wants to start, but evidently he can pitch in that role if we had to.”
Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta allowed three runs on 5 hits with 5 strikeouts and two walks in six innings. He retired the primary 9 earlier than a leadoff double by Tim Anderson within the fourth. Anderson had two hits and one RBI, and José Abreu hit a two-run homer.
The homer and Anderson’s fifth-inning single have been the Sox’s solely hits with runners in scoring place (2-for-10).
“(Pivetta) got us out,” La Russa stated. “Give him credit.”
Cease was already targeted on the steps wanted to enhance for his subsequent begin.
“I’ll be upset tonight,” he stated, “and then I’ll be back and ready tomorrow, ready to work on it.”
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