Jesse Scholtens was able to be the following pitcher up.
With Mike Clevinger on the injured record, Scholtens joined the Chicago White Sox from Triple-A Charlotte. He entered Monday’s sport in opposition to the Cleveland Guardians after opener Jimmy Lambert pitched a scoreless first, and Scholtens allowed one run in 5 innings.
“Just tried to get myself ready and execute as many pitches until they told me to stop, and that’s what I did,” Scholtens stated. “There were some times — a lot of the times — I was behind, but (catcher Yasmani Grandal) hung with me a little bit and helped get me back in some at-bats and helped me get through those innings.”
Unfortunately for the Sox, the offense couldn’t get a lot going in opposition to Hunter Gaddis in a 3-0 loss in entrance of 13,878 at Progressive Field.
Gaddis, who entered the sport with a 6.86 ERA, and 4 relievers restricted the Sox to a few hits — singles by Luis Robert Jr. and Andrew Vaughn and a double by Andrew Benintendi.
“(Gaddis) pitched up in the zone,” Sox supervisor Pedro Grifol stated. “He pitched in. He might need had a little bit little bit of a cutter that he pitched in to lefties effectively, particularly behind within the depend.
“I think we were 0-for-17 with two strikes. That’s something we have to address and talk about.”
The Guardians had solely 4 hits as each groups pitched effectively.
The reliever Lambert served because the opener, permitting one hit and a stroll in a scoreless first. Then got here Scholtens, who appeared in two video games for the Sox in April.
“Definitely helped me having that experience of ‘OK, this isn’t my first time up here,’” he stated. “I’m up here to do a job now and just try to do that the best I could.”
He allowed two hits with one strikeout and two walks.
“He pounded the strike zone and made some good pitches when he needed to,” Grifol stated. “He made some good pitches behind within the depend too. He’s calm, he’s acquired a pleasant combine. He threw some good breaking balls, however that’s not the most effective I’ve seen his curveball and his curveball is an efficient pitch for him.
“He did a nice job for us. He’s a good guy to have around, especially in the minor leagues in case something like this happens. He can pitch a little bit.”
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.
“That was huge,” Scholtens stated. “(Grandal) worked that at-bat great the way he was calling pitches, and it came down to executing some pitches and we were able to execute there. It was a big out to help give us a chance.”
But the Sox couldn’t get to Gaddis, who allowed two hits, struck out 4 and walked one in six innings in his sixth look (fifth begin) of the season.
“He wasn’t really missing too much over the plate,” Sox second baseman Romy Gonzalez stated. “He was hitting his corners and mixing in all his pitches.”
Their finest probability in opposition to Gaddis got here within the fourth when Benintendi doubled with one out. Yoán Moncada acquired hit by a pitch with two outs, however the Sox got here up empty when Gavin Sheets popped out to second baseman Andrés Giménez.
The Sox threatened in opposition to the Guardians bullpen with one out within the seventh when Clint Frazier walked and Andrew Vaughn singled in opposition to reliever Sam Hentges. The lefty struck out Grandal, and Nick Sandlin acquired Jake Burger to line out softly to Giménez.
“We had a chance in the fourth, then in the seventh another shot, and couldn’t get anything done,” Grifol stated.
Mike Zunino dealt the Sox a blow within the seventh with a two-run homer in opposition to Gregory Santos, who had taken over for lefty Garrett Crochet, to increase the result in 3-0. The Guardians catcher was 1-for-31 in May heading into that at-bat.
“We felt it was a really good matchup for Santos,” Grifol stated. “Zunino does very well in opposition to lefties. Crochet just isn’t your typical lefty. But once more, when you’ve got a man like Santos coming in, throwing 98-100 (mph) with an excellent slider that he throws for strikes, we like that matchup very well. We didn’t map it out prefer it was an computerized, however we had him prepared for that AB if we felt we wanted it.
“Once (Gabriel) Arias got to second base and he was in scoring position, we felt it was a good time to bring in Santos and try to preserve that run right there.”
The Sox (19-30) noticed their three-game successful streak finish. But for Scholtens, it was an outing to construct on.
“I’m ready to pitch whenever, however they need me to,” he stated. “Whatever they want me to do, I’ll be prepared to satisfy that function.
“Just staying where my feet are. If I’m in Charlotte, just continuing to improve and find ways to get better down there. And if I’m called upon to help out up here, just coming in and executing pitches the best I can for as long as I can.”
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