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Jose Abreu belted
a pair of solo homers to highlight his three-hit, three-RBI
performance to lift the visiting Chicago White Sox to an 8-5
victory over the Cleveland Indians on Tuesday.
Yasmani Grandal launched a two-run homer and Tim Anderson also
went deep for the White Sox, who benefited from a four-run sixth
inning to post their third win in their last four games.
Carlos Rodon (3-0) was making his first start since tossing a
no-hitter in an 8-0 win over Cleveland last Wednesday. The
reigning American League Player of the Week allowed two runs on
three hits while striking out eight in five innings, however
five walks drove up his pitch count.
Zach Plesac (1-3) endured his second straight tough outing
against Chicago. He followed up a six-run performance in
two-thirds of an inning last Wednesday by allowing six runs on
seven hits in five innings on Tuesday.
Adam Eaton, who appealed his one-game suspension, singled to
lead off the sixth inning and came around to score on Yoan
Moncada's RBI double to give the White Sox a 4-2 lead. Abreu's
run-scoring single spelled the end of the night for Plesac,
although Grandal followed two batters later by depositing a 2-2
sinker from Cal Quantrill over the wall in right field.
Abreu went deep in the fourth inning and did so again in the
seventh to record his 18th career multi-homer performance. The
reigning AL MVP has four homers on the season.
Franmil Reyes had an RBI single in the seventh inning and Josh
Naylor and Roberto Perez each drove in a run with two outs the
ninth to trim Cleveland's deficit to 8-5. Liam Hendriks entered
the game and induced Jake Bauers to ground out to notch his
third save.
Luis Robert (three hits) scored on a groundout in the second
inning before Anderson doubled the advantage by sending a 3-2
changeup from Plesac over the wall in center field.
Jordan Luplow halved the deficit by leading off the third inning
with his team-leading fifth homer, but Abreu regained the
two-run cushion with his blast in the fourth.
The Indians trimmed the deficit in their half of the fourth
after Cesar Hernandez's hard-hit single plated a run, however
Naylor was thrown out at home to end the inning.
--Field Level Media
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