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Jimenez's home run was his sixth of the season, and it was the
decisive hit of the night as the White Sox bounced back after
losing the opener of the four-game series on Thursday. Jimenez
finished with two of Chicago's six hits.
Cease (12-4) yielded one run on two hits and three walks while
striking out five in six innings.
The right-hander won his fifth consecutive start, and he allowed
one earned run or none for the 13th straight outing. Cease has a
0.59 ERA in that span.
The Chicago bullpen stepped up, with Joe Kelly, Kendall Graveman
and Liam Hendriks each tossing a shutout inning. Hendriks picked
up his 22nd save in 25 attempts, breezing through a clean ninth
inning with two strikeouts.
The Rangers were limited to three hits.
In the eighth inning, Texas threatened when Corey Seager singled
off Graveman, Jonah Heim walked and Adolis Garcia was hit by a
pitch, loading the bases with two outs. However, Leody Taveras
grounded out to first, ending the inning.
Rangers starter Glenn Otto (4-8) took the loss despite posting a
quality start. He gave up two runs on four hits with a walk and
seven strikeouts in six innings.
With the score tied at 1 in the fourth, Jimenez hit a leadoff
home run, a drive to center that gave the White Sox a one-run
lead they didn't relinquish.
The Rangers' lone run came in the first inning, as Texas
capitalized on back-to-back, two-out walks by Heim and Nathaniel
Lowe. Garcia slapped an RBI single to right field, giving Texas
the early advantage.
In the third inning, the White Sox pulled even at 1-1. Yasmani
Grandal walked, moved to third on Josh Harrison's single and
came home on Seby Zavala's sacrifice fly.
--Field Level Media
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