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Carlos Santana reached on an infield single off
first baseman Andrew Vaughn's glove starting the ninth for his
second hit of the game. Kyle Manzardo and Jhonkensy Noel walked
against Clevinger (0-2), Jones hit a 3-1 pitch just to the foul
side of the right-field pole, then took a fastball low.
Cleveland, which had just three hits, got its 13th walk-off win
in a home opener, its first since 2017 against the White Sox. It
was the second game-ending RBI for Jones after his home run for
Colorado against San Diego on June 11, 2023.
Coming off a walk-off defeat at Detroit, Chicago has lost six
straight. The White Sox lost a post-1900 record 121 games last
year.
Emmanuel Clase (2-0) — the fifth Cleveland pitcher of the game —
pitched a hitless ninth, finishing a two-hitter.
Chicago's Shane Smith, a 25-year-old right-hander making his
second major league appearance, didn't allow a hit until José
Ramírez's slow-rolling infield single down the third-base line
with two outs in the sixth. He allowed two hits in six innings.
Key moment
Chicago's Luis Robert Jr. reached on an error to start the
ninth, stole second and was on third base after a passed ball
with two outs, but Clase struck out Matt Thaiss to keep the game
scoreless.
Key stat
Santana's single in the ninth made him among seven active
players with 1,800 hits.
Up next
Chicago sends right-hander Sean Burke (1-1, 5.23 ERA) to the
hill Wednesday. Cleveland counters with lefty Logan Allen (0-1,
6.75 ERA).
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