CHICAGO (AP) – Slumping José Ramírez connected for a go-ahead, two-run homer off Lance Lynn in the sixth inning, and the Cleveland Indians bounced back from being no-hit, beating the Chicago White Sox 4-2 Thursday. After Carlos Rodón had just missed a perfect game in pitching a perfect game Wednesday night, there was a different kind of tension this time as the benches emptied at the bottom of the first.
Adam Eaton singled and tried to advance when Indians right fielder Josh Naylor threw to third, hoping to get lead runner Tim Anderson. Eaton arrived ahead of the throwback to second but was called out when his hand came off the bag while shortstop Andrés Giménez stood his ground and held the tag.
Eaton grabbed Giménez’s leg, began barking, and then pushed Giménez in the chest with two hands. Indians starter Aaron Civale plunked Eaton with a pitch in the upper arm in the third.
Lynn was nursing a 1-0 lead when Ramírez launched a full-count pitch with two outs deep to the right for his third home run. Giménez led off the inning with a ground-rule double before Ramirez ended his 0-for-19 skid.
Civale (3-0) allowed only a run – in the first – and five hits through six innings in his third straight strong start. The 25-year-old right-hander struck out four, walked two, and lowered his ERA to 2.18.
Nick Wittgren and James Karinchak followed with a scoreless inning each. Emmanuel Clase allowed an unearned run in the ninth but got his third save. This season, Lynn (1-1) permitted his first two earned runs on five hits through six innings while striking out ten and walking none. The right-hander had tossed his second career shutout in his previous outing, fanning 11 last week against Kansas City.
Giménez drove in an insurance run with a ground out in the seventh. In the eighth, the Indians added an unearned run when reigning AL MVP José Abreu made a fielding and throwing error on Ramírez’s grounder.
Anderson returned to the White Sox lineup and had two hits. The 2019 AL batting champ suffered a left hamstring injury on April 4 in Anaheim.
Anderson led off the game with a single and came around to score Chicago’s first run on Yoán Moncada’s RBI hit.
ROSTER MOVE
The White Sox designated OF Nick Williams for assignment to make room for Anderson. Williams went 0 for 10 with two walks in four games.
TRAINER’S ROOM
White Sox: Manager Tony LaRussa said RHP Dylan Cease was with the team Thursday, “feels good,” and tested again for COVID-19. If that test returns negative, Cease can make his scheduled start on Friday in Boston.
On Wednesday, Cease had some symptoms associated with the coronavirus, but GM Rick Hahn said the right-hander hadn’t tested positive. Cease was placed on the injured list, and RHP Zack Burdi was recalled from the team’s alternate site as a backup.
UP NEXT
Indians: Cleveland starts LHP Logan Allen (1-1, 2.70) versus the Reds. RHP Jeff Hoffman (1-1, 3.86) on Friday at Cincinnati. White Sox: If healthy, RHP Dylan Cease starts against Nick Pivetta (2-0, 3.27) at Boston on Friday.
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