CLEVELAND, Ohio — Adam Eaton delivered the knockout blow with a two-run home run off James Karinchak in the eighth inning as the White Sox handed Cleveland a 8-6 loss in the first game of a doubleheader Monday at Progressive Field.
Jose Abreu’s RBI sacrifice fly in the eighth scored automatic runner Billy Hamilton with the go-ahead run for Chicago. The Indians scored their automatic runner, Harold Ramirez on a double-play grounder by Josh Naylor in the bottom of the eighth.
The loss spoiled a record-setting start by Indians righty Triston McKenzie, and a two-homer game by Cesar Hernandez. McKenzie locked in after a rough second inning and found his command to the tune of 10 strikeouts and just four hits allowed in his longest outing of the year.
Indians manager Terry Francona said McKenzie was undaunted when he issued a walk or gave up a hit, coming back with some of his best stuff after a misstep.
“He missed some bats, he threw a good curveball, he attacked with a fastball and got it by their barrel for the most part,” Francona said. “What we’re seeing is when he does have a walk, he doesn’t turn it into two or three. He’s gathering himself and he’s coming back and using his best stuff. That’s a big step for him.”
McKenzie struck out Jake Lamb looking in the third and ended the inning by whiffing Abreu. That began a stretch of eight straight punchouts by the right-hander that set a club record and was one short of the American League mark (9) held by Detroit’s Doug Fister.
McKenzie broke Cleveland’s seven-year-old record set by Corey Kluber against the White Sox on May 4, 2014 when he fanned Lamb again leading off the sixth. Yoan Moncada followed with a single to right that ended McKenzie’s day after a season-high 5 1/3 innings.
McKenzie said he found success because he worked ahead of hitters in the count.
“My fastball was working up in the zone, curveball down, my slider worked, too,” McKenzie said. “It was just kind of keeping them guessing and I credit a lot of that to René (Rivera).”
Bryan Shaw relieved McKenzie and walked a pair as Moncada scored on an RBI fielder’s choice by Yermin Mercedes that put Chicago in front, 5-4. But the Indians answered in the bottom of the sixth, when Josh Naylor singled and moved to third on a base hit by Rivera. Bradley Zimmer legged out an infield hit with two out as Naylor scored the tying run.
Francona said Naylor stayed on the ball and went the other way against White Sox starter Carlos Rodon. Both of his singles were over shortstop Anderson’s head. But with two runners on base in the eighth against Chicago lefty Aaron Bummer, Naylor pulled the ball on the ground and into a double play.
“That’s how you face a lefty,” Francona said. “In his last at-bat off Bummer, he lined the ball down the line, which was great. Then he got a little jumpy and pulled the slider.”
The Indians wasted little time jumping all over Rodon in the first. Back-to-back home runs by Cesar Hernandez and Amed Rosario staked McKenzie to a 2-0 lead and marked the first time Indians hitters went deep to start a game since Francisco Lindor and Michael Brantley did so in September of 2018. Hernandez’s leadoff home run was his third of the season and 16th of his career. He blasted his second homer of the game off Rodon on the first pitch he saw in the third, marking his first career multi-home run game.
But McKenzie gave the early lead right back in a four-run Chicago second. The White Sox got a one-out walk by Mercedes and three straight hits, including a bases-loaded double by Zack Collins.
Chicago added a fourth run when Anderson, who had walked, got caught in a rundown between first and second that allowed Collins to score from third.
Cleveland cut the White Sox lead to a run in the fourth when Naylor singled with two out and scored on Yu Chang’s RBI double to right center.
Next: Game 2 of today’s doubleheader is set to begin at 6:35 p.m. with Indians righty Cal Quantrill (0-1, 2.03) on the mound. The White Sox will stat right-hander Jimmy Lambert (0-0, 0.00). The game will air on WTAM 1100 AM, WMMS 100.7 FM, Bally Sports Great Lakes and the Indians Radio Network.
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