Carlos Carrasco struck out eight in five innings in his first start since being hit in the face by a line drive and Carlos Santana and David Murphy smacked solo home runs as the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 6-2 on Tuesday night.
An early solo home run allowed to Jose Abreau was all the damage the Sox would manage off Carrasco. Carrasco was on a pitch-count and exited after only five innings.
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The bullpen once again started to make things interesting as Zach McAllister allowed three two-out singles to make it 6-2. Terry Francona then went to Nick Hagadone, who allowed Adam LaRoche to reach on an error. Bryan Shaw would come in to finally clean up the inning with a strikeout of Avisail Garcia.
Although the Tribe had a solid offensive performance, scoring six runs on Tuesday–it’s been a tough go of it for the offense so far this season. The Indians may be getting help soon, as Nick Swisher and Zach Walters both are expected to begin rehab assignments this week. Walters begins today while an announcement on Swisher has yet to be announced.
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ndians top prospect Francisco Lindor has gotten off to a slow start in Columbus, but nobody is worried, especially Lindor himself. In 10 games, he’s hitting just .212 after a solid spring that saw him hit .297. But Lindor feels he’s having quality at-bats and not striking out, which to him is a sign it’s not a slump. Even with the struggles of the offense, talk of Lindor’s promotion have been minimal.
TRAINER’S ROOM
Indians: INF Zach Walters (oblique strain) is set to play make a rehab appearance Wednesday at Triple-A Columbus while 1B Nick Swisher (knee surgery) reports on Thursday as both seek to come off the disabled list. “Zach’s healthy, he’s ready to go,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “Swish is still trying got build up to game speed.”
White Sox: RHP Jake Petricka didn’t make an appearance in his second game back since being re-instated from the 15-day disabled list (right forearm strain) on Monday.
UP NEXT
White Sox RHP Jeff Samardzija (0-1, 4.29 ERA) makes his fourth start in Wednesday’s series finale. He had no decision in an eight-inning, one-run effort against the Tigers on April 17. Samardzija is 1-1 in six all-time starts against Cleveland. RHP Corey Kluber (0-1, 2.84 ERA) makes his fourth start. He had a no decision in a 3-2 loss on April 17 at Minnesota. The 2014 AL Cy Young Award winner is 2-1 in 10 appearances against Chicago.
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