Cubs waste strong start by Hendricks, lose 1-0 to White Sox

While he hasn’t played much this season, it’s quite surprising that it was just his first stolen base of the season. He struck out Toronto slugger Jose Bautista to end the 2 hour, 15-minute game and threw 108 pitches.

Neither pitcher has faced their opposition in this year of 2015, with Rodon this season having a WHIP of 1.64, but in his past seven games, his WHIP is 1.53 in 38 innings with a 2-2 record.

MINNEAPOLIS | Ian Kinsler had a leadoff homer, a double and three RBIs to back David Price’s eight innings as Detroit beat Minnesota.

Rodon’s rookie campaign has been uneven, and he has endured rough outings in his last two starts. He allowed five hits while striking out four. Melky Cabrera is not hitting.

Fourth inning: Rodon walked Anthony Rizzo for the second time, who was giving Rodon fits as he couldn’t find his arm slot pitching to a batter standing on top of the plate.

It’s ace against ace, with LHP Chris Sale (7-4, 2.80 ERA) starting for the White Sox and LHP Jon Lester (4-7, 3.48) for the Cubs. Jacoby Ellsbury had a tiebreaking, two-run single. Could he have gotten one more out of the righty then pinch-hit for him? He walked four and allowed four runs over five-plus innings in a 9-1 loss to Baltimore on Sunday. He is winless in his past three starts. Garcia lost the ball on the transfer, which led to confusion among the Cubs’ baserunners on whether it was a catch. With two outs on runners on first and second thanks to walks, pitching coach Don Cooper visited the mound.

Wait, was that the White Sox playing big-boy defense? Ryan Raburn’s RBI double put the Indians ahead, and Carlos Santana’s triple made it 3-1.

Jesse joined ESPN Chicago in September 2009 and covers the Chicago Cubs for ESPNChicago.com and ESPN Radio 1000.

The White Sox are 4-1 in their last five games against the Cubs and have won 10 of their last 14 at Wrigley Field. The Cubs have not reached the All-Star above.

The Mariners had a season-high 19 hits, 12 off Angels’ starter Garrett Richards (9-6), who could not make it through the sixth.

Despite winning yesterday, the White Sox were held to two runs or fewer for the 34 time, tying Seattle and Tampa Bay for the most in the American League. Saladino was immediately inserted into Friday’s lineup and went 0-for-3 in his major league debut…. 568 over his last 20 games.