Wednesday lineups: Angels at White Sox

With one out, Tyler Saladino canceled the postgame show with an infield single. Manager Mike Scioscia had gone with the right-handed hitting Featherston instead of the left-handed Gillaspie in the first two games, but Featherston did not get a hit.

Edinson Volquez pitched seven strong innings and Lorenzo Cain doubled home the go-ahead run in the sixth to help the Kansas City Royals beat the Chicago White Sox 3-2 Friday night.

The White Sox finally broke through for two runs against Santiago in the fourth to give Rodon a 2-0 lead.

To the shock and pleasure of most, including myself, Rodon found his poise and composure and proceeded to strike out both Trout and Pujols and then got Erick Aybar to fly out to the end the threat and the inning. This will be Heaney’s first career game against the White Sox.

But these aren’t the same White Sox he may remember now that catcher Tyler Flowers and shortstop Alexei Ramirez are the only position players still remaining.

In addition, Chicago third baseman Gordon Beckham could see his first action against the club that acquired him August. 21 and saw him make 26 regular-season appearances and two more in the playoffs. Trout had gotten the better of Chris Sale during their head-to-head matchups on Monday, and he picked up where he left off by working the count full.

Shane Victorino started the game with a walk and Kole Calhoun followed with a single.

“Sale is tough, and the first-and-foremost thing you have to do is pitch with him, and we didn’t do that tonight”, Los Angeles manager Mike Scioscia said. But Flowers said he thinks the 22-year-old has handled the bumps in the right way.

“These guys like to have fun, ” said Thompson, who is 4-for-9 since making his major league debut last Tuesday. Left fielder Trayce Thompson, another Chicago rookie, added his first career homer in the fifth off Angels starter Hector Santiago. The lanky left-hander didn’t permit a run until Johnny Giavotella drove in two with a double in the seventh. After getting blitzed in an 8-2 rout in the opener, Los Angeles dropped a 3-0 decision on Tuesday to put itself in danger of losing nine in a row for the first time since July 17-25, 1993. After striking out twice against rookie LHP Carlos Rodon in his 0-for-4 night, Pujols hit into an inning-ending double play with the bases loaded in the eighth inning.

LHP C.J. Wilson had a scheduled meeting with Dr. Neal ElAttrache on Tuesday for a second evaluation of his injured left elbow. Prior to the homer binge, he had hit just two in his previous 48 games, which included a 46-game homerless drought from June 8 to August. 4. His 9-7 record can mostly be attributed to a lack of run support, but his 3.52 earned run average isn’t helping his cause.