Carlos Rodón loses a no-hitter in the 7th inning but gets the 4-1 win as the Chicago White Sox sweep the Detroit Tigers
Chicago White Sox starter Carlos Rodón flirted with his second no-hitter of the season Sunday against the Detroit Tigers at Comerica Park.
Eric Haase broke up the left-hander’s no-hit bid with a one-out double in the seventh.
Rodón had to settle for another stellar outing, allowing one run on one hit with nine strikeouts and two walks in seven innings in a 4-1 victory in Detroit.
For most of Sunday, Rodón was closing in on history.
He threw a no-hitter April 14 against the Cleveland Indians at Guaranteed Rate Field, striking out seven in an 8-0 victory. Rodón was perfect through 8⅓ innings before hitting Roberto Pérez with a pitch. He then got the last two outs for the 20th no-hitter in franchise history.
Johnny Vander Meer (1938), Allie Reynolds (1951), Virgil Trucks (1952), Nolan Ryan (1973) and Max Scherzer (2015) are the only pitchers to throw two no-hitters in the same regular season. Roy Halladay had a perfect game in the 2010 regular season and threw a no-hitter in the postseason.
Rodón struck out at least two in two innings Sunday, including striking out the side in the fourth.
Left fielder Andrew Vaughn made a nice running catch near the left-field line for the final out of the sixth.
Rodón struck out Miguel Cabrera to begin the seventh. A call on a 2-2 pitch to Haase didn’t go Rodón’s way. Instead of strike three, it was ball three. The at-bat continued, and on the eighth pitch Haase doubled to left. He eventually scored on a sacrifice fly.
José Abreu had three hits and one RBI while Leury García had two RBIs as the Sox completed a three-game sweep and improved to a season-high 17 games over .500.
