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White Sox beat Keuchel, Astros

Jun 10, 2015 - 5:16 AM Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Chicago rookie Carlos Rodon outdueled Houston ace Dallas Keuchel and the White Sox beat the Astros 4-2 on Tuesday.

Rodon (2-0) labored, needing 116 pitches to get through six innings of work, but he managed to keep the suddenly cold Astros off the scoreboard. The 22-year-old allowed four hits and two walks with five strikeouts.

"It's nice to see a guy go out and battle," said Chicago manager Robin Ventura. "He wanted to go back out."

Keuchel (7-2) pitched a shutout with a career-high 11 strikeouts against Chicago on May 30, but he was reached for a pair of runs and got betrayed by his offense in this one. Keuchel was responsible for two runs on seven hits over seven innings.

Houston has dropped a season-worst six straight games, and has scored more than two runs just once during the run.

The White Sox got to Keuchel in the sixth inning. Alexei Ramirez led off with an infield single down the third base line, and Jose Abreu followed with a two-run home run to right-center. It was just the fourth long ball that Keuchel has allowed this season.

Chicago pushed across a pair of crucial insurance runs in the eighth against Houston's bullpen. Two singles and a walk against Chad Qualls led to Melky Cabrera's two-run double over Preston Tucker's head in left field. Josh Fields came on for Qualls and struck out the side, but the damage was done.

Chris Carter doubled to start the top of the ninth against Zach Duke before Carlos Correa, who made his major-league debut on Monday, smacked his first career home run to cut Houston's deficit in half.

"It was good to get the first one out of the way, but I wish we won the game," said Correa. "We gave a lot of effort in that last inning, but I wish we won the game."

David Robertson got Luis Valbuena to fly out to deep right, then struck out Colby Rasmus and George Springer to end the game and record his 12th save.

Game Notes

Correa also recorded his first stolen base ... 78 of Rodon's 116 pitches went for strikes ... Houston went 1-for-9 with runners in scoring position.






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