Rodon, White Sox dominate Phillies
CHICAGO -- Left-hander Carlos Rodon allowed just three hits over 6 2/3 shutout innings, and Jose Abreu and Justin Morneau each homered as the Chicago White Sox beat the Philadelphia Phillies 9-1 Tuesday to open a two-game interleague series.
Rodon (4-8) picked up his second win in three starts while throwing 109 pitches, including 71 strikes. He walked one and struck out four.
Rodon received ample offensive support as Chicago (60-64) scored once in the first inning and added three runs apiece in the third and fifth, then two more in the sixth.
Tim Anderson singled, tripled, drove in two runs and scored twice. Adam Eaton also tripled and scored twice.
Philadelphia (58-68) dropped its second straight and fifth in its past seven.
Phillies starter Jake Thompson (1-3) worked five innings in his first career start against Chicago. He gave up seven runs on eight hits, struck out two and walked four.
Phillies shortstop Freddy Galvis broke the shout in the seventh with a solo homer to right off White Sox reliever Chris Beck.
Eaton launched his eighth triple of the season off the left field wall -- extending a career high -- to lead off the White Sox first. Anderson's groundout to shortstop brought him home with the game's first run.
Eaton reached on a lead off bunt single in the third and came home on Anderson's triple to deep right. After Melky Cabrera walked, Anderson scored on Abreu's single to center.
Cabrera reached third on Morneau's fielder's choice grounder and accounted for the inning's third run on Todd Frazier's sacrifice to right.
Back-to-back home runs from Abreu and Morneau in the fifth extended the White Sox lead to 7-0. Abreu, who has homered in three straight games, clubbed his 17th of the season and scored Cabrera. Morneau followed with a solo shot to right for his fifth.
NOTES: This series between the Phillies and White Sox is only the fifth all-time meeting in interleague play and second at U.S. Cellular Field. The hosts took two of three in the only previous Chicago meeting in 2004. ... Phillies manager and Chicago native Pete Mackanin starred at Brother Rice High School, only 12 miles from U.S. Cellular Field, and was drafted out of high school by the Washington Senators in 1969. ... Philadelphia sends RHP Jerad Eickhoff (8-12, 3.91 ERA) against Chicago RHP James Shields (5-15, 5.98 ERA) in Wednesday's series finale. ... The White Sox activated OF Avisail Garcia (sprained right knee) off the 15-day disabled list following a rehab assignment at Triple-A Charlotte. Chicago optioned OF Jason Coats to Charlotte. He was batting .189 with two doubles, one homer and three RBIs over three stints with the White Sox.