Aaron Civale leads White Sox pitchers to shutout of Angels

Aaron Civale allowed only an infield hit over 6 1/3 innings and combined with Brandon Eisert and Jordan Leasure on a one-hitter as the Chicago White Sox blanked the Los Angeles Angels 1-0 on Saturday night in Anaheim, Calif.

Civale (3-6) walked two, struck out a season-high eight batters and departed after throwing 94 pitches, 55 for strikes. Eisert followed up with 1 2/3 perfect innings and Leasure pitched a 1-2-3 ninth to earn his third save

Civale has made three starts since the All-Star break and allowed just one unearned run and seven hits over 17 1/3 innings, walking three and striking out 20 while lowering his ERA from 5.30 to 3.99.

Brooks Baldwin had two hits and a walk and Kyle Teel went 1-for-3 with a walk and an RBI for Chicago, which won its third straight game and improved to 10-4 since the All-Star break. It was the 42nd win of the season for the White Sox, eclipsing the team's win total for the entire 2024 campaign when it finished 41-121 -- the worst record in modern American League history.

Los Angeles starter Kyle Hendricks (6-8) suffered the loss, allowing one run on four hits over five innings. He walked two and struck out two.

Chicago took a 1-0 lead in the second inning when Luis Robert Jr. led off with a single, stole second, tagged and advanced to third on a flyout by Colson Montgomery and scored on Teel's single to center.

Zach Neto led off the bottom of the fourth with an infield single up the third base line and Nolan Schanuel followed with a walk to give the Angels runners at first and second with no outs. But Civale got out of the jam by getting Taylor Ward to strike out, Jo Adell to pop out to short and Yoan Moncada to strike out.

Los Angeles, which fell 5 1/2 games behind the Seattle Mariners for the final wild-card spot in the American League, played its second straight game without outfielder Mike Trout (illness).

Chicago infielder Miguel Vargas was a late scratch with a left oblique strain.

--Field Level Media