Yankees Get Season-High 20 Hits In 9-0 Rout Of White Sox
CHICAGO (AP) — Carlos Beltran celebrated his ninth All-Star selection with three of New York's season-high 20 hits, and the Yankees cooled off the Chicago White Sox with a 9-0 win on Tuesday night.
Chase Headley hit a two-run homer for the second straight day for New York, which improved to 2-3 on a 10-game trip that takes the club to the All-Star break. Austin Romine also connected, and Masahiro Tanaka (6-2) pitched into the eighth inning while improving to 4-1 with a 1.14 ERA in eight road starts.
Beltran and relievers Andrew Miller and Dellin Betances were picked for the AL roster before the win, and White Sox ace Chris Sale joined the trio.
Chicago (43-41) had won three in a row and six of eight, but it never recovered after Carlos Rodon (2-7) labored through five innings. The left-hander matched season highs by allowing six runs and 12 hits while dropping to 0-3 with a 4.93 ERA in his last six starts.
Beltran singled in the first but was stranded at third when Headley struck out with the bases loaded. Beltran hit an RBI single in New York's two-run second, then doubled and scored in the fourth for a 5-0 lead.
Beltran, who played his first game in the outfield since he left last Tuesday's 7-1 loss to Texas with a tight right hamstring, leads New York with 19 homers and 54 RBIs. The 39-year-old switch-hitter, along with Miller and closer Aroldis Chapman, are likely trade targets for contenders if the fourth-place Yankees (41-42) continue to hover around .500.
"Obviously with the trade deadline approaching, organizations have to decide are they adding or are they subtracting," general manager Brian Cashman said. "By action, you'll see over the next coming weeks, teams will obviously declare themselves by their actions."
Tanaka allowed six hits and walked one in 7 2/3 innings. Chasen Shreve, who was recalled from Triple-A Scranton Wilkes-Barre before the game, finished the six-hitter.
Chicago's best threat came in the second, when it put runners on second and third with one out. But Tanaka struck out Avisail Garcia and retired J.B. Shuck on a fly ball.
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