Josh Tomlin gave up three runs on two first inning homers (Alejandro de Aza leading off, AJ Pierzynski) which was really all the White Sox and Chris Sale would need. Sale was making his first major league start after working out the bullpen late in 2011. He went 6 2/3, removed at exactly 100 pitches after allowing one run on three hits and two walks with five strikeouts. Chicago used a two-out rally in the fifth to score a fourth run, then stranded six runners between the sixth and eighth innings while Cleveland’s offense posed little threat until Jose Lopez (whose stint as an Indian I can’t confidently say I remember) homered to lead off the ninth. But that was all they would get and the Sox took it 4-2.
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