AROUND THE HORN
◼ White Sox, Angels: Dylan Cease struck out 11 to match a career best and gave up just one hit in seven sparkling innings, propelling the White Sox to a 3-0 win over the Angels on Monday in Chicago. Three-time AL MVP Mike Trout struck out in all four at-bats, three against Cease. The Angels star, who homered and doubled in a win Sunday to raise his OPS to a whopping 1.247, fanned against Liam Hendriks to end the game. Angels two-way start Shohei Ohtani didn’t start, a day after making an early exit because of groin tightness. The reigning AL MVP grounded out as a pinch-hitter in the eighth. The White Sox won for the third time in 12 games. The Angels have won seven of nine. Cease (3-1) threw 64 of 93 pitches for strikes and walked none. Taylor Ward got the only hit against him, a leadoff double in the fourth. Cease’s previous 11-strikeout performance came on Aug. 29, 2021, against the Cubs. Kendall Graveman pitched the eighth and Hendriks recorded his fifth save in the combined two-hitter. Angels trainer Mike Frostad said Ohtani was “doing better this morning” and there were currently no plans for an MRI or to put him on the injured list. Manager Joe Maddon said Ohtani could pitch against the Red Sox later in the week. “I hope so,” Maddon said. “We’re just going to wait a day or two to figure that out.”
◼ Cardinals: Paul Goldschmidt hit an early HR and Steven Matz and the Cardinals bullpen made it stand up in a 1-0 victory over the visiting Royals. Goldschmidt, who got his first day off of the season Sunday, connected with one out in the first against Zack Greinke. The Royals lost their fourth in a row overall, and have dropped 21 of their last 28 to the Cardinals dating to Aug. 7, 2017. This game was a makeup from a rainout on April 13 — the I-70 interleague series continues Tuesday and Wednesday in Kansas City. Matz (3-1) scattered four hits, including a pair of doubles, in six innings. He walked none, hit a batter and struck out four. Matz had allowed five runs over his previous three starts, spanning 14 ⅔ innings, after yielding seven in his Cardinals debut on April 10. Cardinals relievers Kodi Whitley, Nick Wittgren and Giovanny Gallegos were equally sharp, each pitching an inning in the combined five-hitter. Gallegos gave up a two-out single in the ninth but picked up his fifth save in six chances. Greinke (0-2) gave up three hits in six innings. The 18-year big league veteran made the 493rd start of his career and didn’t walk anyone with one strikeout. Carlos Santana had two of the Royals’ five hits. The Cardinals managed just four hits in the game.
◼ Extra innings: The Twins placed INF Miguel Sanó on the 10-day IL. Sanó, who’s hitting just .093 with one HR and three RBIs, has a left knee sprain. His IL move is retroactive to Sunday . ... The Brewers have designated RHP José Ureña for assignment and activated INF Luis Urías from the IL. Ureña, 30, signed with the Brewers before the season and went 0-0 with a 3.52 ERA in four relief appearances. He went 4-8 with a 5.81 ERA for the Tigers last season in 26 games, including 18 starts. Urías, 24, entered the season as the Brewers’ likely starting third baseman but hasn’t played yet because of a quadriceps injury.