CHICAGO — Masahiro Tanaka didn’t allow a run and the New York Yankees cranked out a season-high 20 hits in a 9-0 win over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday night at U.S. Cellular Field.
Tanaka, pitching on five days’ rest instead of the usual four, kept the White Sox (43-41) off-balance for most of his 7 2/3 innings by efficiently using his pitches. Tanaka struck out six, walked one and worked around a couple of trouble spots without allowing a run.
Tanaka (6-2) has allowed no more than two earned runs in six of his last nine starts.
Brett Gardner went 4-for-6 and scored two runs, Carlos Beltran was 3-for-5 with a double and an RBI, and Mark Teixeira went 2-for-5 with two RBIs to lead the New York (41-42), which had seven doubles and two home runs.
Chase Headley went 3-for-5, clubbing a two-run homer, and Kevin Romine went 2-for-5 with a solo homer to help tag the White Sox with a season high in hits allowed.
Alex Rodriguez went 1-for-6 to move past Dave Winfield on baseball’s career list with his 3,111th hit, which was also his 547th career double to tie Manny Ramirez for 29th all time.
Left-hander Carlos Rodon (2-7) started for the White Sox and allowed six runs (five earned) in five innings. Rodon yielded 12 hits, including three doubles and two home runs.
After nearly scoring against Rodon in the first, the Yankees took a 2-0 lead on three hits and an error in the second. Beltran had an RBI single and Gardner scored the second run on a fielding error by rookie shortstop Tim Anderson off a sharply hit ground ball by Rodriguez.
The lead grew to 4-0 in the third. Headley followed Starlin Castro’s leadoff single with his seventh homer of the season. The lead would have been bigger, but Chicago second baseman Brett Lawrie made a run-saving play in the first inning, knocking down a ground ball up the middle and throwing out Beltran at the plate.
New York increased its lead to 6-0 with additional runs against Rodon in the fourth on two doubles and in the fifth on Romine’s solo homer.
NOTES: White Sox LHP Chris Sale was named to the American League roster for the All-Star Game on Tuesday. Sale (14-2) is a strong candidate to start. … RHP Dellin Betances, LHP Andrew Miller and OF Carlos Beltran were named to the AL’s All-Star roster from the Yankees. … New York manager Joe Girardi gave SS Didi Gregorious a day off, replacing him with 2B/INF Starlin Castro. … OF Jacoby Ellsbury had an ice bag on a leg, but Girardi said it wasn’t the reason Ellsbury didn’t start. … New York recalled LHP Chasen Shreve from Triple-A Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to replace RHP Luis Cessa, who was optioned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre to be a starter. … White Sox manager Robin Ventura said it would be “very optimistic” to expect 1B/DH Justin Morneau (elbow surgery) to be activated from the 15-day disabled list soon after the All-Star break. Ventura expects Morneau will need longer to get his timing back at the plate.