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As heard on WHOW, Dallas Keuchel pitched seven innings of crisp four-hit ball to win his fifth straight decision, leading the Chicago White Sox past the Tampa Bay Rays 3-0 on Tuesday night.

 

Adam Engel hit a solo home run and Tim Anderson had three hits as the White Sox bounced back from a 5-2 loss on Monday in matchup of the teams with the two best records in the majors.

 

Danny Mendick drove in a run and set up another as Chicago won for the fifth time in six and ended Tampa Bay's four-game winning streak.

 

Keuchel (6-1) was sharp throughout this one, striking out five and walking one.

 

Aaron Bummer pitched a scoreless eighth and Liam Hendriks worked around two singles in the ninth for his 18th save.

 

The White Sox and Rays entered with the two lowest team ERAs in the AL, but Tampa Bay's rotation took a hit after an MRI showed ace Tyler Glasnow had a partial tear in an elbow ligament and a flexor strain. The right-hander said he won't have surgery for now, and instead will try to strengthen the area.

 

Mendick played second base in place of rookie Nick Madrigal, who underwent season-ending surgery earlier in the day to repair tears in his right hamstring.

 

Rays rookie Shane McClanahan (2-2) allowed two earned runs on seven hits in five innings. 

 

Mendick grounded a sharp single with two outs in the fourth to drive in Andrew Vaughn from second.

 

Leury Garcia scored from first when left fielder Randy Arozarena's throw skipped under catcher Francisco Mejia.

 

Engel led off the fifth with his third homer in seven games since coming off the injured list to make it 3-0.

 

Ryan Yarbrough (4-3. 3.63) against White Sox RHP Lucas Giolito (5-5, 3.81) in the series finale on Wednesday afternoon.

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