CLEVELAND — Chicago White Sox starter Dylan Cease exited Friday’s 1-0 victory against Cleveland in the sixth inning with a bruised right triceps after being hit by Bradley Zimmer’s hard grounder back to the mound.
X-rays were negative, and Cease’s status is day to day, the Sox said. He allowed three hits and struck out nine in 5 1/3 scoreless innings at Progressive Field.
With the Sox leading in the sixth on a Luis Robert home run, Cease retired the first batter before Zimmer hit the comebacker. The momentum of Cease’s follow-through caused his back to be toward home plate, and the grounder hit him.
Cease received attention from the training staff and threw some warmup pitches before the Sox replaced him with reliever Ryan Burr.
The Sox on Thursday clinched their first division title since 2008, defeating Cleveland, 7-2, in Game 1 of a doubleheader.
