CHICAGO _ White Sox fans don't know what to make of Dylan Covey. Is he the guy who went 0-7 with a 7.71 ERA last season? Or the one who outdueled Chris Sale in his last start at Fenway Park?
He was the second one Wednesday night during the Sox's 3-2 victory at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Covey pitched effectively, exiting the game in the eighth with his team ahead 3-0 and two runners aboard. Left-hander Jace Fry gave up two hits but also got three outs, fanning Jason Kipnis on a sweeping slider.
Covey, 26, did not walk a batter over seven-plus innings, allowing 10 hits. His ERA after six starts is an impressive 2.29.
And Covey's infield let him down three times: Yoan Moncada botched a double play, settling for an out. Moncada could not come up with a tricky grounder from deep in a shift. And the ball got stuck in Tim Anderson's glove after Covey deflected a grounder. Zero errors, but three plays that could have been made.
On the flip side, Jose Abreu turned two masterful double plays, firing to third for a rare 3-5 DP to end the seventh.
The Sox broke through in the fifth after a hustling Charlie Tilson motored into third after driving in Anderson on a shot down the right-field line. Thompson laid down a perfect bunt on a suicide squeeze.
Moncada turned a 4-3 double play to end the game, helping Joakim Soria out of a jam.
