Luis Castillo strikes out 10 as the Chicago White Sox blank the Cincinnati Reds 5-0

CHICAGO (AP) — Luis Castillo struck out 10 in seven sparkling innings, helping the Chicago White Sox beat Rhett Lowder and the Cincinnati Reds 5-0 on Wednesday night.

>Castillo allowed one hit — Sal Stewart's single in the first — and walked two in his first win with Chicago. The right-hander, acquired in an Aug. 1 trade with Seattle, was tagged for five runs over four innings in his White Sox debut at Boston last week.

>Castillo (4-9) matched his longest outing of the season one day after Chicago blew a 4-0 lead during a 5-4 loss in the series opener.

>Chase Meidroth and Drew Romo homered as the AL Central leaders won for the third time in four games. Sam Antonacci had three hits.

>Lowder (4-8) was charged with two runs and seven hits in 5 1/3 innings. The right-hander is 1-1 with a 3.22 ERA in his last four starts.

>Lowder was pulled after Colson Montgomery's single in the sixth. Meidroth greeted Julian Garcia with a drive to left field for his 12th homer, giving the White Sox a 3-0 lead.

>Romo went deep in the third, capping a 10-pitch at-bat with his first homer since May 25 and No. 6 on the year. He also singled home Montgomery in the eighth.

>Castillo, who began his big league career with Cincinnati in 2017, helped himself with a nice play on TJ Friedl's two-out bunt in the fifth. Tristan Peters also made a leaping catch at the wall on Matt McLain's drive to left-center in the third.

>Hagen Smith handled the eighth for Chicago before Huascar Brazobán finished the two-hitter.

>White Sox rookie Munetaka Murakami extended his on-base streak to 27 games with a two-out walk in the fifth. He is tied with Cleveland's Steven Kwan for the longest active streak in the majors.

Up nextLeft-hander Andrew Abbott (6-7, 3.92 ERA) starts for Cincinnati in Thursday's series finale, and right-hander Davis Martin (9-6, 4.17) pitches for Chicago.

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