Photos: Chicago White Sox 5, Cincinnati Reds 0<\/a><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n It was one of several stellar defensive plays for the Chicago White Sox in a 5-0 victory Wednesday in front of 24,099 at Rate Field.<\/p>\n Castillo was impressive in his second outing<\/a> since being traded to the Sox<\/a> on Aug. 1, allowing one hit while striking out 10 and walking two over seven scoreless innings.<\/p>\n \u201cTo me that\u2019s the result when you have confidence in your pitches, confidence in your plan and we had a very good plan today,\u201d Castillo said. \u201cWe executed and mixed and matched pitches and that\u2019s the result.\u201d<\/p>\n The only hit he allowed came in the first, a one-out single by Sal Stewart. Castillo and two relievers combined for a two-hitter.<\/p>\n \u201cThat was awesome,\u201d Venable said of the outing. \u201cIn control the whole time, just the one hit over seven innings, just outstanding. I thought he attacked the zone really well. He and (catcher) Drew Romo were on the same page.\u201d<\/p>\n Romo and shortstop Chase Meidroth homered in the victory.<\/p>\n Romo hit a solo shot in the third inning.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019ve been trying a lot of stuff in the cage,\u201d Romo said. \u201cEverything is good in the cage and then I go out in the field and goes back to the way it was before. I didn\u2019t even hit before the game and I went and did that. Guess (I\u2019m) not going to hit again.\u201d<\/p>\n Meidroth, who missed the previous two games resting a \u201cbarking\u2019 left wrist, hit a two-run blast in the sixth.<\/p>\n \u201cThe wrist is in good shape, I guess,\u201d Venable said with a smile. \u201cHe\u2019s put himself in a really good spot where he\u2019s on time, making good swing decisions, and we\u2019re seeing the power come out too.\u201d<\/p>\n That was plenty for Castillo. The right-hander struck out two batters in the first, second and four innings. He struck out the side in the seventh.<\/p>\n Defensive support included a leaping grab at the wall by left fielder Tristan Peters to rob Matt McLain of an extra-base hit leading off the third inning. Second baseman Sam Antonacci made a diving stop in the outfield grass and then threw out H\u00e9ctor Rodr\u00edguez for the first out of the fifth inning.<\/p>\n \u201c(Romo) was phenomenal behind home plate,\u201d Castillo said. \u201cWe were on the same page throughout the whole game. And not just him. I also have to give credit to the defense. The guys that were behind me, they played really well. It was outstanding too. It was a good game all around for us.\u201d<\/p>\n Castillo helped his own cause with the nice fielding play on Friedl\u2019s attempt to reach on the bunt later in the fifth.<\/p>\n Castillo pumped his fist after striking out Michael Toglia for the final out of the seventh, which wrapped up his 104-pitch outing.<\/p>\n \u201cAfter the sixth, the manager came up to me and asked me in the dugout if I was good, if I wanted one more inning,\u201d Castillo said. \u201cI said \u2018Yeah, of course.\u2019 I was looking at him like \u2018What are you talking about?\u2019 I really wanted that seventh, and it was perfect. Having a seventh inning like that, last inning, striking out the three batters was good.\u201d<\/p>\n Rookie Hagen Smith<\/a> walked the leadoff batter in the eighth but struck out the next three in his inning of work. Huascar Brazob\u00e1n<\/a> allowed a one-out hit in the ninth before retiring the next two batters to wrap up the win. The first-place Sox (62-57) hold a 3\u00bd game lead over the second-place Minnesota Twins (60-62) and Detroit Tigers (59-61) in the American League Central.<\/p>\n \u201cObviously really good stuff again from Hagen, and a big spot too,\u201d Venable said. \u201cBrazob\u00e1n comes in and does his job, really good stuff.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Luis Castillo pounced off the mound, scooped up TJ Friedl\u2019s bunt and made a glove-hand toss to first…\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":997389,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":"","_share_on_mastodon":"0"},"categories":[5124],"tags":[21894,960,1274,5048,245042,352189,31975,5386,1818,53894,275560,210045,13250],"class_list":["post-997388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-chicago","tag-chase-meidroth","tag-chicago","tag-chicago-white-sox","tag-cincinnati-reds","tag-drew-romo","tag-hagen-smith","tag-huascar-brazoban","tag-il","tag-illinois","tag-luis-castillo","tag-sam-antonacci","tag-tristan-peters","tag-will-venable"],"share_on_mastodon":{"url":"https:\/\/pubeurope.com\/@us\/117086186858956960","error":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997388","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=997388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/997388\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/997389"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=997388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=997388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=997388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}![\"White](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ctc-l-sox-reds-0812-14.jpg\")
White Sox catcher Drew Romo heads toward home after hitting a solo home run in the third inning against the Reds on Aug. 12, 2026, at Rate Field. (Armando L. Sanchez\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n![\"White](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/ctc-l-sox-reds-0812-8.jpg\")
White Sox left fielder Tristan Peters catches a ball from Reds second baseman Matt McLain at the wall in the third inning Wednesday, Aug. 12, 2026, at Rate Field. (Armando L. Sanchez\/Chicago Tribune)<\/p>\n