Red Sox beat White Sox 4-2; good first outing for Mr. Rodon

Today’s game certainly started off the way the Chicago White Sox wanted.

The first three batters reached in the first inning for the Sox, highlighted by a Jose Abreu rocket off the Green Monster. The ball would have been out at The Rate, but Abreu took the RBI (really should have been two — Jose Rondon didn’t read it great).

Kevan Smith added an RBI groundout to put the Sox ahead 2-0 early.

Then the bottom of the first inning happened, and well, it didn’t go so hot.

Carlos Rodon, making his first start since last September, walked the Andrew Benintendi to begin the inning. Xander Bogaerts then hit a grounder to Tim Anderson’s backhand that he should have handled, but it skipped into center…