Carson Fulmer looked like he was cruising through the first inning of Tuesday night’s meeting between the Cleveland Indians and Chicago White Sox.
He had struck out Francisco Lindor to start the game, then induced a pop-up to Oscar Mercado. A quick dispatching of Carlos Santana would have kept his pitch count low enough that Chicago could have sent him back to the mound for the second.
Santana drew a customary four-pitch walk to extend the inning. Yasiel Puig followed him with a 10-pitch at-bat that ended on a single to right. Jordan Luplow walked on five pitches, loading the bases.