Chris Sale has good 1st outing for White Sox

Sale gave up a one-out single to Lou Marson and a walk to Mark Reynolds before getting Carlos Santana to hit into a forceout and retiring Mike Aviles on a flyout to deep center.

Catcher Hector Gimenez went to the mound for a chat.

"The first inning was kind of sporadic," Sale said. "I felt like I was going a million miles an hour. Hector came out and said slow it down. He kind of got me back to where I was. Thanks to him, we pulled it out. I was kind of jittery in the first."

Sale wound up allowing two hits — both singles — struck out one and walked none.

"I'm very satisfied how it went," he said. "Obviously, there is room for improvement on anything you do. This is a good building point, Day 1 out on the mound. Build from this and learn from it."

Chicago took a 4-0 lead against Justin Masterson, Cleveland's opening-day starter, who gave up six hits in 2 2-3 innings. Dayan Viciedo homered leading off the second and, two batters later, Brent Morel hit a two-run drive.

Gimenez added an RBI single in the third. A 3-for-3 day increased his exhibition average to .714 (5 for 7).

"The sinker is the one they hit," Masterson said. "They were all elevated sinkers. I threw some good ones. When I got on top, you could see them, they were diving nicely. "When they were good, you could see the guys swing over the top. It's nice to see those mixed in, the good ones. We're close. We've still got a month."