Chicago White Sox' Dylan Cease Does Something Not Done For More Than 20 Years in Win vs. Yankees

Chicago White Sox ace Dylan Cease walked the tight rope on Monday night as the Sox beat the Yankees. Cease did something that hasn't been done for the franchise in more than 20 years in the win.

The Chicago White Sox beat the New York Yankees on Monday night by a score of 5-1 as Sox ace Dylan Cease walked the tight rope en route to victory. 

He worked 5.1 scoreless innings while walking seven, doing something not done for the White Sox in more than 20 years.

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Cease (5-5) tossed 5.1 scoreless innings in a win over the Yankees on Monday, allowing one hit and seven walks while striking out six batters.

ANALYSIS
It's not often that a hurler issues seven walks and keeps the opponent scoreless -- in fact, Cease is the first White Sox pitcher to do it since Dan Wright in 2001, per Christopher Kamka of NBC Sports Chicago. Cease's success was centered on holding New York to just one hit, which didn't come until there were two outs in the top of the sixth inning. That DJ LeMahieu single resulted in the veteran hurler getting the hook after 104 pitches (only 58 of which were strikes), but Brett Honeywell managed to work out of a bases-loaded jam to keep Cease's scoreless outing intact. It's unlikely that Cease will pair this level of wildness with success often, but his final stat line was much more palatable than the seven-run, 1.2 inning shelling he took against Texas his last time out.

It's been a down year for Cease just one year after finishing second in the American League Cy Young race.

All told, he's 5-5 with a 4.42 ERA.

The White Sox and Yankees will play again on Tuesday at 8:10 p.m. ET.

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