3 series takeaways as White Sox starter Noah Schultz collects his 1st MLB win on Sunday

TL;DR

Noah Schultz secured his first MLB win on Sunday, allowing one run over five innings in a 7-4 victory against the Athletics. The White Sox hit four home runs and won two of three in the series.

Key points

Noah Schultz earned his first major-league victory
He allowed one run over five innings
The White Sox won 7-4 against the Athletics
Four players hit home runs for the White Sox
The Sox won two of three in the series

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WEST SACRAMENTO, Calif. — Chicago White Sox starter Noah Schultz earned his first major-league victory on Sunday, allowing one run over five innings in a 7-4 win against the Athletics in front of 12,070 at Sutter Health Park.

He received plenty of offensive support, with Derek Hill (solo), Miguel Vargas (two-run), Munetaka Murakami (two-run) and Colson Montgomery (solo) hitting home runs. The Sox held on to win two of three in the series.

“It was a great team win, a great series win,” Schultz said. “Hopeful to keep going.”

Here are three takeaways from the series:

Schultz is locked in

Schultz displayed a strong command in his 82-pitch outing. He allowed one hit, a home run to Darell Hernáiz in the second inning, struck out six and walked one.

“Being able to fill up the zone,” Schultz said of what worked on Sunday.

Schultz struck out at least one batter in each of his final four innings of work on Sunday, including recording two strikeouts in both the second and fourth innings.

“Noah was really good,” manager Will Venable said. “Got back to the fastball, that’s obviously among his best weapons. And really got to that and did a nice job of mixing the four-seamer, the two-seamer. Ended up landing some sweepers in the zone, the cutter was in the zone, which is a big pitch for him, too.”

Schultz learned a lot going from his first big-league start on Tuesday to his second on Sunday.

“Learned a lot about myself, a lot of things,” Schultz said. “Calm myself down with nerves, and stuff like that, that hopefully are gone. Getting ahead of guys and attacking hitters.”