
By giving up three runs as the White Sox beat the Astros on Tuesday night, Dylan Cease watched his season ERA rise to 2.09, the highest it’s been in a month.
The White Sox right-hander had been on an unprecedented tear before that, recording 14 straight starts with one or fewer earned runs allowed, something nobody in MLB had done since at least 1913. His ERA plummeted in the process from a peak of 4.24 after a poor start against Boston on May 24.