2 pitches, 3 outs: Sox execute efficient escape

CHICAGO — The seventh-inning pitching lines from White Sox relievers Chris Beck and Dan Jennings were highly efficient during the team’s 4-1 victory over the Mariners on Sunday at U.S. Cellular Field.

For Beck, it was one pitch, one strike, one out. For Jennings, it was one pitch, one strike, two outs.

Of course, they had some defensive help in extricating the White Sox from a first-and-second, nobody-out situation left by starter Carlos Rodon after he pitched brilliantly for six-plus innings.

“He got me that win right there,” Rodon said. “That’s Dan Jennings. I owe him a steak. And the guys up the middle, too, so I kind of owe some people something for making those plays for me. Hats off to them. Great teammates.”

“No, he knows better. He pitched a great game,” Jennings said of Rodon. “To get us to that point, and a couple of hitters get on in that inning, it just happened to be an inning where he was at 100 pitches. He was great fun to watch.”

Rodon cruised into the seventh, allowing Robinson Cano’s solo homer in the sixth and three other baserunners in total, before Kyle Seager and Franklin …

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