Lopez exits after 5 no-hit innings; Chicago White Sox blank Rangers

Given all of the injuries the Chicago White Sox have endured throughout the organization the last two years, another potential red flag was hoisted Sunday afternoon.

In a 2-0 victory over the Texas Rangers at Guaranteed Rate Field, Sox starting pitcher Reynaldo Lopez vanished after 5 no-hit innings.

The pitch count, 80, was high for that stage of the game, but not high enough to warrant a call to the bullpen.

Was Lopez injured? Not exactly.

The 24-year-old righty came out after experiencing dehydration and flu-like symptoms.

"I've been feeling these symptoms from three days," Lopez said through a translator. "I've been dealing with them from three days. I didn't want to say anything because I didn't want them to skip this outing for me. I wanted to make my outing today.

"I think it was in the third inning when I started feeling the worst, and then I tried to battle through it until (manager) Ricky (Renteria) made the decision."

Lopez had two IV bags of fluid after the early exit. "I feel better," he said. "I feel much better right now. It was just dehydration."

It is rather remarkable that Lopez was able to pitch so well and keep his fastball velocity at a steady 98 mph when he was feeling so lousy.

"He was throwing very, very well," Renteria said. "The fastball had some really good life. He was doing everything you would have wanted him to do today. It was a nice job by the bullpen to come in and be able to pick him up. (Lopez) certainly was the story in terms of stopping anything that they could have possibly done today."

Aaron Bummer relieved Lopez in the sixth inning and Shin-Soo Choo led off with a single to end the White Sox's bid for a combined no-hitter. It was Texas' only hit of the game.

Lopez allowed 2 walks and had 6 strikeouts before calling it a day. Bummer, Evan Marshall, Jace Fry and Alex Colome finished it up.

While taking three of four from Texas in the series, Jose Abreu knocked in both runs Sunday for the Sox and reached 100 RBI for the fifth time in his six seasons on the South Side.

Abreu had a run-scoring single in the third inning and Adam Engel scored on his fielder's choice groundout in the seventh.

"This one is really big," Abreu said through a translator. "Every time you accomplish something, it means something good. I just got off the phone with my mom just telling her, 'Thank you. Thank you because I am who I am because of you, and this is for you.'"