The White Sox extended their win streak to five with a 6-4 victory over the Brewers on Monday night at Miller Park, but it came at a price -- they lost their starting pitcher to injury, with no clear-cut replacements if one is needed.\n\n• [Box score](https://www.mlb.com/gameday/white-sox-vs-brewers/2020/08/03/631293/final/box#game_state=final,lock_state=final,game_tab=box,game=631293)\n\nSix innings before
Manager Rick Renteria noticed Rodón was “fidgeting” in the first inning, but the pitcher didn’t complain about any discomfort when he returned to the dugout. When Rodón’s velocity noticeably dipped in the second, the decision to remove him was an obvious one.\n\n“We were already talking about it, and once he came in \\[after the second\\], he just said he was feeling a little something in his neck,” Renteria said. “The ball wasn’t coming out of his hand right, which is what we could see. We were already prepared to make a change at that point, because we saw what it looked like. We had him checked out.”\n\nThe 27-year-old Rodón looked strong at the outset -- he threw nine straight strikes to open the game, but he also allowed two hits and a run in the 13-pitch first inning. He then yielded a base hit to Manny Piña with one out in the second before recording quick outs of Orlando Arcia (flyout) and Ben Gamel (groundout) to escape further damage.\n\nRodón’s fastball maxed out at 92.2 mph in the first frame, but it dipped quickly, hitting a low of 85.6 mph in the second.
\n\nWhite Sox pitcher Carlos Rodon exited tonight’s start after just two innings. Fastball velocity was not good by the end. pic.twitter.com/heR22xrm4o
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The drop was noticed by the other dugout.\n\n“We faced him in that exhibition game over there \\[in Chicago on July 22\\], and he probably had 4-5 mph more on his fastball,” Brewers right fielder Ben Gamel said. “I remember looking at \\[Brewers hitting coach Andy Haines\\] when I was going up to bat like, 'Is his velo down today?'\"\n\nRodón was replaced in the third by right-hander
Detwiler said he’d be a willing participant if asked to move to the rotation.\n\n“I’ve been a starter most of my career, that's what I'm used to,” he said. “I'm falling into a role now that I'm very comfortable with, but if they ask me to start, then I'll try to go out there with the same mindset I've been having out of the bullpen now. I think it's been working for me.”
The other options aren’t as enticing. The club recently signed veteran lefty
“I'm not going to limit and I don’t think the organization will limit what you can or cannot do. We've got to be flexible. It’s just at this particular time it’s the moment which we’re in.”\n\nThe outcome of the game provided better news for the White Sox, who were lifted in part by home runs from