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Indians win 13th straight, pound White Sox
The Sports Xchange
Sep 6, 2017
CHICAGO -- Jose Ramirez homered twice while Austin Jackson and Yan Gomes each added solo shots as the Cleveland Indians ran their winning streak to 13 with a 9-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.
Cleveland (82-56) is one win shy of matching the franchise's all-time winning streak of 14, set between June 17-July 1, 2016.
Chicago (54-83) dropped its second straight.
Ramirez went 2-for-5 while Edwin Encarnacion and Carlos Santana also had two hits apiece.
Rob Brantly, Avisail Garcia and Tim Anderson each had a pair of hits for the White Sox.
Reliever Dan Otero (3-0), the third of eight Indians pitchers, earned the victory in a two-inning effort. He allowed two hits and struck out one.
Starter Danny Salazar, activated from the 10-day disabled list (right elbow inflammation) after missing two turns, lasted only two-thirds of an inning before departing.
White Sox starter David Holmberg (2-4) took the loss after working three innings. It was his first start since June 26.
Gomes closed the Cleveland scoring with a three-run homer -- his 11th of the season -- with two out in the ninth off White Sox reliever Chris Beck. The homer brought home Santana and Lonnie Chisenhall.
The Indians opened a 2-0 lead with back-to-back first inning solo home runs from Jackson and Ramirez. Jackson's homer to left was his seventh.
It was third time this season Cleveland has homered in consecutive at-bats.
Encarnacion scored from third to make it 3-0 on Brandon Guyer's fielder's choice grounder to short.
But the lead was short-lived.
Salazar gave up a fielder's choice grounder to Jose Abreu that allowed Yolmer Sanchez to score from third.
Matt Davidson then clubbed his 24th homer of the season, a two-out shot that brought home Garcia and Brantley for a 4-3 Chicago lead.
Salazar, promptly pulled for right-hander Nick Goody, threw 26 pitches and allowed four earned runs on one hit, walked two, hit a batter and struck out one in 2/3 of an inning of work.
Goody walked two more before Adam Engel flied out to end a 46-minute first inning.
Ramirez slugged his 25th home run of the season and second of the game with two out in the second, a solo shot to left off Holmberg to force a 4-4 tie. It was sixth career multi-homer game, all this season.
Greg Allen doubled in Guyer and Gomes in the third for a 6-4 Cleveland lead. Allen was caught in a rundown while trying to stretch the hit into a triple.
Holmberg lasted three innings, allowing six runs on six hits. He walked four and struck out two.
NOTES: Salazar was among three Cleveland transactions Tuesday. They also called up RHP Shawn Armstrong and OF Tyler Naquin from Triple-A Columbus. ... The Indians send RHP Carlos Carrasco (13-6, 3.67 ERA) against White Sox RHP Reynaldo Lopez (0-2, 6.06) in Wednesday's middle game. ... OF Eloy Jimenez was named the White Sox Minor League Player of the Month while RHP Michael Kopech was named Pitcher of the Month on Tuesday. ... Chicago reinstated INF Yoan Moncada from the 10-day disabled list (bone contusion of the right shin) and inserted him in the lineup. The White Sox also called up LHP Jace Fry from Double-A Birmingham and requested waivers on LHP Derek Holland. Fry made his big league and faced three ninth inning batters, giving up a single to one and walking another.
Sep 6, 2017
CHICAGO -- Jose Ramirez homered twice while Austin Jackson and Yan Gomes each added solo shots as the Cleveland Indians ran their winning streak to 13 with a 9-4 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Tuesday.
Cleveland (82-56) is one win shy of matching the franchise's all-time winning streak of 14, set between June 17-July 1, 2016.
Chicago (54-83) dropped its second straight.
Ramirez went 2-for-5 while Edwin Encarnacion and Carlos Santana also had two hits apiece.
Rob Brantly, Avisail Garcia and Tim Anderson each had a pair of hits for the White Sox.
Reliever Dan Otero (3-0), the third of eight Indians pitchers, earned the victory in a two-inning effort. He allowed two hits and struck out one.
Starter Danny Salazar, activated from the 10-day disabled list (right elbow inflammation) after missing two turns, lasted only two-thirds of an inning before departing.
White Sox starter David Holmberg (2-4) took the loss after working three innings. It was his first start since June 26.
Gomes closed the Cleveland scoring with a three-run homer -- his 11th of the season -- with two out in the ninth off White Sox reliever Chris Beck. The homer brought home Santana and Lonnie Chisenhall.
The Indians opened a 2-0 lead with back-to-back first inning solo home runs from Jackson and Ramirez. Jackson's homer to left was his seventh.
It was third time this season Cleveland has homered in consecutive at-bats.
Encarnacion scored from third to make it 3-0 on Brandon Guyer's fielder's choice grounder to short.
But the lead was short-lived.
Salazar gave up a fielder's choice grounder to Jose Abreu that allowed Yolmer Sanchez to score from third.
Matt Davidson then clubbed his 24th homer of the season, a two-out shot that brought home Garcia and Brantley for a 4-3 Chicago lead.
Salazar, promptly pulled for right-hander Nick Goody, threw 26 pitches and allowed four earned runs on one hit, walked two, hit a batter and struck out one in 2/3 of an inning of work.
Goody walked two more before Adam Engel flied out to end a 46-minute first inning.
Ramirez slugged his 25th home run of the season and second of the game with two out in the second, a solo shot to left off Holmberg to force a 4-4 tie. It was sixth career multi-homer game, all this season.
Greg Allen doubled in Guyer and Gomes in the third for a 6-4 Cleveland lead. Allen was caught in a rundown while trying to stretch the hit into a triple.
Holmberg lasted three innings, allowing six runs on six hits. He walked four and struck out two.
NOTES: Salazar was among three Cleveland transactions Tuesday. They also called up RHP Shawn Armstrong and OF Tyler Naquin from Triple-A Columbus. ... The Indians send RHP Carlos Carrasco (13-6, 3.67 ERA) against White Sox RHP Reynaldo Lopez (0-2, 6.06) in Wednesday's middle game. ... OF Eloy Jimenez was named the White Sox Minor League Player of the Month while RHP Michael Kopech was named Pitcher of the Month on Tuesday. ... Chicago reinstated INF Yoan Moncada from the 10-day disabled list (bone contusion of the right shin) and inserted him in the lineup. The White Sox also called up LHP Jace Fry from Double-A Birmingham and requested waivers on LHP Derek Holland. Fry made his big league and faced three ninth inning batters, giving up a single to one and walking another.
