Cleveland 8, Chi. White Sox 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 14, 2013
Where: U.S Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature:
69°
Umpires:
Home -
Eric Cooper, 1B -
Chad Fairchild, 2B -
Paul Schrieber, 3B -
Jeff Kellogg
Attendance:
28024
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Indians 8, White Sox 1: Ubaldo Jimenez took a shutout into the ninth inning and Carlos Santana went 3-for-4 with two RBIs as visiting Cleveland defeated Chicago for the 11th straight time.
Asdrubal Cabrera and Lonnie Chisenhall homered for the Indians, who have won three straight to remain 1 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay for the second wild card in the American League. Jimenez (12-9) struck out eight and allowed eight hits before leaving after allowing a pair of one-out singles in the ninth.
Josh Phegley finished 3-for-3 with a RBI for the White Sox. Chicago has lost five in a row and 14 of its past 16.
Cabrera hit a two-run home run and Chisenhall added a three-run blast in the five-run fourth as the Indians chased Andre Rienzo (2-2). The 25-year-old right-hander issued four walks and allowed five runs on seven hits over four-plus innings.
Conor Gillaspie had two of the nine hits for the White Sox, who have totaled six runs during their five-game losing streak. Phegley's sacrifice fly broke up the shutout in the ninth.
GAME NOTEBOOK: Cleveland has outscored Chicago 25-5 in the first three contests of the four-game series. … Santana extended his hitting streak to nine games. … Jimenez has allowed three or fewer earned runs in 10 straight outings.
Top Game Performances
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Cleveland
|
11 |
2 |
19 |
.314 |
22 |
9 |
8 |
8 |
0 |
0 |
Chi. White Sox
|
9 |
0 |
10 |
.265 |
15 |
9 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
0 |