Chi. White Sox 4 at Cleveland 10 - Recap

CLEVELAND -- Jose Ramirez doubled, homered and had four RBIs, Coco Crisp had three hits and three RBIs and the Cleveland Indians beat the Chicago White Sox 10-4 Friday night at Progressive Field.

The win is Cleveland's fourth in a row as the Indians reduced their magic number for clinching the American League Central Division title to three games.

The Indians trailed 2-0 after three innings, but then scored 10 runs over the next three innings to hand the White Sox their sixth loss in a row.

Trevor Bauer (12-8) pitched 7 2/3 innings, giving up four runs on seven hits to get the win.

Miguel Gonzalez (4-8) gave up five runs, four earned, in 4 1/3 innings to take the loss.

Cleveland also got three hits and two RBIs from Mike Napoli, who now has 100 RBIs, the first Indians player in nine years to reach 100 RBI. Carlos Santana also had three hits.

Leading 6-4, the Indians blew the game open in the sixth inning when they sent nine men to the plate and scored four runs. With one out Santana singled off reliever Juan Minaya. Dan Jennings relieved Minaya and struck out Jason Kipnis for the second out.

But the next five Indians hitters reached base. Francisco Lindor walked, and Napoli singled, scoring Santana and sending Lindor to third. Ramirez followed with a double to right field, scoring Lindor and Napoli to give Cleveland a 9-4 lead.

Lonnie Chisenhall walked, and Crisp followed with a single, scoring Ramirez to make it 10-4.



The White Sox reached Bauer for two runs in the first inning. With one out Tim Anderson tripled into the gap in right-center field. Melky Cabrera then hit Bauer's second pitch into the seats in right field for his 13th home run, giving Chicago a 2-0 lead.

White Sox starter Miguel Gonzalez retired 10 of the first 12 batters he faced, but in his second time through Cleveland's order, the Indians started to make some noise.

With one out in the fourth, Napoli singled to right field, snapping his 0-for-21 hitless streak. Ramirez followed that with a booming home run over the right field wall, his 11th, a two-run blast that tied the game.

Gonzalez retired Chisenhall for the second out, but consecutive singles by Coco Crisp and Tyler Naquin put runners at first and second with two outs. Gonzalez, however, struck out Roberto Perez on a 3-2 pitch to end the inning.

It didn't stay tied very long. Todd Frazier led off the top of the fifth inning with a double into the left field corner and Avisail Garcia hit Bauer's first pitch over the right field wall, near the foul pole, for his 12th home run, to giv4 the White Sox a two-run lead again at 4-2.

The Indians, however, knocked Gonzalez out of the game in the bottom of the fifth. Carlos Santana led off with a double and Kipnis was hit by a pitch. The runners moved up to second and third on a wild pitch by Gonzalez.

Santana then scored on a sacrifice fly to right by Lindor, his 14th sacrifice fly, the most in the majors and two shy of the Indians' record of 16 set by Juan Gonzalez in 2001.

Kipnis scored on a single through the middle by Napoli, his 99th RBI, to tie it at 4. Minaya relieved Gonzalez. Napoli stole second and Ramirez hit a grounder to third baseman Frazier, who booted it for an error to put runners at first and second with one out.

Minaya struck out Chisenhall for the second out, but Crisp bounced a double off the right field wall, scoring Napoli and Ramirez and giving Cleveland a 6-4 lead.

In 4 1/3 innings Gonzalez was charged with five runs -- four earned -- on eight hits with two strikeouts and no walks.

NOTES: RHP Cody Anderson will start Saturday, his first start for the Indians since June 7. In eight starts this year Anderson is 1-3 with a 7.65 ERA. In nine relief appearances he is 1-1 with 3.06 ERA. He is starting Saturday in the No.5 spot in the rotation that became vacant with the season-ending injuries to RHP Carlos Carrasco and RHP Danny Salazar. ... Indians RHP Dan Otero, in addition to having a 1.49 ERA in 59 relief appearances, has had eight appearances in which he has pitched two or more innings, and he hasn't allowed a run in any of them. ... White Sox 2B Tyler Saladino was a late scratch from the starting lineup due to back spasms. He was replaced by 2B Carlos Sanchez. ... White Sox 1B Jose Abreu needs five homers and four RBIs to join Albert Pujols as the only players in history with 30 or more homers and 100 or more RBIs in their first three seasons. ... 3B Todd Frazier has hit 38 home runs. That's a club record for a White Sox third baseman.