The Indians handed the White Sox their first home series loss after five straight victories by virtue of a 5-2 decision Thursday night at U.S. Cellular Field. Cleveland claimed the last three games of this four-game set, allowing eight runs in total.
Danny Salazar followed the tone set by Corey Kluber, Trevor Bauer and Shaun Marcum by holding the White Sox to five hits over six innings while striking out eight and walking three. The Indians picked up all the runs they needed in the first with four put up against John Danks.
Danks had allowed three runs over his last 14 innings pitched. But seven of the first nine Cleveland hitters reached base against the southpaw, with five hits among those seven. Over the last three games, White Sox starters Danks, Carlos Rodon and Jose Quintana have thrown a total of 317 pitches but just 174 for strikes.
Mike Aviles had four hits for the Indians, including a first-inning homer. Tyler Flowers broke the shutout for the White Sox in the ninth with a two-run homer off Bryan Shaw.
“Our starting pitching’s been great,” Indians designated hitter Nick Swisher said. “We’re getting some huge hits late, we’re getting big hits when we need ’em and it’s a lot of fun to play in these games.”
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