Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians Match Player Stats On Jun 10, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Jun 10, 2017

CLEVELAND -- Jose Abreu and Melky Cabrera each had three hits and an RBI, and left-hander David Holmberg pitched five solid innings to lead the Chicago White Sox to a 5-3 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Saturday night at Progressive Field.

The win halted Chicago's three-game losing streak.

The White Sox scored three runs in the first inning, an unearned run in the second and an insurance run in the eighth, and Holmberg and four relievers made it stand up.

Holmberg (1-0) gave up two runs on three hits with four strikeouts and one walk. David Robertson pitched the eighth and ninth innings to pick up his 10th save.

Cleveland starter Josh Tomlin (3-8) gave up four runs (three earned) and nine hits in 2 2/3 innings.

Edwin Encarnacion and Carlos Santana homered for Cleveland. Santana's homer, a solo shot off reliever Dan Jennings in the sixth inning, cut Chicago's lead to 4-3. But the White Sox got that run back on a sacrifice fly by Kevan Smith in the eighth.

The White Sox didn't waste any time in driving Tomlin out of the game. Chicago sent seven men to the plate in the first inning, and three of them scored.

Tim Anderson led off with a single to right field and went to second on a single to center by Cabrera. Abreu made it three singles in a row, scoring Anderson with the first run and moving Cabrera to third.

Avisail Garcia got hit by a pitch to load the bases. Todd Frazier's grounder to third baseman Jose Ramirez was turned into a force out at home, retiring Cabrera. Matt Davis singled to left field, scoring Abreu and Garcia.

In the second inning, Leury Garcia hit a fly ball into the left field corner that Michael Brantley dropped for a three-base error. Leury Garcia scored on a single by Cabrera to make it 4-0.

Holmberg held Cleveland scoreless on one hit through the first three innings.

In the fourth, Brantley led off with a double. One out later, Encarnacion hit his second two-run homer in as many nights, a line drive over the left field wall for his 12th homer of the season to cut the Chicago lead to 4-2.

NOTES: Indians RHP Corey Kluber, the winning pitcher Friday night, has received four-plus runs of support in 60 career starts. In those starts his record is 47-1, and the Indians' are 55-5 in those games. ... Indians SS Francisco Lindor hit .309 in April, .245 in May, and is hitting .156 in June. ... The White Sox added INF Alen Hanson to the roster prior to Saturday's game. Hanson was claimed off waivers from Pittsburgh on Friday. To make room on the roster for Hanson, Chicago optioned OF Adam Engel to Triple-A Charlotte. ... White Sox 1B Jose Abreu returned to the lineup Saturday after he was removed from Friday's game in the seventh inning after getting hit in the left leg by a pitch.