Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians Match Player Stats On Sep 29, 2017

The Sports Xchange
Sep 29, 2017

CLEVELAND -- Jose Ramirez had three hits, including his 54th and 55th doubles of the season, and Trevor Bauer pitched six strong innings as the Cleveland Indians routed the Chicago White Sox 10-1 on Friday night at Progressive Field.

Bauer (17-9) gave up one run on four hits with seven strikeouts and no walks.

Chicago starter Mike Pelfrey (3-12) gave up all 10 of Cleveland's runs in 2 2/3 innings, although three of the runs were unearned. Pelfrey allowed six hits, only one of them a single, and walked six.

Jay Bruce homered and Edwin Encarnacion had three RBIs for the Indians, who scored all of their runs in the second and third innings. Cleveland won its 101st game of the season, the second most in franchise history.

The only team in Indians' history with more wins was the 1954 American League champion. That team won a then-American League record 111 games, only to get swept in four games by the New York Giants in the World Series.

After loading the bases but failing to score in the first inning, the Indians batted around and scored six runs in the second inning. All six runs scored after there were two outs.

Pelfrey walked Jason Kipnis to start the inning. Pelfrey struck out the next batter, but walked the one after that, Roberto Perez. Francisco Lindor flied out for the second out. But Austin Jackson singled home Kipnis, and Ramirez's second double in two innings drove in Perez and Jackson to make it 3-0.

Encarnacion hit a grounder to shortstop Tim Anderson, and the ball rolled under his glove for an error, allowing Ramirez to score. Bruce then hit a towering fly ball over the wall in center field for his 36th home run, a two-run blast that stretched the Cleveland lead to 6-0.

The third inning began with back-to-back singles by Kipnis and Yandy Diaz, and it was 7-0. Pelfrey retired the next two batters, but walked the two after that, then walked off the field as he was replaced by reliever David Holmberg.

Encarnacion greeted Holmberg with a line drive triple into the right-center field gap, and it was a 10-0 Cleveland lead.

Bauer retired the first nine batters he faced, but Yolmer Sanchez, leading off the fourth inning, hit one into the right field seats for his 12th home run, cutting the Cleveland lead to 10-1.

NOTES: RHP Corey Kluber, who will be the Indians' starter in Game 1 of the AL Division Series Thursday, will make his last regular-season start Saturday. Manager Terry Francona said he and Kluber will discuss beforehand how much the Indians' ace will pitch in the game. ... Indians RHP Carlos Carrasco and LHP Ryan Merritt will each pitch a three-inning simulated game on Tuesday. Carrasco is expected to pitch Game 2 of the Division Series. ... OF Avisail Garcia has a chance to record the highest batting average by a White Sox player since Frank Thomas won the AL batting title with a .347 average in 1997. Garcia, who went 1-for-4 in the game, is hitting .330, second in the AL behind Houston 2B Jose Altuve's .348. ... White Sox relievers have a combined 502 strikeouts, the most by a bullpen in franchise history. The previous record was 479, set in 2011.