Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Chi. White Sox 5, Cleveland 4
When: 7:05 PM ET, Tuesday, September 20, 2011
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Tim Tschida, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - David Rackley, 3B - Marty Foster
Attendance: 19582
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature: 68°
Umpires: Home - Tim Tschida, 1B - Bill Welke, 2B - David Rackley, 3B - Marty Foster
Attendance: 19582
Alexei Ramirez's single in the seventh inning drove in the go-ahead run as the Chicago White Sox rallied to defeat the host Cleveland Indians 5-4 on Tuesday and gain a split of the day-night doubleheader.
The Indians, who won the opener 4-3, lead the White Sox by 1 1/2 games in the battle for second place in the American League Central.
Gordon Beckham became the first White Sox player to have three doubles in a game since Aaron Rowand in 2005.
Matt Thornton (2-5) worked 1 1/3 innings while Chris Sale picked up his sixth save as Chicago's bullpen pitched 4 1/3 scoreless innings.
The White Sox trailed 4-0 before Beckham's double in the fifth scored Chicago's first run. Alejandro De Aza's two-run double in the sixth made it 4-3.
Juan Pierre's RBI groundout tied the game in the seventh before Ramirez put the White Sox ahead against Zach Putnam (0-1).
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. White Sox | Cleveland | |
| Dylan Axelrod | Player | Zach McAllister |
| No Decision | W/L | No Decision |
| 4.2 | IP | 5.1 |
| 3 | Strikeouts | 4 |
| 7 | Hits | 6 |
| 7.71 | ERA | 3.38 |
Hitting
| Chi. White Sox | Cleveland | |
| Gordon Beckham | Player | Jason Donald |
| 3 | Hits | 4 |
| 1 | RBI | 0 |
| 0 | HR | 0 |
| 6 | TB | 4 |
| 1.000 | Avg | .800 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team | Hits | HR | TB | Avg | LOB | K | RBI | BB | SB | Errors |
| Chi. White Sox | 10 | 0 | 15 | .312 | 15 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| Cleveland | 9 | 0 | 10 | .290 | 14 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 1 | 0 |