Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cleveland 8, Chi. White Sox 1
When: 7:10 PM ET, Saturday, September 14, 2013
Where: U.S Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 69°
Umpires: Home - Eric Cooper, 1B - Chad Fairchild, 2B - Paul Schrieber, 3B - Jeff Kellogg
Attendance: 28024


Indians 8, White Sox 1:
Ubaldo Jimenez took a shutout into the ninth inning and Carlos Santana went 3-for-4 with two RBIs as visiting Cleveland defeated Chicago for the 11th straight time.

Asdrubal Cabrera and Lonnie Chisenhall homered for the Indians, who have won three straight to remain 1 1/2 games behind Tampa Bay for the second wild card in the American League. Jimenez (12-9) struck out eight and allowed eight hits before leaving after allowing a pair of one-out singles in the ninth.

Josh Phegley finished 3-for-3 with a RBI for the White Sox. Chicago has lost five in a row and 14 of its past 16.

Cabrera hit a two-run home run and Chisenhall added a three-run blast in the five-run fourth as the Indians chased Andre Rienzo (2-2). The 25-year-old right-hander issued four walks and allowed five runs on seven hits over four-plus innings.

Conor Gillaspie had two of the nine hits for the White Sox, who have totaled six runs during their five-game losing streak. Phegley's sacrifice fly broke up the shutout in the ninth.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Cleveland has outscored Chicago 25-5 in the first three contests of the four-game series. … Santana extended his hitting streak to nine games. … Jimenez has allowed three or fewer earned runs in 10 straight outings.

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   Chi. White Sox
Ubaldo Jimenez Player Andre Rienzo
Win W/L Loss
8.1 IP 4.0
8 Strikeouts 2
8 Hits 7
1.08 ERA 11.25
Hitting
Cleveland   Chi. White Sox
Carlos Santana Player Josh Phegley
3 Hits 3
2 RBI 1
0 HR 0
3 TB 4
.750 Avg 1.000
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 11 2 19 .314 22 9 8 8 0 0
Chi. White Sox 9 0 10 .265 15 9 1 1 0 0