Bauer, Indians top White Sox
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Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Trevor Bauer tossed 7 1/3 strong innings and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox 3-1 in the second of a four-game set.
Bauer (3-1) struck out seven and allowed a run on four hits and three walks for the Indians. Brandon Moss smacked a solo homer in the triumph.
"I'll tell you what: (Bauer) was good," Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. "He had a real good breaking ball and in this cold weather, I thought that was something. He made them respect all his pitches and he competed."
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Cody Allen tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to notch his seventh save of the season.
Jose Quintana (2-4) surrendered two runs on eight hits and four walks over seven frames for Chicago, which had its six-game winning streak snapped.
"(Quintana) was great, (Bauer) was tough as well," Chicago manager Robin Ventura said. "They just scratched across a couple more than we did.
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"So good pitching, you're going to run into this where you're going to have to scratch and get something out of it."
The game was tied 1-1 before the Indians scored a run in the fifth and another in the eighth to go ahead.
Jason Kipnis dumped a two-out single to shallow center in the fifth and he came home on Jose Ramirez's double down the left-field line.
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Moss cracked his solo shot into the seats in right to make it 3-1 in favor of the Indians.
Earlier, Cleveland opened the scoring with a run in the first, but Chicago tied the game in the fourth.
Kipnis hit a triple to right in the opening frame and scored on a Michael Brantley sacrifice fly two batters later.
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Jose Abreu hit a two-out, ground-rule double in the fourth and crossed the plate on Avisail Garcia's base hit to center later in the frame.
Game Notes
The Indians were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base, while Chicago finished 1-for-7 with RISP and stranded seven ... Kipnis has three triples this season ... Moss' blast was his sixth of the year.