With Walk-Off Hit, White Sox Beat Indians 2-1 In 10th
CHICAGO (AP) -- Carlos Sanchez singled home the winning run with two outs in the 10th inning to give the streaking Chicago White Sox a 2-1 victory over the Cleveland Indians on Monday night after a sparkling pitchers' duel between aces Chris Sale and Corey Kluber.
The reigning AL Cy Young Award winner, Kluber struck out 12 and allowed five hits and one run while walking one for the Indians. Chicago didn't have a baserunner until the fourth, nor did it get a ball into the outfield until that inning.
Kluber was making his first appearance since his outing Wednesday against St. Louis when he struck out 18 and allowed one hit in eight scoreless innings for his first victory of the season.
In that game, Kluber matched Bob Feller's team record for strikeouts in a nine-inning game, and became one of five pitchers in baseball history to strike out 18 or more without walking a batter.
Sale also was coming off a strong start -- he allowed two runs while striking out 11 in eight innings Tuesday at Milwaukee. And like Kluber, the Chicago left-hander was in complete control Monday, tossing eight innings and giving up one run on four hits while striking out seven.
Avisail Garcia drew a leadoff walk in the 10th on four pitches from Zach McAllister (0-2). Conor Gillaspie singled and, two outs later, Sanchez drove in pinch-runner J.B. Shuck from second with a base hit to left field.
Zach Duke (2-2) worked a hitless inning for the win.
Jose Ramirez had two hits and drove in a run for Cleveland. Mike Aviles, just activated from the restricted list, was 0 for 4.
Cleveland took the lead against Sale in the third on Ramirez's sacrifice fly.
Kluber, meanwhile, picked up where he left off in his previous start. He struck out the first five Chicago batters and seven of nine, retiring his first 10 until Melky Cabrera's single with one out in the fourth.
Chicago's first threat came in the sixth when Adam Eaton tripled with one out. Cabrera struck out, but then with Jose Abreu at the plate, Eaton scored on Kluber's wild pitch to tie it.
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