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Raburn, Bauer lead Indians to 3-2 win over White Sox

Published Sep. 7, 2015 6:45 p.m. ET

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CHICAGO (AP) Ryan Raburn loves hitting at U.S. Cellular Field. Just don't ask him to explain why.

''Y'all ask me every time what it is about this park,'' Raburn said. ''It's the same answer: I don't know.''

Raburn hit a pair of solo home runs off Chris Sale, Trevor Bauer pitched two-hit ball for seven innings and the Cleveland Indians beat the White Sox 3-2 Monday, ending Chicago's four-game winning streak.

Raburn has eight multihomer games in his career, four of them against the White Sox. He is 10 for 33 with four home runs lifetime versus Sale (12-8).

''I think everybody's got those places where they do well in,'' he said. ''Fortunately, for me, this is one of them because we play them so much. Hopefully, it continues tomorrow.''

Sale (12-8) struck out eight in seven innings. The lefty ace has fanned 247 this year, nearing the single-season team record of 269 set by Ed Walsh in 1908.

''It stinks giving up homers,'' Sale said. ''Usually solo shots don't hurt you, but when you give up damn near a handful of them, it's tough.''

Bauer (11-11) shrugged off a lack of command early to allow two runs on two hits in seven innings. He walked five and struck out six.

Cody Allen pitched the ninth for his 29th save, completing the combined three-hitter.

The White Sox took a 2-0 lead in the second before getting a hit. Bauer started the inning by walking Avisail Garcia, J.B. Shuck and Mike Olt on 12 pitches.

Carlos Sanchez drove in the first run with a groundout and Tyler Fowlers had a sacrifice fly, but Bauer was happy to escape with just the two runs scoring.

''That inning, obviously, could have turned real ugly,'' Bauer said. ''I easily could have been out of the game. You give up a double in the gap or something like that. To be able to minimize it and limit it to two let us come back against a really tough guy.''

The Indians tied it in the fourth on solo home runs by Mike Aviles and Raburn.

In the sixth inning, Raburn gave Cleveland a 3-2 lead when he hit another solo homer, a 425-foot drive over the left-field bullpen and into the bleachers.

''I don't know,'' Chicago manager Robin Ventura said when asked to explain Raburn's success against his team. ''We've seen him and he's been good. He must like hitting here or against our guys. I don't know. Maybe it just suits his eye.''

SIXTH MAN

Ventura said before the game the White Sox likely will go to a six-man rotation with Erik Johnson, who started Sunday, getting more opportunities in the final month.

''I think the way he threw, he gets another shot at going out there,'' Ventura said. ''It will probably be a semi-six man rotation in a way. You can get everybody an extra day. You can kind of play games with it and slot guys a little bit differently if you need to.''

TRAINER'S ROOM

Indians: RHP Carlos Carrasco (shoulder inflammation) will be activated from the disabled list on Tuesday and is scheduled to start the second game of the series.

White Sox: C Tyler Flowers left the game in the seventh inning after being hit in the left hand by a pitch in the fourth. X-rays were negative ... DH/1B Adam LaRoche missed the game with patella tendinitis in his right knee.

UP NEXT

The series resumes Tuesday night with Indians RHP Carlos Carrasco (12-9, 3.53 ERA) facing rookie LHP Carlos Rodon (6-6, 4.10). This will be Rodon's 21st start of the season. He is 2-2 with a 1.85 ERA in his last five starts.

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