CLEVELAND, Ohio (92.3 The Fan) - The Cleveland Indians’ offense came to play on Friday night in a 6-0 victory over the Chicago White Sox at Progressive Field.
The Indians (76-78) received a good offensive outing from Jose Ramírez, who went 2-for-4 with a 2-run home run atop three runs batted in for the switch-hitting third baseman, who also increased his RBI total to 99 for the year.
Cleveland right-hander Eli Morgan advanced to 4-7 on a 1-hit outing through six innings pitched. In the start, Morgan struck out six and walked one batter while not allowing a hit through the first four innings.
Chicago’s Lance Lynn (6.0 IP, 7 hits, 6 runs, 6 strikeouts) took the loss, falling to 10-6.
The Indians began their scoring in the bottom of the first inning when Ramírez took Lynn for a 398-foot drive over the right-center field wall (the shot was Ramírez’s 36th of the year). Two innings later, Andres Gimenez hit his 5th homer of the season – a solo shot off Lynn to give the Tribe a 3-0 lead.
The Indians doubled their lead in the bottom of the sixth after a Ramírez RBI single, followed by a 2-run ribbie single by Franmil Reyes and a Bobby Bradley sacrifice fly.
The White Sox only managed three hits on the game between Morgan, Sam Hentges, and Bryan Shaw.
Cleveland is set to face off with the Sox for the final time of 2021 on Sunday, first pitch at 1:10. Triston McKenzie (5-7, 4.67 earned run average) is scheduled to start against ChiSox righty Lucas Giolito (10-9, 3.70 ERA).