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 The Indians have won 14 of their last 17 games and hold a six-game lead over the second-place Detroit Tigers in the AL Central.
The game was delayed by rain after the seventh inning for 2 hours and 23 minutes. It resumed just before midnight and the last two innings were played before a few hundred fans. The game ended at 12:36 a.m.
Trailing 2-1 on a rain-soaked field just minutes after the Tigers beat the Toronto Blue Jays 5-4 in the ninth inning on a game-winning hit by Magglio Ordonez, Kenny Lofton led off the seventh inning for Cleveland by reaching on a bunt. He moved to second on a sacrifice bunt and scored on Ben Francisco's single to left off White Sox starter Gavin Floyd. With two outs, Cabrera homered off reliever Mike Myers to put the Indians ahead 4-2.
Cabrera, who had a sacrifice fly in the ninth inning, extended his hitting streak to nine games and the Indians are 17-7 when he starts. He made his major league debut against the White Sox on Aug. 8. and is hitting .316.
After going 1-10 with a 5.42 ERA last season for the Indians, Carmona (16-8) continued his spectacular season. He allowed two runs, one earned. and three hits before being forced to leave by the long delay.
With the rain coming down hard in the seventh, Indians third baseman Chris Gomez made a diving stop of Andy Gonzalez's grounder to start an inning-ending double play.
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Just two seasons after winning the World Series, the White Sox have lost 21 of their last 28 games and are tied with Tampa Bay for the worst record in baseball (61-83).
Gomez added an insurance run in the eighth inning with a sacrifice fly.
Gomez reached on Gonzalez's error at third base in the fifth and Grady Sizemore hit an RBI single with two outs to cut Chicago's lead to 2-1.
With the bases loaded and one out in the first, Cleveland shortstop Jhonny Peralta committed a throwing error when he tried to turn a double play on A.J. Pierzynski's grounder allowing two runs to score.
A steady rain started after the first inning, but the game wasn't delayed until the rain really picked up in the seventh. The groundskeepers worked on the field after each half inning.
Floyd (1-3) pitched 6 1-3 innings and allowed three runs, two earned, and five hits.
Notes: White Sox third basemen have committed six errors in the last four games. ... Pierzybski stole his first base of the season. ... The Indians arrived in Chicago at 4:30 a.m. after beating the Anaheim Angels 6-2 on Sunday night.
[Associated Press]
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