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 Carrasco (7-4) allowed four hits and struck out eight en route to
his fourth straight victory for the Indians, who held the White Sox
to two runs over the weekend. Michael Bourn joined Brantley with two
hits and scored a run as Cleveland closed within 4˝ games of Kansas
City in the American League Central and four back of Seattle for the
second wild card.
Scott Carroll (5-10) took the hard-luck loss, permitting two runs on
seven hits in seven innings to suffer his third setback in his last
three starts. Conor Gillaspie doubled to begin the second and Andy
Wilkins contributed a one-out double in the fifth to account for
Chicago’s only two hits off Carrasco through eight innings.
 Carrasco retired nine in a row after giving up Gillaspie’s two-base
hit and retired 11 straight following Wilkins’ double until Adrian
Nieto singled to start the ninth. Carroll settled in after
surrendering two hits and walk in the opening frame, allowing only
five singles the rest of the way.
Cleveland staked Carrasco to an early advantage in the first when
Bourn led off the frame with a triple and scored on Brantley’s
single before Carroll induced an inning-ending double play to avoid
further damage. The score remained unchanged until the eighth when
Carlos Santana plated Roberto Perez on a groundout and Cody Allen
came on to get the final out for his 19th save after Carrasco
yielded a pair of singles in the ninth.
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GAME NOTEBOOK: Santana drew a walk in the first, becoming the
first Indian to record 100 free passes since Travis Hafner (102) and
Grady Sizemore (101) reached the plateau in 2007. … Chicago, which
went hitless with runners in scoring position (0-for-6) for the
fourth time in five games, is 8-for-65 in such situations over the
last nine contests. … The Indians won the season series 10-9, taking
seven of the final nine meetings.
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