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The Indians' loss, coupled with the Twins' 5-1
victory over the Detroit Tigers earlier in the night, ended
Cleveland's bid for a fourth straight AL Central crown.
Minnesota won the division for the first time since 2010.
Cleveland (93-65) remains in the hunt for an AL wild-card spot
with four games remaining but fell to 1 1/2 games behind the
Tampa Bay Rays (95-64) and two behind the Oakland Athletics
(95-63) in the race for the two wild-card berths.
The Rays defeated the visiting New York Yankees 4-0 on
Wednesday, and the A's rallied for a 3-2 win over the Los
Angeles Angels in Anaheim, Calif.
White Sox designated hitter Welington Castillo broke open what
had been a tight contest with a three-run home run in the
seventh that put Chicago on top by the final margin. The Indians
loaded the bases with two outs in the ninth, but Alex Colome
entered and struck out Francisco Lindor to end the game and
record his 30th save.
Chicago (69-88) jumped to a 3-0 lead after one inning, getting a
leadoff home run from Leury Garcia on the second pitch of the
game before benefiting from a defensive miscue by the Indians.
With one out and two Chicago baserunners in scoring position,
Cleveland first baseman Carlos Santana fielded Zack Collins'
slow roller but fired the ball to the backstop, allowing two
runs to score.
The Indians drew to within 3-1 on Mike Freeman's RBI single in
the third inning, but the White Sox got that run back and more
with run-scoring singles from Yolmer Sanchez and Jose Abreu in
the third and fourth, respectively.
Jose Ramirez drilled a home run leading off the fifth -- his
third home run in two games after returning from the injured
list Tuesday -- before Freeman added an RBI groundout in the
inning.
Anderson notched his sixth four-hit game of the season,
extending his hitting streak to 12 games with singles in the
first, third, fourth and sixth innings. He is batting .339, with
Yankees infielder DJ LeMahieu his nearest pursuer at .328.
Left-hander Ross Detwiler was the winner, improving to 3-5 after
spacing three runs and five hits with no walks and one strikeout
in five innings. Indians righty Shane Bieber (15-8) allowing
five runs (three earned) on 10 hits with one walk and seven
strikeouts in 5 2/3 innings.
Abreu added three hits for the White Sox, while Sanchez and
Daniel Palka had two apiece.
Franmil Reyes had three of the Indians' six hits.
--Field Level Media
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