Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE | RECAP
Cleveland 7, Chi. White Sox 1
When: 2:10 PM ET, Sunday, September 15, 2013
Where: U.S Cellular Field, Chicago, Illinois
Temperature: 58°
Umpires: Home - Chad Fairchild, 1B - Paul Schrieber, 2B - Jeff Kellogg, 3B - Eric Cooper
Attendance: 18631

Indians 7, White Sox 1: Zach McAllister tossed 6 2/3 solid innings and Nick Swisher hit a pair of solo homers as visiting Cleveland completed a four-game sweep to pull closer in the American League wild card race.

Matt Carson went 3-for-3 with a solo shot and Asdrubal Cabrera hammered a three-run homer as the Indians got within a half-game of both Texas and Tampa Bay, who hold the two wild-card spots. Cleveland has defeated its AL Central rivals 12 straight times and becomes the first team to record three four-game sweeps of one opponent since 1963.

McAllister (8-9) allowed a run and six hits while striking out five. He retired the first eight batters and faced the minimum through four innings while improving to 2-1 with a 2.45 ERA against Chicago this year.

After a rain delay of over 4 1/2 hours before the game, White Sox starter Chris Sale (11-13) struck out the side in the top of the first but ran into trouble in the second, when Carson followed a single and a walk with an RBI base hit to left.

Carson homered in the fifth and Swisher and Cabrera took Sale deep in the sixth to make it 6-0. Chicago broke through on Josh Phegley's run-scoring single in seventh before Swisher added his 20th home run in the ninth to cap the scoring and help send the White Sox to their 15th loss in 17 games.

GAME NOTEBOOK: Sale was charged with six runs in 5 2/3 innings. He struck out seven and has 214 on the season, one shy of Gary Peters' franchise record for a left-hander. ... Carson's home run was his first since Sept. 26, 2010, when he was a member of the Oakland Athletics. ... Cleveland opens a critical three-game series at Kansas City on Monday. Chicago hosts Minnesota.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Cleveland   Chi. White Sox
Zach McAllister Player Chris Sale
Win W/L Loss
6.2 IP 5.2
5 Strikeouts 7
6 Hits 9
1.35 ERA 9.53
Hitting
Cleveland   Chi. White Sox
Matt Carson Player Marcus Semien
3 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
1 HR 0
6 TB 2
1.000 Avg .667
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Cleveland 10 4 22 .286 11 8 7 5 1 0
Chi. White Sox 7 0 8 .212 13 6 1 1 0 0