CHICAGO -- White Sox ace Chris Sale entered Tuesday's battle of unbeatens with more hype than Josh Tomlin, his mound counterpart from Cleveland. It's understandable with Sale's pedigree, nine straight wins and 1.58 ERA. But it was Sale who got the early hook and Tomlin who cruised to his seventh straight victory during the Indians' 6-2 win at U.S. Cellular Field.
Sale breezed through the first 2 2/3 innings, striking out five, but then walked Jose Ramirez as the culmination of a 10-pitch at-bat. Francisco Lindor, who is 8-for-16 lifetime against Sale, singled and Mike Napoli tripled home two runs on a ball that fell in between left fielder Melky Cabrera and center fielder Austin Jackson.