White Sox beat Indians 5-1; Shields stymies Indians’ offense

I noted in the gamethread that James Shields needed 6 1⁄3 innings to eclipse 2,500 career innings, not really thinking much of it.

Going against a good Cleveland Indians lineup didn’t give me the most confidence entering tonight’s game, but he sure proved me wrong.

Shields ended up going an impressive seven innings of one-run ball. He gave up four hits and didn’t allow a base-on-balls.

This was certainly a nice bounceback game for Shields, who struggled mightily last Thursday against the Minnesota Twins (seven earned runs in six innings).

As I see Tyler Chatwood struggle through another game for the North Siders, I can imagine they’d want a pitcher who could eat quality innings like Shields has…