Tribes’ division lead dips with loss to White Sox

CHICAGO — The White Sox scored in all eight innings they hit, taking advantage of porous Indians defense, and cruised to an 11-4 victory over the American League Central leaders on Monday night at U.S. Cellular Field. Todd Frazier completed the scoring with a two-run, two-out blast in the eighth, his career-high 36th homer.

Cleveland’s lead dropped to six games with Detroit’s win over Minnesota, while the White Sox elimination number in the division held at six.

Before the Brewers, who scored in all eight innings in an 11-3 win over the Braves on Aug. 11, the Tigers were the last team to score in every inning at-bat, during a home Interleague win over the Rockies in August 2014.

Tim Anderson propelled the White Sox with three hits, giving him 28 multi-hit efforts this season. Anderson added an RBI and a stolen base off Indians starter Carlos Carrasco, who clearly labored from the outset. Jose Abreu added two hits and two RBIs, while Avisail Garcia and Adam Eaton also went deep.

Carrasco allowed five runs (four earned) on eight hits over 3 2/3 innings. He fell to 1-5 with a 6.55 ERA in eight starts against the White Sox since the start of the 2015 season as the first of seven pitchers used by manager Terry Francona. Miguel Gonzalez held the Indians in check over 6 2/3 innings, yielding six hits, with four coming during Cleveland’s three-run second. He struck out four …

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