Double play short-circuits White Sox rally

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CHICAGO — The small amount of momentum built up by the White Sox in the fourth inning of a 6-2 loss to the Indians on Tuesday night at U.S. Cellular Field was squelched by a 6-5-3 double play lowlighted by questionable baserunning.

Brett Lawrie was on second with one out after doubling home Jose Abreu, who also had doubled off Josh Tomlin, cutting the lead to four. Avisail Garcia followed with a hard-hit grounder to shortstop Francisco Lindor, a play where Lawrie was caught off of second in no man’s land and was eventually tagged out by third baseman Juan Uribe in a rundown.

At that point, the savvy Uribe noticed Garcia strayed too far off first base and fired a strike to Mike Napoli to nail Garcia and end the inning. The White Sox had two baserunners after that play over the last five …

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