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Indians make top pitchers work, keep hot May going
- Updated: May 25, 2016
CHICAGO — Beat Chris Sale? Check.
Beat Jose Quintana? Check.
Take over first place in the American League Central? Almost there.
The Indians concluded their four-game series against the first-place White Sox with a 4-3 win on Wednesday. They took three of four from the Sox to move to 8-3 in their past 11 and improve to 15-9 in May. The Indians also took a one-game lead on the White Sox in the loss column and trail Chicago by only a half-game in the division.
“That’s big for us,” second baseman Jason Kipnis said. “We put up two good pitchers today with the getaway game and day game and came out on top. Those are games that add up in the end, and those are ones that we need to get, especially against the team you’re chasing, so it was good to close the gap.”
On Tuesday, the Indians handed Sale his first loss this season in 10 starts, making him work with a 43-pitch third inning and bouncing him from the game after 3 1/3 frames.
On Wednesday against Quintana, who came in …
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