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- Updated: August 17, 2016
CLEVELAND — Indians ace Corey Kluber continued his recent dominance, outdueling left-hander Jose Quintana to lift the Tribe past the White Sox, 3-1, on Tuesday night at Progressive Field. First-place Cleveland has now won seven straight games over Chicago. In all seven games, the White Sox have scored three runs or fewer.
With the win and a Tigers loss, the Indians increased their American League Central lead to six games.
Kluber dealt with baserunners all night, but still spun six innings of one-run ball to win his fourth consecutive start. The right-hander’s lone mistake was a solo shot from White Sox slugger Justin Morneau, which came in the sixth. Kluber struck out seven while walking two and has now posted a 1.65 ERA over his last seven turns. Andrew Miller tossed two perfect innings of relief, before Cody Allen nailed down his 23rd save.
Quintana was on the hook for the …
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