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Encarnacion, Chicago's poor defense boost Indians to 9-6 win

The Cleveland Indians took advantage of their extra chances Monday.
 
Edwin Encarnacion homered and had four RBIs, and the Indians capitalized on three errors 
 
to score five times in the fifth inning for a 9-6 win over the Chicago White Sox.
 
Cleveland trailed 5-2 going into the fifth, but errors by catcher Alfredo Gonzalez, shortstop 
 
Tim Anderson and second baseman Yoan Moncada made three of the runs unearned.
 
The Indians also strung together three hits and a walk, and sent nine batters to the plate. 
 
Encarnacion tied the game with a three-run bloop double. Yonder Alonso's double drove in 
 
the go-ahead run.
 
Encarnacion hit a leadoff homer in the seventh, his 12th of the season.
 
The White Sox committed two errors with Yan Gomes batting in the fifth. Gonzalez 
 
dropped a foul popup in front of the White Sox's dugout. Anderson fielded Gomes' 
 
grounder at shortstop, but his throw to first was in the dirt for another error.
 
The Indians loaded the bases on a force play, a single and a walk, ending starter Dylan 
 
Covey's day. Luis Avilan retired Jose Ramirez on a popup.
 
Chris Volstad entered the game but right fielder Daniel Palka, shaded toward right-center, 
 
couldn't make a sliding catch after getting his glove on Encarnacion's fly ball that landed 
 
near the foul line.
 
Jace Fry faced Alonso, who doubled to center for a 6-5 lead. Moncada booted Melky 
 
Cabrera's ground ball to score another run.
 
Adam Plutko (3-0) allowed five runs in five innings and has won all three of his starts this 
 
season. Tyler Olson, Evan Marshall and Neil Ramirez combined to pitch three shutout 
 
innings. Ben Taylor allowed a run in the ninth.
 
Volstad (0-3) gave up Encarnacion's double, the only batter he faced. Chicago's poor 
 
pitching and defense spoiled a memorable major league debut for Matt Skole, who 
 
homered and singled.
 
Skole, called up from Triple-A Charlotte before the game, started a two-run rally in the 
 
second with a single. The left-handed hitting first baseman homered in the fourth, a 418-
 
foot shot into the right-field seats.
 
Skole, 28, signed as a minor league free agent with the White Sox in January after spending 
 
seven seasons in the Washington Nationals organization. He was called up when Matt 
 
Davidson went on the 10-day DL with back spasms.
 
Anderson followed Skole with a homer in the fourth.
 
Michael Brantley extended his hitting streak to 17 games with a first-inning single and 
 
Francisco Lindor had three hits.

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