But that wasn’t enough to topple 2020 American League Cy Young Award winner Shane Bieber, who struck out seven in seven innings to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 6-5 victory against the Sox on Tuesday at Progressive Field.
The Sox scored twice in the ninth, but José Abreu grounded out with the bases loaded as they dropped their second straight. Their lead over the second-place Indians in the AL Central fell to 2½ games.
Indians catcher Austin Hedges hit a go-ahead two-run home run off Sox starter Dylan Cease in the fourth. Cease allowed six runs on eight hits with two strikeouts and one walk in 3u2153 innings.