Indians 3, White Sox 1: two in a row too much to ask

The White Sox mustered only three hits against Trevor Bauer and the Cleveland Indians’ relievers tonight, losing 3-1.

The Sox held in there the best they could, but in the end, Cleveland is the defending division champion, and the White Sox are, well, a team that’s won only 42 games this season.

James Shields was at his most Shieldsian, getting a quality start without being dominant, pitching around a couple of home runs to keep his team in the game. Yoan Moncada gave Shields and the Sox a 1-0 lead with his 15th home run of the year in the third. That held up until the fifth inning, when the Sox put on a clown show of defense:

With two out, Roberto Perez hits a sinking liner to left, where…