Lonnie Chisenhall, Josh Tomlin lead Indians to 6-3 win against White Sox

CLEVELAND Just as “Johnny Football” was throwing a couple long touchdown passes to lead the Browns, “Lonnie Baseball” launched a home run and a double to compliment Josh Tomlin’s strong outing and lift the Indians over the Chicago White Sox, 6-3, on Sunday at Progressive Field.

Facing left-handed White Sox starting pitcher John Danks (7-13) in the second inning, Lonnie Chisenhall at times called by a moniker mimicking the Browns quarterback Johnny Manziel belted a two-run home run to right field to put the Indians on top 2-0. Abraham Almonte followed with a double and Francisco Lindor added a two-out RBI single to left field, pushing the Indians’ lead to 3-0.

That was all the offense Tomlin (6-2) would need, as he tossed 5 2/3 scoreless innings, giving up four hits and striking out eight in another strong outing, as he’s locked down a spot in the starting rotation for the last couple weeks of the season.

The Indians (74-74) and Chisenhall added on in the sixth. Yan Gomes opened the inning with a double and Chisenhall followed with a double of his own, bringing it to 4-0. After Jason Kipnis walked, Francisco Lindor made it 5-0 with a sacrifice fly to center field and Michael Brantley hit his Major-League leading 45th double off the wall in center field in score Kipnis from first and cap the Indians’ scoring.

Zach McAllister ran into some trouble in the seventh and allowed a two-run single to Jose Abreu. That threat was extinguished by Kyle Crockett, who came in and quickly induced a double-play ground ball t end the inning. In the eighth, the White Sox (70-78) got one back against Bryan Shaw after Trayce Thompson doubled and scored on an Alexei Ramirez groundout to bring the score to 6-3.

Cody Allen worked the ninth inning and picked up his 31st save this season.

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