CLEVELAND _ Indians manager Terry Francona called on Erik Gonzalez to start at second base and bat ninth on Sunday afternoon, and the rarely used reserve delivered.
Gonzalez totaled two hits, one run batted in and scored one run at bat, and contributed to two double plays defensively to lead the Indians to a 4-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox before a crowd of 26,611 at Progressive Field.
Right-hander Carlos Carrasco (6-3) worked 5 1/3 innings and allowed two earned runs and seven hits. He struck out four, walked one and hit one.
The Indians scored their first three runs with two outs prior to Quintana's exit in the sixth inning.
Encarncaion hit a one-out double in the bottom of the second, advanced to third on a Ramirez flyout and scored following a Perez single.
The Indians lead reached 3-0 in a bottom of the fourth that featured a couple of singles and a wild pitch. Ramirez reached base on a fielder's choice and scored on a wild pitch, and Jackson hit a single and scored via a Gonzalez single. The RBI was the first for Gonzalez as a Major Leaguer.
The White Sox finally got to Carrasco with two runs in the sixth inning with one out. Carrasco hit Abreu with a pitch and then allowed consecutive doubles to A Garcia and Frazier. Abreu and Garcia scored on Frazier's double off the left-center field wall, and then Francona called on Andrew Miller to replace Carrasco.
Miller promptly struck out Sanchez and Anderson to end the sixth, and then added one more strikeout in a scoreless seventh inning.
The Indians made it 4-2 in the seventh with doubles from Gonzalez and Lindor.
Miller pitched 1 2/3 scoreless innings, Bryan Shaw worked a scoreless eighth inning and Cody Allen recorded his 15th save of the season with a scoreless ninth inning.
Gonzalez also started two double plays that Abreu hit into in the third and eighth innings.
Encarnacion launched a long drive to left in the sixth that hit the Budweiser Home Run Porch bridge on the fly well beyond the home run fence. Umpires initially ruled the blast a foul ball and after video review stood by that call.
