CLEVELAND _ The Indians beat the Chicago White Sox, 5-0, on Thursday at Progressive Field in a game that was shortened because of rain.
After a two-hour, 34-minute delay, the game was called with the Indians leading 5-0 after five innings.
Prior to the rain, the Indians jumped out with a two-run second inning against White Sox starting pitcher Manny Banuelos.
Jordan Luplow put the Indians on top 1-0 by belting a solo home run to the bleacher seats in left field on a fastball that ended up middle-in. With one out, Jake Bauers and Roberto Perez both walked.
With Tyler Naquin at the plate, Banuelos delivered a wild pitch that got past catcher James McCann and caromed toward the first-base dugout. McCann was slow to chase it, and Bauers rounded third base and was able to score from second on the play, putting the Indians ahead 2-0.
That lead was extended in the fifth as the rain fell. Luplow drilled his second home run of the day, a shot hit hard enough to travel an estimated 424 feet through the rain to dead center field. It was his second career multi-home-run game and the homers were his first with the Indians.
Carlos Gonzalez followed Luplow's soaked home run with a single and Bauers added a double to right field to put two runners in scoring position. Perez grounded a ball that third baseman Yoan Moncada couldn't field, allowing Gonzalez to score.
With two outs, Francisco Lindor then hit a routine fly ball to right fielder Charlie Tilson, who got under it but slipped and missed the catch, which brought home Bauers and made it 5-0.
Starting pitcher Carlos Carrasco (3-3) was terrific, allowing only two hits and striking out six in five innings, lowering his ERA to 4.91.
