CLEVELAND _ Mike Napoli reached 100 RBIs for the season and Jose Ramirez and Coco combined to drive in seven runs, as the Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox, 10-4.
The White Sox hit two two-run home runs against Trevor Bauer to lead 4-2 heading into the fifth inning. The Indians (90-63) then put together back-to-back four-run innings, led by the aforementioned trio, to put the game away.
Napoli went 3-for-5 with two RBIs to reach 100. He became the first Indians hitter with 100 RBIs in a single season since 2007, when Travis Hafner and Victor Martinez each reached that mark. At 34 years old, he also became the oldest Indians hitter to reach 100 RBIs since 35-year-old Luke Easter did so in 1951.
Ramirez (2-for-5) tied it 2-2 in the fourth inning with a two-run home run off White Sox starter Miguel Gonzalez, his 11th of the season. He later made it 9-4 in the sixth with a two-out, two-run double to right field. In doing so he became the fifth Indians hitter this season to reach 250 total bases, joining Jason Kipnis, Carlos Santana, Francisco Lindor and Napoli. It's only the second time in franchise history the Indians have done that, the first instance coming in 2005.
Crisp (3-for-4) gave the Indians their first lead of the night in the fifth with a two-out, two-run double of his own to make it 6-4. An inning later, he capped the night's scoring with an RBI-single.
Bauer (12-8, 4.26 ERA) threw 72/3 innings, allowed four runs on seven hits and struck out six. He walked off the mound to a standing ovation, tipping his cap before entering the dugout.
His first-inning struggles continued, though. With one out in the top of the first, Tim Anderson tripled and Melky Cabrera followed with a two-run home run to give the White Sox (72-81) an early 2-0 lead. Tied 2-2, Avisail Garcia drove a two-run home run to right field. But a half-inning later the Indians' offense caught fire, allowing Bauer to pitch deep into the game and give the bullpen a night off before Saturday's "bullpen game," in which Cody Anderson will start.
