CLEVELAND _ Just in case jinxes are real, the Indians showed images of White Sox left-hander Derek Holland warming up before the sixth inning Wednesday night at Progressive Field.
"Currently pitching no-hitter," the caption read.
Six pitches later, Indians shortstop Francisco Lindor doubled to left-center field to break up Holland's no-hit bid.
The hit may have put a wrinkle in Holland's outing, but it didn't stop Sox pitchers for combining to hold the Indians to just one run on three hits in a 2-1 victory.
It was a rare triumph for the Sox at Progressive Field. They have won just 13 of their last 38 games in Cleveland dating back to 2013. Nine of those losses were in walk-off fashion, including Tuesday's loss in the 10th inning.
But not Wednesday, when Anthony Swarzak contributed a scoreless seventh inning in his Sox debut and David Robertson pitched a scoreless ninth for his first save.
The solid pitching started with Holland.
He had strong showings in his previous four starts in Cleveland, going 3-0 with a 1.23 ERA while with the Rangers.
Holland continued that success early, allowing just four baserunners in the first five innings. He walked three in that span, and Edwin Encarnacion also reached base on a catcher's interference call against Omar Narvaez.
Holland issued another walk with one out in the sixth but stranded the pair of runners to finish his night with six scoreless innings on 101 pitches. He struck out four.
The Sox gave him an early lead to work with thank to Matt Davidson, who was a late addition to the lineup.
Davidson's two-run single to left field off Indians right-hander Danny Salazar gave the Sox a 2-0 lead in the second.
Cody Asche walked and Avisail Garcia hit a ground-rule double off the right-center-field wall to open the inning. Garcia correctly read Davidson's hit and his aggressive baserunning allowed the Sox to score two runs.
Davidson was filling in for third baseman Todd Frazier, who was scratched with the flu about four hours before the game. About an hour before the game they announced catcher Geovany Soto would sit out with right elbow soreness.
The Indians cut it to 2-1 in the eighth against Sox reliever Nate Jones. Carlos Santana singled on a misplay by first baseman Jose Abreu, and Lindor doubled again to left-center field to put runners on second and third. Michael Brantley's RBI groundout to Abreu cut the Sox lead in half.
