That's because it was White Sox 9, Indians 7 on Monday night at U.S. Cellular Field. The Indians received a rough outing from left-hander Jeremy Sowers and never fully recovered.

Sowers lasted just three innings, allowing eight runs on six hits with two walks and two strikeouts. He was in trouble right from the start.

After the Indians afforded Sowers a quick 1-0 lead with Jhonny Peralta's RBI double off Gavin Floyd in the top of the first -- one of five hits for Peralta on this night -- Sowers gave it back and then some. He struck out Carlos Quentin and Jermaine Dye with two on, but he served up a three-run homer to Jim Thome to make it 3-1.

The game really unraveled for Sowers and the Indians in the third. Right fielder Shin-Soo Choo dropped an Orlando Cabrera fly ball near the right-field line for a two-base error, and Dye drove the runner in with a single. The Sox went on to load the bases with two outs, setting up Nick Swisher's line-drive grand slam that crept over the wall and into the Chicago bullpen to make it 8-1.

The Indians tried to make a game of it from that point. Peralta's fourth-inning solo shot and another pair of runs off Floyd in the sixth kept it interesting, but reliever Tom Mastny served up a solo homer to Swisher in the bottom of the sixth to ensure this would be a losing battle for a desperate Tribe team.