Jose Ramirez could not escape the mob of teammates that swarmed him behind the mound at Progressive Field. The on-field celebration came after the Indians utility man delivered a walk-off single with the bases loaded, giving the Tribe a 3-2 win in 10 innings over the White Sox on Sunday at Progressive Field.
The win completed a three-game sweep of Chicago by the American League-Central leading Indians, who claimed a pair of walk-off victories in the weekend set. Rajai Davis opened the 10th with a double and scored the winning run when Ramirez pulled a pitch from White Sox closer David Robertson into right field with two outs.
“It’s nice to be the home team,” Indians manager Terry Francona said. “That was a pretty good game played well by both teams.”
“We can’t get any good luck to go our way,” Robertson said. “I sure didn’t help myself out by falling behind to Rajai [at 2-0]. That’s a costly double to give up.”
Indians right-hander Carlos Carrasco and White Sox lefty Carlos Rodon each turned in solid efforts, but neither figured into the decision.
Carrasco logged 7 1/3 innings, allowing two runs on five hits. The righty gave up an RBI double to Jose Abreu in the first inning and yielded a solo homer to Melky Cabrera in the fourth. Carrasco struck out six and walked four.
Rodon limited the Tribe to two runs on eight hits over 6 1/3 innings, in which he struck out eight and walked one. Rodon relinquished a sacrifice fly to Mike Napoli in the first inning and a solo home run to Juan Uribe in the fourth.
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