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hands of the cellar-dwellers of the American League Central.

The day belonged to two men in particular who have had their share of injuries this year, J.A. Happ and Russell Martin.

Happ had one tough inning. In the top of the fifth after giving up singles to Willie Garcia and Kevin Smith, Yolmer Sanchez singled to score Garcia. Then Jose Abreu won a battle by hitting a 3-2 pitch for a two-run single just past the outstretched glove of shortstop Troy Tulowitzki, which gave the White Sox a 3-0 lead at that point.

“I got it to the edge, up just a little bit,” Happ said. “He hit a ground ball. It was a tough at-bat for sure.”

“In that battle with Abreu, if the ball went a foot or two either way, he was probably out,” manager John Gibbons said.