Indians win fi fth straight behind pitching, power

CHICAGO — Good starting pitching and power. The team that has it is going to do well.

Right now the Cleveland Indians possess both and they're making the game look easy. Carlos Carrasco and Zach McAllister followed Corey Kluber's three-hit shutout from Friday night with another three-hit shutout as the Indians beat the White Sox 7-0 on Saturday night at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Carrasco (2-1) threw eight scoreless innings and has a 1.65 ERA. McAllister relieved to pitch the ninth. They combined for 10 strikeouts.

The Indians came within three outs of having consecutive complete game shutouts for the first time since Wayne Garland and Bert Blyleven did it against Milwaukee on April 16 and 18, 1981. Carrasco, who struck out eight, threw 106 pitches. Kluber threw 110 in his three-hitter.

Edwin Encarnacion and Michael Brantley drove the offense with two-run homers as the Indians won their fifth straight game. Encarncion homered off emergency starter Mike Pelfrey (0-1) in the first, while Brantley homered off Michael Ynoa in the seventh.

Jose Ramirez added a homer with the bases empty in the ninth.

Brandon Guyer hit a two-run homer in Friday night's 3-0 victory.

The rotation is 5-0 with a 1.53 ERA during the winning streak, which began on this trip through Minneapolis and Chicago, and each starter has won a game.

Pelfrey arrived from triple-A Charlotte on Saturday after scheduled starter James Shields was placed on the disabled list on Friday. Pelfrey allowed four runs, two earned, in 4 innings.

The Indians made it 4-0 in the fifth after Abraham Almonte reached on an error by shortstop Tim Anderson to start the inning. Pelfrey hit Yan Gomes with a pitch and Carlos Santana singled to right to score Almonte and send Gomes to third. Francisco Lindor followed with a sacrifice fly.

Santana and Lindor have combined for 25 runs this season, 14 by Santana and 11 by Lindor. Ramirez leads the Indians with 17 RBI.