The Morning Journal (Lorain, OH)

Make that 101 wins for the Indians

- By Brian Dulik

The Tribe won its 101st game of the season, flexing their offensive might in a 10-1 victory while Trevor Bauer pitched six innings of four hit ball, allowing one run on a home run.

Edwin Encarnacio­n had a three-run double, and Jay Bruce and Jose Ramirez drove in two runs apiece, leading the AL Central champion Indians to a 10-1 win over the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.

The Indians maintained their one-game lead and own the tiebreaker over Houston for the best record in the AL with two games remaining. The top seed will play the winner of the wild-card game between the Yankees and Twins in the Division Series.

The Indians’ 101 victories are the second most in franchise history and set a record for wins by an AL Central team.

Trevor Bauer (17-9) allowed one run over six innings, striking out seven, to win for the ninth time in his last 10 decisions.

Cleveland built a 10-0 lead after three innings, aided by six walks from Mike Pelfrey (3-12) and an error by shortstop Tim Anderson. Pelfrey allowed a career-high 10 runs, seven earned, in 2 2/3 innings.

The Indians are 32-3 since beginning their ALrecord 22-game winning streak on Aug. 24. Last year’s AL champions have won a franchise-best 10 straight series, seven of them via sweeps.

Bruce hit a two-run homer and Ramirez doubled in a pair in the second. It was Bruce’s 36th homer and his seventh since joining the Indians in an Aug. 8 trade with the Mets.

Ramirez went 3-for-4 with two doubles, increasing his AL-high total to 55 and giving him 90 extrabase hits. All-Star shortstop Francisco Lindor was the lone Cleveland starter who failed to reach base.

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