Tomlin pounded in the first

Tim Anderson homered on the game’s first pitch, Matt Davidson added a three-run shot in a fiverun first inning and the Chicago White Sox beat the slumping Indians, 10-4, on April 13 at Progressive Field.

The defending AL champions have lost five of six after sweeping Texas to begin the season and dropped to 4-5.

Anderson hit Josh Tomlin’s first pitch onto the porch in left field while Davidson lined a two-out homer to right-center.

Cleveland used five pitchers in the first eight innings, forcing infielder Michael Martinez to work the ninth. Making his first career appearance on the mound, Martinez gave up a single but retired the other three hitters on grounders.

Avisail Garcia was 3 for 4 with three RBI. Anthony Swarzak (1-0) relieved starter Miguel Gonzalez in

the fifth and allowed one hit in 1 2/3 innings.

Tomlin (0-2) gave up seven runs in 1 2/3 innings, matching the shortest outing of his career.

Michael Brantley, who played in just 11 games last season because of two shoulder operations, homered in the fifth — his first since Sept. 10, 2015.

Gonzalez was handed an early 7-1 lead, but couldn’t go the required five innings for the win. He allowed three runs in 4 2/3 innings and was pulled after the Indians scored twice in the fifth.

Lonnie Chisenhall had an RBI single in the fifth for Cleveland, which has scored 35 runs in nine games.

Edwin Encarnacion, who signed a three-year, $60 million contract in January, was 0 for 3 with two walks, dropping his average to .156. Encarnacion hit a solo homer on opening day for his only RBI of the season.

Davidson was replacing Todd Frazier at third base for the second straight game. Frazier is battling the flu, but is expected to return this weekend.

Yan Gomes hit a solo homer in the eighth.

TONY DEJAK — THE ASSOCIATED PRESS The Indians’ Lonnie Chisenhall watches his RBI double during the fifth inning.