Bauer, Indians top White Sox

Chicago, IL (SportsNetwork.com) - Trevor Bauer tossed 7 1/3 strong innings and the Cleveland Indians defeated the Chicago White Sox 3-1 in the second of a four-game set.

Bauer (3-1) struck out seven and allowed a run on four hits and three walks for the Indians. Brandon Moss smacked a solo homer in the triumph.

"I'll tell you what: (Bauer) was good," Cleveland manager Terry Francona said. "He had a real good breaking ball and in this cold weather, I thought that was something. He made them respect all his pitches and he competed."

Cody Allen tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings to notch his seventh save of the season.

Jose Quintana (2-4) surrendered two runs on eight hits and four walks over seven frames for Chicago, which had its six-game winning streak snapped.

"(Quintana) was great, (Bauer) was tough as well," Chicago manager Robin Ventura said. "They just scratched across a couple more than we did.

"So good pitching, you're going to run into this where you're going to have to scratch and get something out of it."

The game was tied 1-1 before the Indians scored a run in the fifth and another in the eighth to go ahead.

Jason Kipnis dumped a two-out single to shallow center in the fifth and he came home on Jose Ramirez's double down the left-field line.

Moss cracked his solo shot into the seats in right to make it 3-1 in favor of the Indians.

Earlier, Cleveland opened the scoring with a run in the first, but Chicago tied the game in the fourth.

Kipnis hit a triple to right in the opening frame and scored on a Michael Brantley sacrifice fly two batters later.

Jose Abreu hit a two-out, ground-rule double in the fourth and crossed the plate on Avisail Garcia's base hit to center later in the frame.

Game Notes

The Indians were 0-for-6 with runners in scoring position and left nine men on base, while Chicago finished 1-for-7 with RISP and stranded seven ... Kipnis has three triples this season ... Moss' blast was his sixth of the year.