ots Sections NewsAnalysis & EditorialsCleveland Indians prospects & minor leaguesGame RecapsTransactionsGame RecapsIndians top White Sox Paul Molitor Jersey , 5-3, with help of timely walks and Mike Clevinger’s dominationNew,183commentsBaseball is allowed to be fun nowEDTShareTweetShareShareIndians top White Sox, 5-3, with help of timely walks and Mike Clevinger’s dominationKen Blaze-USA TODAY SportsMike Clevinger did everything that can be asked of a starter to help the Indians win today’s game. For a while it didn’t look like enough, but sometimes crazy things happen and sometimes the Indians win 5-3 and make an entire city smile. Praise for Mike Clevinger before things go completely off of the rails in this recapThe Indians needed another stellar performance from a starting pitcher and Mike Clevinger delivered. In seven innings of shutout work he struck out twelve (a career high) and walked three, surrendering only a single hit. Throughout the afternoon he relied on his fastball, throwing it 61 percent of the time and touching 97 miles per hour on the radar. Clevinger (and Trevor Bauer, for that matter) spoke of Clevinger’s uptick in velocity over the offseason and into spring training, but it wasn’t yet known if it would a) be there, and b) actually be effective. Well, of his 20 swinging and 19 called strikes Tony Oliva Jersey , 12 and 11 came from the fastball, respectively. It worked. Ivan Nova for the White Sox pitched a fine game in his own right, going seven and allowing just one run on six hits and a walk. Credit where it is due, here; his excellent performance kept the White Sox in the game.Everything Else that HappenedIn the first inning Jose Ramirez and Leonys Martin reached with a little help from the White Sox. Martin stroked a base hit that turned into a double thanks to a bad outfield read. Ramirez reached first base because Jose Rondon lost the ball entirely on a routine pop-up. Things didn’t get any better for the White Sox. Jake Bauers tapped a ball to the mound that should have resulted in a double play. Ivan Nova fielded it and fired to second, but the Sox took time turning it and Bauers beat the relay to the bag.Unfortunately, the Indians failed to score any runs despite being given five outs. They remedied this error in the bottom of the sixth inning by finally putting a run on the board. Jose Ramirez doubled to the opposite field and scored on a Carlos Santana single. The White Sox finally scored and took the lead off of the Indians bullpen in the top of the eighth. Adam Cimber induced a groundout but made a throwing error to first, advancing the runner to scoring position. The Sox then dropped a sacrifice bunt to move the runner to third, who then scored off of Oliver Perez when Yoan Moncada laced a double to left. Francona reached for his bullpen again and brought in Jon Edwards. He left a fastball over enough of the plate for Ryan Cordell to launch the ball over the wall in center, giving the Sox the 3-1 lead. Edwards eventually wriggled out of the inning. It wasn’t pretty. SUDDEN EMOTIONAL UPSWINGBless you, Dylan Covey. With a 1-3 lead and the bottom half of the Indians order coming up, the White Sox turned to 27-year-old Dylan Covey to seal away their victory. They curiously decided to walk Carlos Santana after bringing Covey into the game — instead of just walking him with Jace Fry on the mound and letting Covey go through his normal uninterrupted routine — and it worked out in the Indians’ favor. Santana’s walk followed by a Hanley Ramirez floater that just missed the outstretched glove of the White Sox’s second baseman loaded the bases for the Indians and allowed renowned baseball hero Max Moroff to single home a run. Fellow national icon Roberto Perez drew a walk in his next at-bat, as did international man of outfield mastery Greg Allen to give the Indians a 5-3 lead http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey , and eventually a win. If it tells you anything about this game, three entire paragraphs of sadness were bulldozed to make room for this final section of the recap. Seriously, things got dark. But instead of that we get to talk about Roberto Perez’s masterful patience at the plate, Max Moroff’s bat finally coming alive, and sweet, sweet victory. Brad Hand was there, too. CHICAGO (AP) — Yoán Moncada is not looking back at his struggles in the past or forward to the promise of his future.The 23-year-old switch-hitter said he is having too much fun in the present.Moncada hit a pair of solo shots for his first multihomer game and Leury Garcia added a two-run drive to power the Chicago White Sox past the Kansas City Royals 5-1 on Tuesday night.After struggling to consistently produce last year in his first full major league season amid huge expectations, Moncada is off to a fast start with a .333 batting average, five homers and 16 RBIs.“Last year was last year; it’s in the past,” he said through a translator. “I learned and now I’m just enjoying this moment.“Let’s just wait and see what happens in a month or two. So far, the results have been there.”Yonder Alonso also homered and went 4 for 4 as the White Sox won for the fourth time in five games.Reynaldo Lopez (1-2) allowed one run and five hits in six innings to rebound from a poor start to his season. The 25-year-old right-hander had permitted 18 earned runs in 13 1/3 innings over his first three games and gave up eight runs on 10 hits in his last outing against Tampa Bay.“I think he was just attacking the strike zone a lot better this outing,” Chicago manager Rick Renteria said. “I think he just concentrated on driving through and hitting his spots and executing Kennys Vargas Jersey , and I think he did a really nice job.”Four relievers worked the final three innings for Chicago. Alex Colomé pitched the ninth in a non-save situation.Daniel Palka, who led the White Sox with 27 homers as a rookie last season, went 0 for 3 with two strikeouts and is hitless in 32 at-bats this year. He is 0 for 34 dating to last season, the longest current skid for a major league position player.Lucas Duda homered for the Royals, who are 0-5 on the road.Kansas City starter Jorge Lopez (0-2) had a career-high 10 strikeouts but gave up three homers and allowed four runs on eight hits in six innings.“There are probably three balls that they did damage on, but outside of that, I thought he threw the ball extremely well,” manager Ned Yost said.Duda’s homer leading off the second gave the Royals a 1-0 lead. Moncada tied it with a two-out shot in the third.Jorge Lopez escaped a jam in the fourth by getting Tim Anderson — who began the day leading the majors with a .453 batting average — to hit into a 6-4-3 double play, but the right-hander wasn’t as fortunate in the fifth.Garcia broke the tie with a two-run homer to right-center and Moncada followed with his second solo shot to make it 4-1.“You have to be really careful because he’s going to get you at some point if you make a mistake,” Lopez said of Moncada.Alonso capped the scoring with a solo drive in the eighth off reliever Jake Newberry. Alonso entered batting .152 and raised his average to .220.DEFENSEMoncada shifted from second base to third this season and also is off to a strong start with the glove. He started a 5-4-3 double play in the fourth and was in the middle of a 6-5-3 double play as part of a shift in the sixth.“He told me he was the best third baseman in Cuba,” Renteria said, “and I’m starting to believe it.”SEEING DOUBLEAccording to the Elias Sports Bureau http://www.twinsfanproshop.com/authentic-max-kepler-jersey , it was the first time in the majors both starting pitchers had the last name of Lopez. The previous matchup of starters with the same last name was on Aug. 12, 2017, when JC Ramirez and the Angels faced Erasmo Ramirez and the Mariners.TRAINER’S ROOMRoyals: C Martin Maldonado was scratched from the original lineup because of illness. “He was going to take it easy and try to play, but no sense pushing it,” Yost said. “I was going to give him tomorrow off, but he’ll probably play tomorrow.”UP NEXTKansas City RHP Brad Keller (2-1, 2.45 ERA) and Chicago RHP Lucas Giolito (2-1, 6.19) are scheduled to start the finale of the three-game series Wednesday afternoon. Keller had a career-high 10 strikeouts in his last outing against Cleveland, while Giolito is 4-0 with a 2.40 ERA in seven career starts vs. the Royals.