Helped by the pitching of starter Aaron Civale the Indians overcame the White Sox 4-3 at Progressive Field Tuesday afternoon in game one of a traditional doubleheader. Bradley Zimmer and Francisco Lindor homered for the Indians, who improved to 3-1 with the win. Civale struck out a career-high nine Sox in the win.
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00:00For Cleveland Baseball Insider and SI.com, I'm Matt Lodi.
00:04Game one of a traditional doubleheader goes to the Indians as they top the White Sox by
00:08a score of 4-3, a progressive field.
00:10Aaron Savali, the Indians' number four starter, and his first start of the year was impressive.
00:14He allowed two runs on seven hits.
00:16He struck out nine White Sox in the win.
00:18The Indians in four games, recording 52 strikeouts, just short of the Cincinnati Reds, who reached
00:24a Major League record with strikeouts through four games to start this 2020 season.
00:29The Indians' offense paced by a couple of long balls.
00:32Francisco Lindor, a two-run homerun in the first inning, and then Bradley Zimmer with
00:35a solo homerun in the second inning.
00:38The Indians do hang on, though.
00:39For a 4-3 win, they improved to 3-1 on this season.
00:43They will get a chance to see Adam Plutko in the nightcap of the traditional doubleheader.
00:47And again, the Indians will try to go for their third straight win after falling to
00:52the Royals on Saturday.
00:54Again, the final for game one of two here, a progressive field and a traditional doubleheader.
00:58The Indians defeat the Chicago White Sox by a score of 4-3.
01:02For Cleveland Baseball Insider and outside.com, I'm Matt Lodi.