Indians rally in eighth to beat Chicago

Associated Press

CLEVELAND

Ozzie Guillen knows it’s too early to panic.

On the other hand, the Chicago White Sox’s manager will not soon forget the 3-2 loss to the Cleveland Indians on Saturday.

“I’m going to sleep like a baby,” Guillen said. “I’m going to wake up every two hours and cry.”

It’s easy to see why Guillen would feel that way. The White Sox were five outs away from a comeback win before everything fell apart, dropping Chicago to 4-8.

Asdrubal Cabrera homered with one out in the eighth off starter Jake Peavy to tie the game. Left-hander Matt Thornton (1-1) came on to face two left-handed hitters, but retired neither. Grady Sizemore singled to center and scored easily when Shin-Soo Choo lined a 1-2 pitch to the wall in left-center for a double.

“I was on the middle with every pitch,” Thornton said. “Every pitch I threw, fastball, slider, went right on through. That’s it.”

Jensen Lewis (2-0) pitched a scoreless eighth. Chris Perez worked the ninth for his third save in four chances.

The Indians won their third straight game after losing five in a row.

“He came in and did what we envisioned him doing,” Indians manager Manny Acta said. “He pounded the strike zone and got the save for us.”

Jake Westbrook took a two-hit shutout into the sixth, but Mark Teahen drew a leadoff walk, stole second and scored on Alexi Ramirez’s double. The White Sox had runners on first and third with one out, but Carlos Quentin hit into a double play.

Chicago took the lead in the seventh. Andruw Jones started the rally with a one-out single and took second on a groundout. Alex Rios doubled to left-center with two outs on Westbrook’s first pitch.

Westbrook, who hasn’t won since beating the Angels on April 8, 2008, gave up two runs in seven innings.