Omar Vizquel ties hit record

Associated Press

CLEVELAND

Mark Teahen drove in three runs, John Danks went the minimum to stop a personal three-game slide and the Chicago White Sox snapped a five-game losing streak against Cleveland by beating the hapless Indians 7-2 on Monday night.

Teahen hit a two-run double in Chicago’s four-run first inning off Justin Masterson (0-5), who lost his 11th straight decision. The right-hander hasn’t won in 16 starts since Aug. 20.

Danks (4-3) allowed two runs and six hits in five innings. The left-hander was winless in his previous four starts, and the White Sox scored just three runs in his last three outings.

After shutting out the Indians on opening day in Chicago, the White Sox dropped five in a row to the AL Central’s last-place team.

Alex Rios hit his ninth homer for the White Sox.

Chicago’s Omar Vizquel got his 2,764th career hit, moving him into a tie with Hall of Famer Luis Aparicio, his boyhood idol, for the second-most by a shortstop. Vizquel’s hit total is second only to New York Yankees star Derek Jeter, who entered the week with 2,782.

Vizquel got another single in the ninth, but he had moved to third base in the seventh.

The 43-year-old Vizquel received a warm ovation from Cleveland fans, who adored the 11-time Gold Glove winner during his 11 seasons playing for the Indians.

Masterson’s season-long slide shows no signs of slowing.

The right-hander needed 44 pitches to get out of the first, and by the time he retired Vizquel on a fly to deep right for the third out, the Indians were already in a 4-0 hole.

Danks, meanwhile, set the Indians down on 13 pitches in the first and had four strikeouts in two innings.

The Indians have lost seven of eight.