CHICAGO -- Alexei Ramirez hit a walk-off homer on the first pitch from Cleveland closer John Axford, scoring Jordan Danks ahead of him to give the White Sox a 4-3 victory in Sunday's series finale. The White Sox won three of four games in the series.Axford walked Danks to start the ninth, and Danks reached second on a stolen base. Cleveland scored two runs off White Sox closer Matt Lindstrom to claim a 3-2 lead, depriving Maikel Cleto of his first big league win. 
The Indians' ninth-inning rally started on Jose Abreu's fielding error of Michael Brantley's grounder, followed by singles from Yan Gomes and David Murphy, with Murphy's scoring Brantley. A Mike Aviles sacrifice moved the runners to second and third with one out, and a Lindstrom wild pitch scored the go-ahead run with two outs after he retired Asdrubal Cabrera.Marcus Semien homered with one out in the eighth to give the White Sox a 2-1 lead. Semien's blast came off of Cleveland starter Corey Kluber, who allowed just one other run over 7 1/3 innings and 97 pitches, while striking out six.Jose Quintana threw a career-high 121 pitches while working around a pair of rain delays, the second of which lasted 45 minutes. But even after all of that quality work, the White Sox starter finished with yet another no-decision. Quintana allowed one run on five hits over six innings, while striking out six and walking two.Brantley's home run in the fourth, coming before the second wave of rain, stood as the only run allowed by Quintana. Jason Kipnis doubled to open the sixth and stayed at second when Conor Gillaspie made a diving stop down the third-base line on Carlos Santana's hard-hit grounder to hold him to a single.Ryan Raburn's long fly out to center moved Kipnis to third, but he had to hold there when Quintana not only knocked down Brantley's shot but had the presence of mind to get the force at second on Santana. Gomes struck out for the third time to end the frame.The White Sox scored their first run in the fourth on singles from Gillaspie and Adam Dunn and Dayan Viciedo's infield single. Gillaspie extended his hitting streak to 11 games, and Ramirez extended his season-opening run to 13 before the heroics.This game was delayed for one hour and 15 minutes due to the threat of rain before the first pitch, but the conditions were relatively dry until the fourth.Scott Merkin / MLB.com
The Indians' ninth-inning rally started on Jose Abreu's fielding error of Michael Brantley's grounder, followed by singles from Yan Gomes and David Murphy, with Murphy's scoring Brantley. A Mike Aviles sacrifice moved the runners to second and third with one out, and a Lindstrom wild pitch scored the go-ahead run with two outs after he retired Asdrubal Cabrera.Marcus Semien homered with one out in the eighth to give the White Sox a 2-1 lead. Semien's blast came off of Cleveland starter Corey Kluber, who allowed just one other run over 7 1/3 innings and 97 pitches, while striking out six.Jose Quintana threw a career-high 121 pitches while working around a pair of rain delays, the second of which lasted 45 minutes. But even after all of that quality work, the White Sox starter finished with yet another no-decision. Quintana allowed one run on five hits over six innings, while striking out six and walking two.Brantley's home run in the fourth, coming before the second wave of rain, stood as the only run allowed by Quintana. Jason Kipnis doubled to open the sixth and stayed at second when Conor Gillaspie made a diving stop down the third-base line on Carlos Santana's hard-hit grounder to hold him to a single.Ryan Raburn's long fly out to center moved Kipnis to third, but he had to hold there when Quintana not only knocked down Brantley's shot but had the presence of mind to get the force at second on Santana. Gomes struck out for the third time to end the frame.The White Sox scored their first run in the fourth on singles from Gillaspie and Adam Dunn and Dayan Viciedo's infield single. Gillaspie extended his hitting streak to 11 games, and Ramirez extended his season-opening run to 13 before the heroics.This game was delayed for one hour and 15 minutes due to the threat of rain before the first pitch, but the conditions were relatively dry until the fourth.Scott Merkin / MLB.com
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