Baseball: Chicago White 5 Cleveland 4

Adam Dunn stroked two home runs for the Chicago White Sox who beat Cleveland 5-4 Monday and maintained a one-game lead in the AL Central. Dunn cracked a three-run shot in the eighth inning to put the game away and prevent second-place Detroit from grabbing a share of the division lead. Chicago had lost five consecutive games coming into Monday's contest. Alexei Ramirez drove in Chicago's other run. Brett Meyers (3-3) was credited with the win after pitching a scoreless eighth in relief of Chris Sale. Sale gave up three runs on 10 hits over seven innings. Vinnie Pestano (3-3) took the loss after serving up the home-run pitch to Dunn in the eighth. Cleveland outhit Chicago 13-7. Russ Canzlet led the attack with a two-run homer. Shin-Soo Choo, Asdrubal Cabrera and Jason Kipnis all had two hits apiece.