CHICAGO (AP) — Corey Kluber spread the credit for his first 20-win season http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-paul-o_neill-jersey , and admitted it’s “a nice, round number.”Kluber struck out 11 in seven scoreless innings and won his 20th, and Brandon Guyer hit a go-ahead solo homer in the seventh inning as the Cleveland Indians shut out the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on Monday night.Kluber (20-7) hit 20 victories for the first time after recording 18 wins in three of the four previous seasons. The reigning Cy Young award winner is the first 20-game winner for the Central Division champions since Cliff Lee went 22-3 in 2008, and the first Indians pitcher to win 20 games with 200 or more strikeouts since Gaylord Perry did it in 1974.“Twenty wins is cool. It’s a nice, round number, but as long as we won the game that’s obviously the angle,” Kluber said.“It’s a cool accomplishment, something to be proud of, but I think it just means I gave us a chance to win a lot of times. There’s times when they probably picked me up and I got credited with a win. We’re all pulling for each other to get to those numbers that mean something.”Kluber may have downplayed the significance of 20 wins, but his teammates and manager didn’t.“We were all nervous for him. He probably wasn’t, but we were because it probably meant more to us than it did to him,” Indians manager Terry Francona.Cleveland is also the first team to have four pitchers with 200 strikeouts in a season. Kluber ran his total to 216, while Carlos Carrasco has 217, Trevor Bauer 215 and Mike Clevinger 202.The Indians tied the Chicago Cubs for the major league lead with 17 shutouts.Adam Rosales gave the Indians an insurance run with a home run off reliever Nate Jones to left for his first of the season in the ninth inning. Brandon Barnes and Edwin Encarnacion then added RBI singles. It was Rosales’ first home run since Sept. 4 Jacoby Ellsbury Jersey , 2017, when he was with Arizona.Indians relievers Andrew Miller and Cody Allen pitched a perfect eighth and ninth, respectively, and combined with Kluber to retire the final 17 batters.Dylan Covey didn’t allow a run over six innings. He scattered six hits and struck out seven with one walk in the no-decision. He has pitched 12 consecutive innings without allowing a run against Cleveland.“Kind of a different lineup today than it was last time. Some of those guys hadn’t seen me. But, yeah, definitely a big confident booster for me. I’ve known all year that I have had this stuff, just been trying to find that consistency with it,” said Covey.Covey was relieved by Ian Hamilton (0-2) after throwing 96 pitches over six innings. Guyer greeted Hamilton in the seventh by hitting his third pitch into the left-field seats for his seventh home run of the season.The White Sox threatened in the second inning. They had runners on first and third with one out, but Kluber finished the inning by getting Tim Anderson and Jose Rondon swinging.“He’s a Cy Young-type pitcher. With guys like that, when you have certain opportunities, and you don’t get many, you got to be able to get at least one point across and hopefully your guy is able to contain them on the offensive side,” said White Sox manager Rick Renteria.Kluber struck out the side in the third inning and then posted his seventh double-digit strikeout game of the season when he got Daniel Palka swinging to end the fifth.“For the most part, I had pretty good command of my pitches. I don’t think there was one that really stood out. It was just being able to throw all four pitches and mix them in the right spots and keep them off balance http://www.yankeesfanproshop.com/authentic-don-mattingly-jersey ,” Kluber said.Kluber has struck out 10 or more batters in three of his last four starts and retired his final 11 batters.PLAYOFF PICTUREThe Boston Red Sox clinched home-field advantage through the postseason with a 6-2 win over the Baltimore Orioles on Monday night. That means Cleveland will open the Division Series at the AL West winner.IMMEDIATE IMPACT?White Sox first round pick Nick Madrigal threw out the first pitch. Madrigal, who was selected fourth overall in the 2018 draft from Oregon State, may be on the fast track to join the White Sox. “It’s kind of out of my control at this point. Whatever the organization needs me to do, but I can definitely see this being a home for me hopefully sometime soon,” said Madrigal. He hit .303 with seven doubles and 16 RBIs between the Arizona League, Class-A Winston Salem and Class-A Kannapolis.TRAINER’S ROOMIndians: C Roberto Perez wasn’t in the lineup after leaving Sunday night’s win over Boston with a bruised right shoulder. Francona said there were no lingering concerns. “He could’ve stayed in the game if we needed him to.”White Sox: 1B Jose Abreu remains out with a right thigh injury. His status to return this season is uncertain. … 2B Yoan Moncada had the night off.UP NEXTIndians: Francona said RHP Trevor Bauer won’t throw more than 60 to 65 pitches in Tuesday’s scheduled start, his second after missing 35 games with a stress fracture in his lower right leg. Bauer’s performance Tuesday, Francona added, will determine whether he starts Sunday’s season finale at Kansas City.White Sox: RHP James Shields (7-16) is scheduled to make his 33rd start of the season on Tuesday. He is 2-1 with a 3.86 ERA in his last five starts. ST. LOUIS — The Los Angeles Dodgers‘ goal of turning the tables on the St. Louis Cardinals is well within reach heading into the third game of a four-game series on Saturday at Busch Stadium.Three weeks after the Cardinals rolled to a three-game sweep in Los Angeles, the Dodgers are on the cusp of a third consecutive victory in St. Louis. A victory on Saturday won’t give the Dodgers a sweep, but it will give them the series with one more game in the matchup to play.After Clayton Kershaw pitched the Dodgers to a victory in the series opener on Thursday, Walker Buehler was even better with eight scoreless innings in a victory on Friday.Article continues below ...On Saturday, Rich Hill (8-5, 3.88 ERA) will be tasked with starting the Dodgers toward another victory over the Cardinals. More than his pitching of late Aroldis Chapman Jersey , Hill has been known for getting huge amounts of run support.In three of Hill’s past four starts, the Dodgers scored at least nine runs. In two of those games, they scored 11 runs.Hill has not necessarily been sharp in his last four outings, posting a 4.50 ERA in 22 innings, but it has been plenty good enough with a windfall of offensive support.Dodgers manager Dave Roberts does not care if a victory is powered by the offense or by the pitchers at this point in the proceedings. He’ll take a victory by any means possible.“Every game right now is so important,” Roberts said, according to the Los Angeles Times.Hill is 2-1 with a 4.66 ERA in seven career appearances, including six starts, against the Cardinals, but he has not faced them this season.As good as the Dodgers’ offense has been in recent Hill starts, though, it will be up against it facing Cardinals starter John Gant (7-5, 3.16).While Gant has been very good since moving permanently into the rotation on July 29 (2.83 ERA over 47 2/3 innings), he has been excellent since Aug. 8 Didi Gregorius Jersey , going 4-1 with a 1.60 ERA over his last 39 1/3 innings. He did not face the Dodgers when the Cardinals were in Los Angeles.Gant is 0-0 with a 3.38 ERA in two career appearances against the Dodgers, and both were as a reliever in 2016.The Cardinals know that a victory over the Dodgers on Saturday will clinch the season series, an important tiebreaker if the teams finish with the same records as wild-card participants. But Cardinals manager Mike Shildt isn’t about to put more importance on a game against the Dodgers, when matchups with the Atlanta Braves, Milwaukee Brewers and Chicago Cubs still await.“We respect our opponent, but our opponent is ourselves,” Shildt said, according to mlb.com. “We play our game and prepare to play our game. We execute, and that’s how that works.”As good as it was for the Dodgers to see Kershaw and Buehler pitch well in the series, the most uplifting performance might have been from closer Kenley Jansen in the ninth inning Friday. The right-hander gave up two runs in Thursday’s victory, but with the game on the line a day later, he shut down the Cardinals and completed a 3-0 shutout for his 35th save.Jansen has been inconsistent since returning from the disabled list because of an irregular heartbeat. Since Aug. 20, he has a 6.55 ERA in his last 11 outings and was not with the team at Colorado last weekend.