MLB Roundup: Floyd's pitching, defense leads White Sox

CLEVELAND (AP) - Gavin Floyd made 95 pitches, some good ones, some bad ones. However, the strike he threw to first mattered most.

Floyd shut out Cleveland on five singles over 7 2-3 innings and made a smart defensive play to escape a bases-loaded jam in the seventh as the surging Chicago White Sox climbed back to .500 with a 6-3 win Monday night over the free-falling Indians, who lost for the 11th time in 13 games.

Floyd (6-5), who started the season by losing four of his first six decisions, improved to 3-0 in June, 4-1 since May 22 and has a 1.39 ERA in his last eight starts. The right-hander walked two, struck out five and...