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CHICAGO (AP) — Trevor Bauer’s performance was encouraging http://www.royalsfanproshop.com/authentic-lucas-duda-jersey , and Carlos Carrasco was even better — until a late meltdown.Bauer took a step toward returning to Cleveland’s rotation for the postseason by tossing four effective innings, but the Chicago White Sox overcame a two-run, ninth-inning deficit to beat the Indians and Carrasco 5-4 Tuesday night.Bauer allowed two runs — on Avisail Garcia’s career-high-19th homer in the first — in his second start since suffering a stress fracture in his right leg on Aug. 11. The right-hander also allowed four singles while striking out four and walking none. He threw 43 strikes in the 60-pitch limit set by manager Terry Francona.“He looked more like himself, which is really a good thing,” Francona said.Bauer said he felt “fantastic” on the mound.“I’m really encouraged today again,” Bauer said. “Commanded the ball pretty darn well.“My stuff has been good. I’m still a tad out of sync mechanically, which is to be expected after missing six weeks. So, I fully expect that to be better the next time out.”Cleveland will open its Division Series at Houston on Oct. 5. The Astros defeated Toronto 4-1 and were assured the AL West title when Oakland lost at Seattle 10-8.Pitching coach Carl Willis said Carrasco will start on Sunday at Kansas City, with Bauer coming out of the bullpen.“Hopefully, I’ll get 85 pitches in on Sunday, which is the next progression, then cleared for just normal activity,” Bauer said.Carrasco (16-10) followed Bauer on Tuesday with his second relief appearance this season. The right-hander tossed one-hit, shutout ball through four innings and entered the ninth with a 4-2 lead before the White Sox scored three times and snapped a three-game losing streak.“He was terrific up until the end,” Francona said.Daniel Palka’s game-ending single up the middle with one out drove in two runs and capped Chicago’s rally.Yoan Moncada led off the ninth with a walk, Adam Engel and Yolmer Sanchez followed with singles that cut the score to 4-3. Leury Garcia’s sacrifice bunt advanced Engel to third and Sanchez to second Alex Gordon Jersey , then Palka delivered the game-winning hit.Palka said the comeback had nothing do with Carrasco, who has started 29 games, tiring.“I think we just got kind of got hot and were feeding off each other,” Palka said. “I don’t think it matters how many innings it is for him. He’s a baller and he’s going to go out and pitch.”“Luckily it was my third AB off of him and I saw everything he was getting me out with,” Palka said.The White Sox need to win one of their last five games to avoid their first 100-loss season since 1970, when they went 56-106.Yan Gomes hit his 16th homer and Yonder Alonso had two RBIs as Cleveland stumbled late in game that was delayed 51 minutes at the start due to rain. The Indians, who have won the AL Central three straight years, will open a division series next week at the winner of the AL West.White Sox starter James Shields allowed four runs on six hits and four walks in six innings. Reliever Ian Hamilton (1-2) got one out in the ninth to earn the winBauer was limited to 1 1/3 innings and 34 pitches against Boston last Friday in his first outing since returning from the disabled list.An All-Star for the first time in 2018, Bauer was in the midst of his best season — and on a roll — when Jose Abreu’s liner hit him in the leg in the seventh inning of a 3-1 Indians win at Guaranteed Rate Field last month.When the 27-year-old righty landed on the disabled list on Aug. 14, he was 12-6 with a 2.22 ERA, and 4-0 with 1.05 ERA in his last four starts. Including his Aug. 11 win over the White Sox, Bauer had thrown 100 or more pitches in each of his first 25 starts this season.In this one, Avisail Garcia drove a belt-high breaking pitch from Bauer into the left-center bleachers with two outs in the first to put the White Sox ahead 2-0.Cleveland scored three runs with two outs in the third off Shields for a 3-2 lead. Jose Ramirez drove in the first run with a sharp single. After the Indians loaded the bases, Alonso’s single drove in two more.Bauer allowed singles to Leury Garcia and Daniel Palka with two outs in the bottom half, but escaped on Avisail Garcia’ soft comebacker.Gomes’ solo shot in the fourth made it 4-2.TRAINER’S ROOMIndians: OF Michael Brantley left the game in the sixth with a right calf contusion.White Sox: Avisail Garcia, an All-Star in 2017 who finished second in the AL with a .330 batting average http://www.royalsfanproshop.com/authentic-george-brett-jersey , said he has played with discomfort in his right knee during all of 2018 and will have surgery in the offseason. Garcia didn’t disclose the injury, but said “it’s nothing major” and he expects to be 100 percent for spring training. Garcia, who started in right field on Tuesday, is hitting .238 with 19 homers and 48 RBIs in 89 games. … LF Nicky Delmonico left the game in the fifth with right shoulder soreness after making a diving catch on Francisco Lindor’s liner.UP NEXT:Indians RHP Shane Bieber (10-5, 4.80) starts on Wednesday against White Sox LHP Jace Fry (2-2, 4.32) ARLINGTON, Texas (AP) — The Texas Rangers fired manager Jeff Banister on Friday after the team stumbled to its first consecutive losing records in 10 years following AL West titles in each of his first two seasons.Texas announced the move with 10 games left in Banister’s fourth season, and general manager Jon Daniels said the decision wasn’t based on the record.“There are times when you’re looking for a new voice, and the new voice for the leadership,” Daniels said. “Jeff did a very good job for us. Ton of passion and energy and care for everybody involved. … We just made a decision that a new voice at this point was needed.”In a season when the focus turned to the development of their younger players, the Rangers took a 64-88 record into the Friday night’s game against Seattle to open the final home series of the year. They had lost four in a row and 11 of 15.Bench coach Don Wakamatsu will serve as interim manager for the remainder of the season, starting with the three-game series against the Mariners. The Rangers will finish on the road next week against the Los Angeles Angels and Seattle.Banister became the third manager in the majors to be fired this season, along with Mike Matheny of St. Louis and Bryan Price of Cincinnati.Daniels informed the 54-year-old Banister of the decision earlier Friday. Banister was under contract through next season.While reiterating that Banister was the right fit when hired, Daniels said that has changed nearly four years later. The GM said it wasn’t an easy decision, and came after a long period of evaluation.“We’re in a different spot now, a different spot than when he was hired Mike Moustakas Jersey ,” Daniels saidBanister released a statement thanking Rangers ownership and Daniels for giving him the opportunity, and thanked his assistant coaches and the players.“We had some great times here, but it doesn’t last forever,” Banister said. “Certainly I am disappointed that I was not able to finish the job. But this has been the experience of a lifetime.”Banister was hired in November 2014 to replace Ron Washington, the manager who led the Rangers to their only World Series appearances in 2010 and 2011 before his abrupt resignation for personal reasons late in the 2014 season. Banister, who had a pinch-hit single in his only big league at-bat for Pittsburgh in 1991, had a 325-313 record in his first managerial job. The Rangers lost to Toronto in the Division Series after his AL West titles.“I certainly regret that we were not able to make a deeper playoff run for you in 2015 and 2016,” Banister said in a portion of his statement addressed to Rangers fans, thanking them for their support over the years.The Rangers were 88-74 in Banister’s managerial debut in 2015, and matched a team record with an American League-high 95 wins in 2016. They slipped to 78-84 last year, but weren’t eliminated from AL wild-card contention until the final week of the season.Adrian Beltre, baseball’s active career hits leader (3,159) in his 21st big league season, said he didn’t have any problems communicating with Banister.“Obviously different players, different coaches have different ways of communicating and expressing what they want to do,” Beltre said. “Whatever happens in this clubhouse is going to stay in here … but I’m pretty sure different players had different opinions.”Wakamatsu rejoined the Rangers last November after four seasons as the bench coach in Kansas City. He previously served on the Rangers staff from 2003-07 Salvador Perez Jersey , was a candidate when Daniels hired Washington after the 2006 season and is expected to be a candidate again.“Yeah, I’d like to, absolutely,” said Wakamatsu, who Banister approached last offseason about being his bench coach. “It’s an emotional time for me. … I’m still trying to process a lot of that right now, and focus on the next 10 days and see how we can finish strong.”Seattle went 127-147 with Wakamatsu as its manager in 2009 and until August 2010.The Rangers have seven position players age 25 or younger who have gotten at least 300 at-bats this season.Texas traded pending free agent pitcher Yu Darvish to the Los Angeles Dodgers midway through the 2017 season, and this year traded Cole Hamels to the Chicago Cubs even though the Rangers had a club option on the left-hander for next season. The Rangers also traded closer Keone Kela at this season’s non-waiver trade deadline, and also dealt away veteran relievers Jake Diekman and Jesse Chavez.Mike Minor, who was a full-time reliever in Kansas City last year after missing two full seasons because of injury, is the only pitcher who began this season in the Rangers starting rotation and is still in it.The last time the Rangers had finished consecutive seasons with losing records was 2005-08, before going 87-75 in 2009. They then had their two World Series seasons before losing the AL’s first one-and-done wild-card game in 2012, and losing to Tampa Bay in a wild-card tiebreaker to end the 2013 regular season.