Indians Choo up Sox to sweep series.

CLEVELAND—Shin-Soo Choo hit a grand slam and drove in five runs to lead the Cleveland Indians to a 7-4 win over the slumping  White Sox on Sunday.Choo went 2 for 3 with a walk, hitting his second career slam for a 7-0 lead in the second inning off Gavin Floyd (0-2). His first grand slam came against Boston’s Josh Beckett on Aug. 3, 2006.Fausto Carmona (2-0) gave up three runs over six innings as the Indians completed their first three-game home sweep of the Sox since May 2003 when Jerry Manuel was still their Manager. Chris Perez came on with runners on first and third and one out in the ninth and yielded a sacrifice fly to Carlos Quentin, then threw a called third strike past Paul Konerko for his fourth save.Choo singled home Cleveland’s first run in a three-run first, and Sox killer Mark Grudzielanek — hitting just .091 — lined a two-run single to right for a 3-0 lead. The two RBI were his first since July 29, 2008, when he was with Kansas City.Omar Vizquel had an RBI double in the Sox three-run fifth, when Carmona yielded four hits and one walk on 32 pitches. Carmona threw only 44 pitches over the first four innings.Cleveland has four straight wins for the first time since winning five in a row last July 23-27. The Indians won two of three in Chicago to open this season, but lost five straight before taking the finale of a three-game series with Texas on Thursday.Carmona has two of those wins over Chicago and is 6-0 with a 2.79 ERA in six starts against the White Sox since Sept. 9, 2007.Meanwhile, Floyd continued to struggle on the road. He gave up seven runs in one-plus inning, allowing six hits and walking four. All five men he faced in the second reached safely.Floyd has a 14.14 ERA in two road starts. He had a 5.47 ERA on the road last year, with a 2.47 ERA at home, the largest disparity in the majors.

NOTES—Alexei Ramirez had three of the Sox 10 hits. … The White Sox have lost four straight and are 4-9 for the first time since 1997. … Pierre stole three bases, giving him 465 for his career to pass Delino DeShields for 45th on the career list. He leads active players in steals. … Indians CF Grady Sizemore made a diving catch to rob Pierre in third. … Quentin is in a 3-for-27 slump. He grounded out with two runners on in the seventh as a pinch-hitter.