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CHICAGO -- The Cleveland Indians almost wasted a great chance to grab the lead in the seventh inning on Saturday. Then Ryan Raburn came to the plate and did what he usually does against the Chicago White Sox. Raburn hit a tiebreaking single and David Murphy drove in four runs, leading the Indians to a 12-6 victory over the White Sox. "Its a team win," Raburn said. "Just to be able to be in that position to help us out, I mean, thats a tribute to our team putting us in that position." Murphy, Nick Swisher and Jason Kipnis homered for Cleveland, which snapped a three-game losing streak. Murphy added a bases-loaded triple in a four-run ninth against Donnie Veal. The Indians improved to 18-4 against the White Sox since the beginning of last season, overcoming another shaky start by Justin Masterson. They will try for a split of the four-game series Sunday. "It was a long day of good at-bats and we needed them," Indians manager Terry Francona said. Adam Eaton had two hits, including his first homer, and walked twice for the White Sox, who have scored five or more runs in nine of their 12 games this season. "Were going up there with an approach and trying to execute the approach," Eaton said. "It will come around and well be just fine. I love seeing the fight." Alexei Ramirezs nifty slide past catcher Carlos Santana tied it at 6 in the fifth, but Raburn put the Indians ahead to stay with a two-run single in the seventh. The Indians loaded the bases with one out against Ronald Belisario (1-1) and Scott Downs. Daniel Webb came in and got Asdrubal Cabrera to foul out, but Raburn followed with a bouncer into centre field to make it 8-6. "They got a chance to wiggle out of that with a tie game at home and Raburn smacks that ball up the middle and gives us the lead," Francona said. "That was huge." Raburn, who began his career with Detroit, has a .301 batting average, 17 homers and 72 RBIs in 97 career games against Chicago. "This is one of those places, I feel pretty comfortable up there," he said. "Ive faced these guys so many times you kind of get a knack for what theyre trying to do, but youve still got to put the bat on the ball." Raburns big hit handed a win to Josh Outman, one of four relievers who shut down the White Sox after Masterson laboured through 4 2-3 innings. Outman (2-0), Bryan Shaw, Cody Allen and John Axford combined for 4 1-3 innings of one-hit ball. Masterson was charged with six runs, five earned, and seven hits in his first start since he lasted just 3 2-3 innings against Minnesota last Sunday. The right-hander also walked five to go along with seven strikeouts. "I was decently happy with the way things took place as far as how I felt when I let go of the ball," Masterson said. "Sometimes after letting go of the ball, the things I cant control, they got me a little bit." Masterson dominated the White Sox last year, going 4-0 with a sparkling 0.83 ERA in 32 2-3 innings. Chicago right-hander Felipe Paulino also had a rough start, allowing six runs and six hits in five innings. "Ive been fighting a lot executing my pitches (the) last couple of games," Paulino said. "But I miss a lot of spots. ... My slider comes sometimes, but Im looking for consistency." Francona won a replay challenge after Nyjer Morgan was picked off in the first, leading to three runs. The overturned call put Morgan back at first base, and he eventually scored on Michael Brantleys two-run single. Cabrera added a run-scoring groundout. Eatons homer gave the White Sox a 5-4 lead in the second. Cleveland went back in front when Swisher and Kipnis connected in the fifth. It was the first set of back-to-back homers for the Indians this season. NOTES: Indians OF Michael Bourn (strained left hamstring) will play another rehab game with Double-A Akron on Sunday. "I think hes feeling pretty good. I think the last thing is being able to get to that gear and not having to think about it. Thatll be when hes ready to go," Francona said. ... Indians RHP Corey Kluber (1-1, 7.71 ERA) and White Sox LHP Jose Quintana (1-0, 2.77) square off in the series finale. ... The Indians are off Monday, and Francona said RHP Carlos Carrasco will work out of the bullpen before making his next start Saturday against Toronto. Carrasco allowed five runs and six hits in 4 2-3 innings during Fridays 9-6 loss to the White Sox. Adonis Rosa Yankees Jersey . Campbell, playing on loan with Greek club Olympiacos, found the net with a left-footed shot in the 44th minute off a pass from second-half substitute Jorge Rojas to open the scoring at Estadio Nacional de Costa Rica. Joe DiMaggio Jersey .The rookie goalie made 36 saves to help the Calgary Flames blank their Pacific Division rivals 1-0 on Saturday following a 48-hour ordeal that included lost baggage, a cancelled flight and a new pair of contact lenses. https://www.cheapyankees.com/1391g-mark-teixeira-jersey-yankees.html . 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Commissioner Gary Bettman cautioned, please dont make more out of this than it is.Still, its another tiny step toward realizing the long-talked-about idea of expansion and one that seemingly puts Las Vegas well ahead of Quebec City and Seattle in the as-yet invisible race for team No. 31.The sole purpose here would be to give, in this unique circumstance, Mr. Foley and his colleagues an opportunity to measure the level of interest in the market by conducting a season-ticket drive, Bettman said. All its doing is letting him measure for his interest and ours whether or not the market will support a team, at least from that measure alone.The NHL last expanded from 28 to 30 teams in 2000 by adding the Columbus Blue Jackets and Minnesota Wild.A season-ticket drive in Las Vegas, however non-binding, is further evidence that the NHL is at the very least intrigued by the unique market that has never hosted a professional team in the major four sports leagues. The CFL lasted one year there in 1994.Obviously hes talked to (Foley). Gary says theyve done a lot of due diligence, Detroit Red Wings general manager Ken Holland said. Seems like a logical tire-kicking process to me.What Las Vegas represents for the NHL is the chance to get into a potentially lucrative market before the NBA, NFL or Major League Baseball. But before that determination is made — which would require board of governors approval — this ticket drive gives Foley and the league some more evidence of whether it could work.Im assuming if Mr. Foley wants to do this, then he wants to know what the level of interest is, Bettman said, Hes put a lot of time and effort into expressing interest, I think he wants to know whether or not this is something to continue to be worthwhile for him to pursue.A 20,000-seat arena is under construction on the Las Vegas strip thats set to open in the spring of 2016. With Foley taking this next step, the NHL also has less uncertainty when it comes to ownership.Those are questions that exist in places like Seattle, and geography hurts Quebec City because there are already 16 teams in the Eastern Conference and 14 in the West. Pierre Dion of Quebecor, considered the most likely owner of a new incarnation of the Nordiques, was at the board of governors meeting, but Bettman said his presence was to discuss the leagues TV arrangement with TVA.Pierre Dion and the board did not diiscuss at all the new building or the team, Bettman said.ddddddddddddThere is no measure here. We havent ranked teams. We havent ranked markets. There is no process.This is purely a request from someone under a unique situation asking for an opportunity to measure interest, and for example, I dont think that would be necessary in Quebec City.Las Vegas is such a unique market because of the service industry there and the transient population. Theres also minimal hockey tradition there, although the ECHLs Wranglers have played in Las Vegas since 2003.Foley, a businessman Forbes reports to be worth $600 million, will run the ticket drive and inform the NHL how hes doing it. Beyond that, Bettman said theres no timeline.This is a discrete request to test the market, no more than that, he said. Nothing else has been decided. Nothing else is being focused on.Bettman also implied that theres nothing keeping the NHL from adding just one other team instead of two. The fundamental thinking has been two more teams would provide balance, but thats something that could be remedied down the road.Two other major topics were discussed on the first of two days of meetings at the Boca Raton Resort & Club. Those involved the 2015-16 salary cap and the status of the sale of the Arizona Coyotes.The preliminary estimate for next years salary cap is US$73 million, a number that Bettman said is dependent on the status of the Canadian dollar. That figure would be accurate if the Canadian dollar continues to be worth 88 cents U.S.Obviously if the Canadian dollar rises relative to the U.S. dollar, the cap will go up a little bit, Bettman said. And if it goes down the Canadian dollar, the cap will go down a little bit, but thats the universe that were in.A cap of $73 million would put the floor at roughly $54 million.Also Monday the board got an update on the sale of 51 per cent of the Coyotes to hedge-fund manager Andrew Barroway. Bettman said the deal was on track to happen.Bettman denied reports that the deal was dead, saying paperwork was finalized late last week.It isnt done, and thats the only reason that there wasnt a vote, Bettman said. We werent ready from our standpoint in terms of the process that we need to go through.The NHL, Bettman said, is also not ready to expand. As he has for more than a year, the commissioner said theres no formal expansion process, even as Foley moves forward with his experiment.This is in the conceptual stage, Bettman said. The concept is that OK, what it means: Theres work to be done.___Follow @SWhyno on TwitterNote to readers: This is a corrected version of an earlier story. Pierre Dions name was misspelled in a previous version. ' ' '