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The last-place Indians are in worse shape as losers of a season-high six straight with entering Friday night's opener of a three-game home series against the White Sox.

Cleveland (11-17) completed an 0-6 trip in which it totaled 13 runs and batted .183 with Wednesday's 7-1 defeat to the Angels.

"It was a really tough trip. There's no way around it," manager Terry Francona told the team's website. "Not a lot went right for us. But we have to put it behind us. We have to go fix it, and we'll do that."

The Indians may have to try to fix it without Kipnis, who did not play Wednesday due to a strained abdominal muscle suffered the night before. Cleveland will make a decision as to whether its starting second baseman will need a stint on the disabled list before this game.

"We've all seen it and been around it -- where during the action of a game, a guy feels like it's minimal," Francona said. "Then they wake up in the morning and feel like they've got a knife stuck in them. He doesn't feel like that, so that's good."

Offense isn't a concern for Chicago (14-15), averaging 5.3 runs for one of baseball's best marks. The White Sox have been undone by a 4.81 ERA that is among the worst in the majors, with starters and Chris Sale currently on the DL.

"Well you'd like it to be better obviously but when you're dealing with injuries and things like that, at least you're still in the mix," manager Robin Ventura said. "Guys offensively had a good month and you just want to keep that up and play better."

Chicago has lost six straight at Cleveland, going 1-8 at Progressive Field last season. The White Sox lost their final 14 meetings with the Indians in 2013 before taking three of four at home April 10-13.

Danks gave up three runs in six innings for his first win in seven home decisions against the Indians. He's 3-1 with a 2.79 ERA in his last six starts at Cleveland.

The Indians are 3-8 against left-handed starters.

Salazar yielded five runs in 3 2/3 innings the last time these teams met. That began a streak of three straight defeats in which the right-hander gave up five runs and failed to last past the fifth inning in each outing. That ended Sunday when he allowed one run in seven innings in a 4-1 loss at San Francisco.

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