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CLEVELAND -- The White Sox felt as if they played well during their nine-game road trip.The solid play, however, couldnt ease Chicagos disappointment following a 5-4, ninth-inning loss to the Cleveland Indians on Thursday night.Its just an emptiness, leaving at all of these parks. Its tough, slugger Todd Frazier said. (There is a) sour taste in our mouths.Chicago finished 4-5 over the nine-game trip to Kansas City, Miami and Cleveland. Manager Robin Ventura thought the record couldve been better had just a few things gone a different way.Weve lost some late, Ventura said. Were playing some tough teams and I think weve been in a lot of these games.After taking a 4-2 lead in the seventh, the White Sox bullpen allowed three runs in the final three innings, including a game-ending sacrifice fly by Tyler Naquin off reliever Jacob Turner (1-2) in the ninth.Naquins sacrifice fly was set up by Abraham Almonte, who started the inning with a double and moved to third on a passed ball.Chicago appeared to be well on its way to a big offensive performance in the first inning.Danny Salazar, making his first start since returning from the 15-day DL, walked three batters before Justin Morneau drove a one-out, bases-loaded double off the wall in left field to give the White Sox a 3-0 lead.Over the final eight innings, however, Chicago scored just a single run off of Clevelands bullpen combination of Kyle Crockett, Mike Clevinger, Dan Otero and Andrew Miller (7-1).They got some depth, Ventura said of the Cleveland bullpen. The way theyre set up is, theyre kind of switching off closers as far as being able to have Miller and (closer Cody) Allen go on separate days. Its a tough matchup.Despite Clevelands dominant bullpen, Frazier said the fault belonged to the White Sox offense.We didnt add on, Frazier said. As hitters, we just got to keep going.Carlos Rodon, who came into Thursdays start with a 2-0 record and a 1.21 ERA in three career starts at Progressive Field, allowed two runs on eight hits over six innings in a no decision.He also forced the Indians to ground into three double plays, which Ventura thought made the left-handers night so efficient.He had the groundball going, Ventura said. Tough for him to go through a lineup like this. They loaded it with righties.DOUBLE BUBBLEWhite Sox RF Adam Eaton hit a ninth-inning grand slam Wednesday, lifting Chicago to a 10-7 win over the Indians. As impressive, he was blowing a bubble with his gum while making contact. Sometimes you do things youre not thinking about while hitting, Eaton said, smiling. Mine must be blowing a bubble. Im all right with that.TRAINERS ROOMWhite Sox: 2B Brett Lawrie (left hamstring strain) experienced soreness in his left quadriceps, forcing him to leave Double-A Birminghams game against Jackson after the second inning Wednesday. He is 5 for 14 on his rehab assignment with the Barons.UP NEXTWhite Sox: RHP James Shields makes his 14th start since being acquired from San Diego on June 4 as Chicago opens a three-game series against Oakland.Indians: RHP Trevor Bauer takes the mound to begin a three-game set with Toronto. He is 0-1 with a 17.47 ERA in two career starts against the Blue Jays. Cheap Hydro Flask Water Bottle . Tevez, who has had conflicts with coaches in the past, has not been called up since Sabella was named coach in 2011. Argentina boasts Lionel Messi, Gonzalo Higuain, Sergio Aguero, Ezequiel Lavezzi and Angel Di Maria. 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LOS ANGELES -- Knowing San Diego lacked a solid inside presence, UCLA went after the Toreros where it hurt.T.J. Leaf had 26 points and 10 rebounds and fellow freshman Lonzo Ball added 13 points to help the 16th-ranked Bruins win 88-68 on Thursday night.T.J., he can shoot it, pass it and handle it, UCLA coach Steve Alford said. That just opens up your offense even more.Thomas Welsh had 12 points and 11 rebounds as one of six players in double figures for the Bruins (3-0), who failed to top 100 points for the first time this season. They averaged 110.5 points in victories over Pacific and Cal State Northridge.Six guys got to the free throw line, six guys got rebounds and assists, Alford said. It enables us to stretch our offense.San Diegos Brett Bailey tied his career high with 22 points and Cameron Neubauer added a career-best 14 points despite playing the second half with three fouls.Baileys 3-pointer drew the Toreros (0-3) within four points early in the second half before Leaf and Ball teamed up for an entertaining offensive show.Leaf got things started with a one-handed dunk on a give-and-go with Isaac Hamilton and followed with another one-handed jam on Balls assist. The highly touted freshmen reversed things, with Leaf feeding Ball for a dunk before Leaf scored inside. The Bruins had 21 assists.Ive never played with this much talent around me before, Leaf said. It takes adjusting to get used to, but were starting to get used to our roles.Leaf kept up the theatrics with another dunk before finishing off the 16-8 run with a two-handed dunk on Balls alley-oop pass that extended UCLAs lead to 58-45.We wanted to give it to them inside a little bit, Leaf said. We really wanted to make our presence around the basket and we did that.Consecutive baskets by Ball and a 3-pointer by Leaf pushed the Bruins lead to 68-52.The Toreros couldnt defend UCLAs surge. Bailey and Neubauer did all of San Diegos second-half scoring until Olin Carter III scored eight straight points with 6:13 to go.Our kids really competed, but against an explosive team like UCLA, we gave up so much size, second-year San Diego coach Lamont SSmith said.ddddddddddddThey had 46 points in the paint; it was not just post-up points, but its what they got in the interior.Hamilton added 12 points and Aaron Holiday had 11 for the Bruins, who shot 52 percent.BIG PICTURESan Diego: The Toreros face a long climb this season, having been picked to finish last in the West Coast Conference coaches poll. They lost by 10 points to San Diego State in their season opener and still have New Mexico State and Southern California among their non-conference games. No. 14 Gonzaga looms twice during conference play, too.UCLA: The Bruins have an easy schedule leading up to their first big challenge of the season against No. 2 Kentucky on Dec. 3 in Rupp Arena. They also play Big Ten opponents Michigan and Ohio State in December.POLL IMPLICATIONSIf they keep winning, the Bruins figure to stay solidly in the middle of the rankings for the rest of the month. Theyll be tested much more in December with games against No. 2 Kentucky, Michigan, Ohio State and No. 4 Oregon.TIP-INSSan Diego: The Toreros got outrebounded 43-38, but owned a 14-7 edge on the offensive glass. ... Carter finished with 13 points. ... They made 10 3-pointers, including three each from Bailey and Carter. ... The Toreros attempted 75 field goals and 31 3-pointers.UCLA: Leaf was 11 of 13 from the field and made all four of his free throws. ... Bryce Alford chipped in 10 points. ... All seven of the Bruins players scored. ... Ball finished with eight assists and seven rebounds. ... The Bruins made 19 of 22 free throws, and so far have been much more consistent at the line than last season. Thats going to be crucial in tight games, the elder Alford said.UP NEXTSan Diego: Hosts Nicholls State on Sunday, the first of four straight home games this month.UCLA: Hosts Long Beach State on Sunday, the last of four consecutive home games to start the season. The Bruins are 14-1 against the 49ers.---More AP college basketball: www.collegebasketball.ap.org and https://twitter.com/AP-Top25. ' ' '