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Heather Knight and Georgia Elwiss shared a 97-run, fourth-wicket stand to propel England to a five-wicket victory over South Africa Women and a 2-1 series win, in Johannesburg. Knight added an unbeaten 67 - her second fifty in two games - to figures of 2-36 as the tourists chased down a target of 197 in just 43.5 overs, Elwiss contributing 61 off 67 balls with six fours and one maximum.Anya Shrubsole (3-35) had earlier helped the tourists - beaten at Centurion on Friday after winning a rain-affected opener in Benoni a week ago - reduce South Africa to 85-6, before Lizelle Lee (74) carried out a repair job by powering back-to-back half-centuries.Trish Chetty (31) and skipper Mignon du Preez (26) steadied South Africa with a second-wicket stand of 57 after Laura Wolvaardt (0) was caught behind off Shrubsoles fourth ball.England Women pose with the trophy after their 2-1 success Du Preez was bowled by the recalled Elwiss from the penultimate delivery of the 17th over, initiating a collapse of 5-27 that saw Marizanne Kapp and Dane van Niekerk depart for ducks.Lees knock rescued the innings, the 23-year-old backing up her score of 69 in the second ODI by hitting 11 fours, as well as a six off Knight (2-36), and adding 80 with Sune Luus (20).England lost three wickets within the first 10 overs of their reply, Lauren Winfield (11) pouched by wicketkeeper Chetty before Amy Jones (16) and Sarah Taylor (two) were caught off Chloe Tryon (2-28).Knight and Charlotte Edwards (29) dug in during a partnership of 53 - the pairs second fifty stand in as many games - before the captain nicked off chasing a wide delivery in the 23rd over. But by the time South Africa achieved their next breakthrough the game was all but up - Knight and Elwiss combining in an entertaining partnership to earn England Women two more ICC World Championship points.The 2-1 series win means that England are now tied on 13 points with South Africa in the ICC Womens Championship table, behind leaders Australia (20 points), the West Indies (16 points) and New Zealand (14 points).Edwards, said: The ICC Womens Championship brings context and consequence to every ODI series that we now play, which is great for the standard and development of womens international cricket. We are obviously disappointed not to have secured the full six points available for this series, but to come away with four points against a strong South African side away from home is still a pleasing result for us.The last three matches have ebbed and flowed for us performance-wise. 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It was a somewhat bizarre win in that Indians starter Carlos Carrasco was knocked out of the game after two pitches after he was hit by a line drive and suffered a season-ending broken hand.Carrascos quick exit meant a heavy work day for the Cleveland bullpen, and the relievers responded. Eight Indians relievers combined to pitch 10 scoreless innings on three hits.It was a bittersweet win for the Indians, however, because of the loss of Carrasco. Cleveland was already down one starter as Danny Salazar is out for the remainder of the year because of a strained right forearm. So Clevelands once-vaunted rotation is down to Corey Kluber, Trevor Bauer, and three question marks.It hurts, said Manager Terry Francona of the loss of Carrasco. It will make this more challenging, but when we do it, it will feel that much better when we do. Well figure it out.Nothing has been finalized yet, but the loss of Salazar and Carrasco probably means that Josh Tomlin and rookie Mike Clevinger return to the rotation. Tomlin started the season in the rottation but pitched so poorly in August that he was moved to the bullpen.dddddddddddd Clevinger was 11-1 as a starter at Triple-A Columbus prior to his mid-season recall, but has pitched mostly in the bullpen.Well look at things and see how we can piece it together, Francona said. The good news is we think we can.The bad news for the Tigers is they have to play the Indians again Sunday. Detroit is 1-13 versus Cleveland this season, a big reason why they trail the Indians by eight games in the Central.We have to find a way to score, obviously, Tigers manager Brad Ausmus said. We only got one guy past second base in the whole game (Saturday). I felt like we could have been a little better, but it wasnt from a lack of effort.Sundays pitching matchup will be Bauer (11-7, 4.06 ERA) for the Indians and Daniel Norris (2-2, 3.81) for the Tigers.Bauer has made two appearances against the Tigers this year, once as a starter and once as a reliever. He is 2-0 with a 5.00 ERA. In nine career appearances (eight starts) against Detroit, he is 4-2 with a 6.55 ERA.Norris has started one game against Cleveland this year, pitching two innings and giving up two runs on three hits. In two career appearances versus the Indians, Norris has no record and a 3.60 ERA. ' ' '