CHICAGO -- When Lance Lynn started Thursday’s 4-2 loss to the Indians with two hitless innings at Guaranteed Rate Field, there was a brief thought about it being another one of those special days for the White Sox.

After all, Carlos Rodón no-hit the Indians on Wednesday night and Lynn threw a shutout against the Royals in his last trip to the mound. But all good things must come to an end, as the White Sox left for Boston with a four-game split in their series vs. Cleveland.

The White Sox travel East with a 6-7 record, which is not ideal for a team with World Series title aspirations. It’s also 13 games out of a 162-game season, meaning there’s a ton of time for things to change.

Take some of the key players on offense, as an example: José Abreu exited Thursday’s loss with a .184 batting average. Yoán Moncada is hitting .191. Yasmani Grandal checks in at .133 and Andrew Vaughn, the No. 12 prospect in baseball per MLB Pipeline, is batting .136. Of course, there’s more to offense than simply batting average, with Abreu having reached base in all 13 games.

There’s also a chance that proven hitters -- such as the aforementioned trio and a young prospect with an advanced approach such as Vaughn -- will get on a better path sooner than later.

“We are still grinding, still playing some decent baseball, even without our horses. Those guys are going to come,” said right fielder Adam Eaton, who is hitting .261 after a 1-for-4 showing Thursday. “Their history is really, really good and we have all the confidence in the world in those guys.

“It’s a credit to the rest of the team how we’ve been throwing the ball. Our defense has been much better in the last couple of games. So we’re grinding here and those guys will be here before you know it.”

Lynn was strong again after having struck out 11 without a walk against Kansas City last Thursday. He fanned 10 over six innings vs. the Indians, again with no free passes, but he was done in by José Ramírez in the sixth with a two-out, two-run home run to right. The connection came on a 3-2 four-seam fastball, after Lynn was close to escaping a runner on third, one out situation by striking out Cesar Hernandez for the second out.

Aaron Civale held the White Sox to one run over six innings, with Moncada’s single scoring a returning Tim Anderson in the first. The first also featured a benches-clearing on-field discussion after Eaton tried to take second on a single to right, before he came off the base and was called out. Eaton shoved Andrés Giménez, who he thought pushed him off the base, prompting Hernandez to step in and tempers to rise.

Eaton explained postgame how things kind of escalated, which he didn’t want, and he let the emotions get the best of him.

Thursday’s performance by Lynn marked the third straight quality start from the rotation, or really the third straight dominant start by White Sox starters against an American League Central contender in the Indians. And that piece of good news is more important at this point than proven hitters searching to find their groove.

"You saw Dallas [Keuchel] was able to step in there when we needed him on short notice [Monday],” Lynn said. “And then Lucas [Giolito] did what he's capable of and what we've seen the last two years. And it was good to see Carlos come back and be the Carlos that he was when he was drafted third overall. So we're in a good spot.

“We're looking forward to doing what we can to help the team win, and that's go out there and go as deep as we can and make quality pitches. We've got the guys who are capable of doing that.”

They also have the guys capable of stringing together six runs on seven hits as they did in Wednesday’s first inning. It’s not an ideal start, but it’s also very early.

“You're looking at mid-May, June, when guys are really starting to hit their stride and do things like that,” Lynn said. “Right now, everybody's kind of feeling it out, doing their thing. We're just below .500, but we've got the talent to make a run at this thing.

“We've got to stay steady here and make sure it doesn't get too far away while we find our footing. We're in ballgames, we've just got to make sure we win them and run away with them.”