González hits 2-run double, Grandal homers as White Sox rally to top Guardians 4-2
Romy González's two-run double broke a seventh-inning tie and sent the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians.
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Romy González's two-run double broke a seventh-inning tie and sent the Chicago White Sox to a 4-2 win over the Cleveland Guardians.
Rookie Hunter Gaddis pitched six strong innings for his first major league win and struggling Cleveland catcher Mike Zunino connected for a two-run homer, sending the Guardians over the Chicago White Sox 3-0.
Dylan Cease (2-3) was charged with three runs and five hits in 6 1/3 innings.
Mike Clevinger tossed six-plus effective innings to beat Cleveland, his original team, for the first time.
Lance Lynn (2-5) allowed three runs — one earned — on seven hits in seven innings. He struck out seven and walked none.
Ian Happ got a go-ahead two-run double, making the score 3-2. But that was about it for the Cubs.
The White Sox (76-74) have dropped three straight and four of six overall.
The White Sox (76-73) lost for the third time in their last five games.
Cleveland has now won the season series against the White Sox, holding a tiebreaker in the event the teams finish the season tied for first place.
Elvis Andrus hit one of the White Sox' five home runs off rookie Hunter Gaddis — and backed up a pregame swipe at the Guardians.
The White Sox moved within 2 1/2 games of the Guardians for first place in the AL Central.
The third-place White Sox fell to 3 1/2 games behind Cleveland in the division.
Reyes hit 30 home runs in 115 games last year.
All-Star Andrés Giménez homered, Josh Naylor drove in three runs and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox on Friday night.
Lucas Giolito pitched one-run ball into the seventh inning and the White Sox beat Cleveland on Wednesday night after Guardians' starter Aaron Civale exited after one inning because of a sore right wrist.
Dylan Cease struck out nine in 5 2/3 innings, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians on Tuesday night for a doubleheader split.
The White Sox have lost the first two games of their 8-game road trip against the division rival Guardians and Twins.
Rookie Nolan Jones drove in four runs in his home debut for Cleveland, leading the Guardians to a win over the Chicago White Sox on Monday night in the opener of a four-game series between the AL Central rivals.
White Sox makeup game against the Guardians will take place as part of a split doubleheader in July.
Wednesday's White Sox game against the Cleveland Guardians have been postponed after multiple positive COVID-19 tests within the Cleveland Guardians organization.
The White Sox shook off the previous night's big collapse by beating the Cleveland Guardians 4-1 on Tuesday night.
The White Sox have now lost four straight, and are averaging only 2.1 runs per game in their past seven games.
The Cleveland Guardians swept a doubleheader from the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.
The Guardians got eight straight hits off Dallas Keuchel (1-1), who allowed a career-high 10 runs and 10 hits before the former Cy Young Award winner was pulled with no outs in the second.
The teams were rescheduled for a day-night doubleheader on July 12.
