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Chicago earned a split of the four-game series and reached .500
(48-48) for the fourth time since May 31.
Leury Garcia and AJ Pollock homered in the second inning off
Bieber (4-6), who had allowed three homers in his previous 10
starts and seven overall. Eloy Jimenez also connected in the
sixth inning as the White Sox hit at least three homers for the
eighth time.
Chicago's power display supported a third straight scoreless
outing by Cease (10-4), who allowed seven hits and extended his
scoreless streak to 20 2/3 innings. Cease struck out four and
walked one in his 97-pitch outing.
Franmil Reyes hit a two-run homer and Steven Kwan also went deep
as the Guardians lost for the second time in seven games.
Cleveland rested Jose Ramirez, just the fourth time the star
third baseman did not play this year.
Bieber allowed six runs on eight hits in six innings during his
first start since pitching a three-hitter on 95 pitches at home
against the White Sox on July 12. He fell to 7-3 in his career
against the White Sox and allowed three homers for the fifth
time in his career.
Cease allowed two-out singles to Josh Naylor and Reyes in the
first before escaping trouble. He struck out Myles Straw to end
the second with a runner on third and ended the third inning by
getting Reyes on a double play after Amed Rosario doubled and
Naylor singled.
Cease was hit in the upper leg by a 98.1-mph comebacker by Kwan
in the fifth but retired Rosario to end the inning. He ended his
outing by stranding two in the sixth.
Jimmy Lambert pitched a scoreless seventh and Kendall Graveman
ended the eighth after allowing Reyes' homer. Liam Hendriks
retired Reyes to end the game after allowing Kwan's second
career homer with one out in the ninth.
The White Sox opened a 2-0 lead when Garcia hit a 3-1 fastball
that just cleared the right field fence. After Garcia's third
homer of the season, Pollock lifted a breaking ball over
Chicago's bullpen into the left field seats for a 5-0 edge.
Jimenez made it 6-0 when hammered Bieber's 1-0 slider into the
left field seats to open the sixth.
--Field Level Media
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