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Kwan, an All-Star starter who leads baseball
with a .367 batting average, hit his eighth homer to break an
early 1-1 tie as the Guardians improved to 5-5 against the lowly
White Sox this season.
Facing Chicago opener Jared Shuster (1-1), Cleveland opened the
game with singles from Kwan and Angel Martinez (two hits).
However, the Guardians managed only one run via Josh Naylor's
RBI single to right.
The White Sox tied it in the top of the second. Eloy Jimenez
opened with a single, went to second on Lively's wild pitch and
scored when Lenyn Sosa bounced a two-out single past diving
Cleveland shortstop Brayan Rocchio.
Sosa, who added a home run in the ninth, has five straight games
with at least two hits.
Cleveland broke open the game in the third. Kwan led off with
his homer versus Shuster just over the right field wall.
Martinez followed with a double against Justin Anderson and
scored from third when he beat first baseman Gavin Sheets' throw
home on Josh Naylor's chopper.
With the bases loaded in the third and two outs, Bo Naylor
dropped a single into center for a 5-1 lead.
The Guardians added two more in the fifth when Josh Naylor
doubled and eventually scored on Andres Gimenez's grounder. Kwan
drew a bases-loaded walk against Chad Kuhl later in the inning.
Chicago didn't threaten Lively again until the sixth. Sheets
singled and scored when DeJong cleared the right field wall for
his team-leading 16th homer.
The White Sox, 9-35 on the road, failed to turn an inning-ending
double play in the bottom of the sixth that allowed a hustling
Jose Ramirez to score from second.
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