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Their latest win hinged on strong starting
pitching and a power surge in the late innings. In addition to
the long-ball heroics from Lee and DeJong to start the seventh,
Andrew Vaughn blasted his first home run of the season leading
off the eighth.
Jordan Leasure recorded the final four outs for his second save.
Cleveland scored each of its runs courtesy of the homer. Tyler
Freeman's solo shot in the seventh brought the Guardians to
within 3-1. Jose Ramirez had a two-run home run in the eighth,
going deep for the second straight game in the series.
Crochet pitched effectively, throwing 72 of his 97 pitches for
strikes while issuing zero walks for the second straight start
and fourth time in nine outings this season.
Crochet (3-4) retired the first six Guardians hitters he faced,
including four by strikeout. Will Brennan opened the Cleveland
third with a triple to right field, but Crochet worked out of
trouble by striking out the next two hitters before inducing
Brayan Rocchio to hit a grounder to third base.
Ramirez and Josh Naylor had successive two-out singles for the
Guardians in the sixth. Ramon Laureano came to the plate as the
potential tying run but went down as Crochet's 11th strikeout
victim of the night. Crochet scattered five hits.
Cleveland starter Carlos Carrasco (2-3) yielded five runs, three
earned, and six hits in seven innings. He struck out five
without a walk. Carrasco allowed three runs in the fifth, but
two were unearned after second baseman Gabriel Arias' fielding
error let two runs come home.
Tommy Pham then added an RBI single for the White Sox, bumping
the lead to 3-0.
Andrew Benintendi, Lee and DeJong had two hits apiece for
Chicago. Ramirez had two hits for Cleveland.
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