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Chicago (33-114) stretched its franchise-record
home losing streak to 15 games. The White Sox must finish 10-5
or better to avoid matching the 1962 New York Mets for the most
single-season losses in modern baseball history (120).
Five Guardians pitchers combined for 18 strikeouts. Cleveland's
bullpen contributed 4 2/3 innings of two-hit ball, with Nick
Sandlin (8-0) tossing 1 1/3 scoreless frames.
Emmanuel Clase worked around a one-out single in the ninth for
his 44th save, moving one ahead of St. Louis' Ryan Helsley for
the major league lead.
Chicago right-hander Davis Martin, who returned from 2022 Tommy
John surgery in July, struggled through his shortest of eight
starts this season while navigating some tough luck.
Martin (0-4) allowed five runs on six hits with one walk and
four strikeouts over three innings. The lone extra-base hit he
surrendered was Hedges' leadoff home run in the third inning
that made it 3-0 Guardians.
Thomas collected a pair of two-run infield singles. His first
came with two outs and two men in scoring position in the first
inning. Thomas beat the throw on a slow roller to third base and
the White Sox had no play on a hustling Jose Ramirez, who scored
from second.
Cleveland led 5-0 entering the bottom of the third after Hedges'
homer and Thomas' second two-run infield hit. Chicago
capitalized on shoddy Guardians defense in the bottom of the
frame to score four runs against starter Matthew Boyd.
Two Cleveland errors aided the White Sox, including a botched
toss to second base on a would-be double-play ball. Boyd also
balked in a run with the bases loaded.
Miguel Vargas drove in a run on a groundout after the Guardians
couldn't corral his foul pop-up, and Dominic Fletcher had a
two-out RBI single that deflected off Boyd's glove.
Boyd spaced four runs (one earned) and six hits in 4 1/3
innings. He walked two and fanned nine.
Steven Kwan and Andres Gimenez had two hits for Cleveland.
Chicago's Lenyn Sosa and Bryan Ramos had two hits apiece.
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