Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox
· Major League Baseball
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Martínez hits grand slam, has career-high 6 RBIs in Guardians' 8-2 win over White Sox
Steven Kwan added a solo home run to help the Guardians trim Chicago’s division lead to two games after being swept by the New York Mets.
Martínez’s third career slam came in the fifth inning after David Sandlin (2-2) gave up Chase DeLauter’s single, walked José Ramírez and hit Jo Adell. Martínez drove the first pitch to center. Austin Hedges added an RBI single in the inning.
Munetaka Murakami and Braden Montgomery had solo homers for the White Sox, They've lost a season-worst four straight and five of six.
All-Star left-hander Parker Messick (9-6) allowed four hits and both Chicago home runs in the first seven innings to win for the first time since July 10. He struck out eight and walked just one.
Sandlin was pressed into a long relief stint after starter Noah Schultz had to leave the game in the first inning. The right-hander gave up six runs, seven hits and walked four while striking out four in 5 1/3 innings.
Schultz had to leave the game by rule in the first after mound visits by pitching coach Zach Bove and manager Will Venable. Martínez tagged him for a two-run single to open the scoring.
Kwan homered off Sandlin to lead off the sixth.
The hometown crowd saved its loudest boos for something that didn’t happen on the field. The White Sox announced halfway through the ninth that a planned postgame performance by rapper Ja Rule was canceled due to travel issues.
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Scoring Summary
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9th Inning | Meidroth struck out swinging. |
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9th Inning | Acuña reached on infield single to catcher, Quero to second. |
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9th Inning | Quero singled to center, B. Montgomery to third. |
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9th Inning | B. Montgomery singled to right. |
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9th Inning | Doyle lined out to center. |
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9th Inning | C. Montgomery struck out swinging. |
Statistics
 CLE |
 CHW |
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|---|---|---|
| 1 | Games Played | 1 |
| 1 | Team Games Played | 1 |
| 2 | Hit By Pitch | 0 |
| 13 | Ground Balls | 10 |
| 6 | Strikeouts | 12 |
| 8 | Runs Batted In | 2 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Hit | 0 |
| 10 | Hits | 8 |
| 1 | Stolen Bases | 0 |
| 2 | Walks | 2 |
| 0 | Catcher Interference | 0 |
| 8 | Runs | 2 |
| 0 | Ground Into Double Play | 0 |
| 0 | Sacrifice Flies | 0 |
| 37 | At Bats | 35 |
| 2 | Home Runs | 2 |
| 1 | Grand Slam Home Runs | 0 |
| 12 | Runners Left On Base | 13 |
| 0 | Triples | 0 |
| 1 | Game Winning RBIs | 0 |
| 0 | Intentional Walks | 0 |
| 0 | Doubles | 1 |
| 18 | Fly Balls | 13 |
| 0 | Caught Stealing | 0 |
| 159 | Pitches | 141 |
| 0 | Games Started | 0 |
| 0 | Pinch At Bats | 1 |
| 0 | Pinch Hits | 0 |
| 0.0 | Player Rating | 0.0 |
| 1 | Is Qualified | 1 |
| 1 | Is Qualified In Steals | 0 |
| 16 | Total Bases | 15 |
| 41 | Plate Appearances | 37 |
| 324.0 | Projected Home Runs | 324.0 |
| 2 | Extra Base Hits | 3 |
| 5.9 | Runs Created | 4.1 |
| .270 | Batting Average | .229 |
| .000 | Pinch Hit Average | .000 |
| .432 | Slugging Percentage | .429 |
| .243 | Secondary Average | .257 |
| .341 | On Base Percentage | .270 |
| .774 | OBP Pct + SLG Pct | .699 |
| 0.7 | Ground To Fly Ball Ratio | 0.8 |
| 5.9 | Runs Created Per 27 Outs | 4.1 |
| 49.0 | Batter Rating | 24.0 |
| 18.5 | At Bats Per Home Run | 17.5 |
| 1.00 | Stolen Base Percentage | 0.00 |
| 3.88 | Pitches Per Plate Appearance | 3.81 |
| .162 | Isolated Power | .200 |
| 0.33 | Walk To Strikeout Ratio | 0.17 |
| .049 | Walks Per Plate Appearance | .054 |
| -.027 | Secondary Average Minus Batting Average | .029 |
| 16.0 | Runs Produced | 4.0 |
| 1.0 | Runs Ratio | 1.0 |
| 0.5 | Patience Ratio | 0.5 |
| 0.3 | Balls In Play Average | 0.3 |
| 94.0 | MLB Rating | 76.8 |
| 0.0 | Offensive Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
| 0.0 | Wins Above Replacement | 0.0 |
Game Information
Location: Chicago, Illinois
Attendance: 33,750 | Capacity:
2026 American League Central Standings
| TEAM | W | L | PCT | GB | STRK |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cleveland |
- | 76 | L1 | 0.51898736 | 82 |
| Chicago |
1 | 77 | L1 | 0.51265824 | 81 |
 Minnesota |
7.5 | 84 | W2 | 0.4716981 | 75 |
 Detroit |
8.5 | 85 | L2 | 0.4654088 | 74 |
 Kansas City |
14 | 90 | W1 | 0.43037975 | 68 |