Cleveland 7, Chi. White Sox 6
When: 6:40 PM ET, Tuesday, July 2, 2024
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
83°
Umpires:
Home -
Emil Jimenez, 1B -
Lance Barksdale, 2B -
Will Little, 3B -
Nic Lentz
Attendance:
25654
By Field Level Media
Bo Naylor delivered a pinch-hit, walk-off sacrifice fly in the bottom of the ninth and the Cleveland Guardians beat the visiting Chicago White Sox 7-6 on Tuesday night despite blowing a pair of multi-run leads.
Rookie Daniel Schneemann and Tyler Freeman each hit a two-run homer for Cleveland, which took advantage of mistake-prone Chicago to win its sixth straight at home. Andres Gimenez singled to lead off the ninth, went to second on a groundout and took third on a Michael Kopech (2-7) wild pitch.
Then, with one out, Naylor sent a fly ball to center, which Chicago's Luis Robert Jr. caught. Robert never attempted a throw to the plate as Gimenez scored.
That finish overshadowed a big offensive day for Robert, who hit a game-tying two-run homer in the sixth and roped a two-run single to level the game once again in seventh for the White Sox. Chicago fell to 8-34 on the road this year.
Cleveland starter Carlos Carrasco retired the first two batters of the game before Andrew Vaughn homered for a 1-0 Chicago lead. However, the Guardians moved in front in the third when Schneemann, with a man on, drove the ball over the right field wall, just inside the foul pole.
Cleveland went up 3-1 in the fifth when Freeman singled, went to second on a balk by Chicago starter Chris Flexen and scored on a single by Brayan Rocchio.
The White Sox tied it in the top of the sixth on Robert's two-run shot.
In the home half of the frame, Josh Naylor knocked a one-out double to left and scored when Chicago shortstop Paul DeJong hit him in the back while trying to get him out at third on a grounder by David Fry. Two batters later, Freeman sent a slider from Flexen over the left field fence for a 6-3 Guardians lead.
But in the seventh, Cleveland's Cade Smith allowed back-to-back singles by DeJong and Nicky Lopez and an RBI double by Lenyn Sosa. Then with two outs -- and Hunter Gaddis on the mound -- Robert ripped his two-run single to center to make it 6-6.
Emmanuel Clase (4-1) got the win for the Guardians with a 1-2-3 ninth.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. White Sox |
|
Cleveland |
Chris Flexen
|
Player |
Carlos Carrasco |
No Decision |
W/L |
No Decision |
6.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
3 |
Strikeouts |
7 |
6 |
Hits |
4 |
4.50 |
ERA |
4.50 |
Hitting
Chi. White Sox |
|
Cleveland |
Luis Robert Jr.
| Player |
Tyler Freeman |
2 |
Hits |
2 |
4 |
RBI |
2 |
1 |
HR |
1 |
5 |
TB |
5 |
.500 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Chi. White Sox
|
9 |
2 |
17 |
.257 |
5 |
11 |
6 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
Cleveland
|
7 |
2 |
15 |
.212 |
8 |
6 |
6 |
1 |
0 |
0 |