A night built around celebration ended with the White Sox finding their swing at just the right time.
With plenty of the 2005 World Series champions on hand for the retirement of Ozzie Guillen’s No. 13, Chicago used a five-run sixth inning to beat the Guardians 6-3 on Saturday night at Rate Field. The win snapped a season-high four-game losing streak and pushed the AL Central leaders back to a three-game cushion over both Cleveland and the Twins.
Munetaka Murakami jump-started the rally by taking Gavin Williams deep for a solo homer down the left-field line. It was his second straight game with a home run and his 26th of the season.
Williams had just allowed a one-out single to Miguel Vargas before striking out Colson Montgomery, then handed the ball to Colin Holderman. That change backfired immediately. Holderman hit Andrew Benintendi on a 1-2 pitch and then plunked Braden Montgomery on a 2-2 pitch, loading the bases for Tristan Peters.
Peters delivered the big blow, lining a double to left on a 0-1 sinker to put the White Sox in front. Chase Meidroth followed with a single to right, stretching the lead to 5-2.
Cleveland made things interesting by trimming the deficit to two in the seventh and later putting runners on second and third with one out. But Sean Newcomb shut the door, striking out Chase DeLauter and then getting Angel Martínez to lift a long fly ball to left-center that Peters ran down.
The White Sox did the rest in front of the season’s eighth sellout crowd.
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