MLB

Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox

· Major League Baseball
Cleveland Guardians
61-55, 32-28 Away
Final
3 - 1
Chicago White Sox
42-75, 24-34 Home

Kayfus hits 1st major league homer, Guardians beat White Sox 3-1 for 5th straight win

CJ Kayfus hits his first MLB homer for Guardians

Kayfus, promoted to the majors Aug. 2, homered in the sixth for a 3-1 lead. He walked and scored the tiebreaking run on Brayan Rocchio's double in the fourth.

Kayfus, who had a three-run double in a 9-5 victory Friday night, has seven hits in his first 23 at-bats, four for extra bases.

Steven Kwan led off the game with a double and scored on Kyle Manzardo's single for Cleveland's other run.

Joey Cantillo (3-2) went 5 2/3 innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks while striking out three. Cade Smith got his fifth save with a perfect ninth.

Chicago's Michael A. Taylor hit eighth homer this season and third in the last four games to tie it in second. He had two of Chicago's four hits.

Sean Burke (4-9) started and pitched 3 1/3 innings, giving up two runs on five hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.

Key moment Kafus' first homer made him first Cleveland player with four extra-base hits, including a home run, in his first seven MLB games since current teammate Carlos Santana in 2010.

Key stat The Guardians are six games over .500 (61-55) for the first time since June 4 (33-27).

Up next The three-game series concludes Sunday with Cleveland RHP Slade Cecconi (5-4, 3.72) facing Davis Martin (3-9, 4.11).

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Sosa struck out swinging.
9th Inning Baldwin grounded out to first.
9th Inning Montgomery struck out swinging.
9th Inning Smith relieved Sabrowski
9th Inning Kwan flied out to left.
9th Inning Santana popped out to shortstop.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 1
6 Ground Balls 8
11 Strikeouts 6
3 Runs Batted In 1
0 Sacrifice Hit 0
7 Hits 4
1 Stolen Bases 1
5 Walks 5
0 Catcher Interference 0
3 Runs 1
1 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
32 At Bats 31
1 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
14 Runners Left On Base 17
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
2 Doubles 0
15 Fly Balls 17
0 Caught Stealing 0
172 Pitches 135
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 1
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
1 Is Qualified In Steals 1
12 Total Bases 7
37 Plate Appearances 37
162.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
3 Extra Base Hits 1
4.0 Runs Created 1.9
.219 Batting Average .129
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.375 Slugging Percentage .226
.344 Secondary Average .290
.324 On Base Percentage .270
.699 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .496
0.4 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.5
4.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs 1.9
27.0 Batter Rating 12.0
32.0 At Bats Per Home Run 31.0
1.00 Stolen Base Percentage 1.00
4.65 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 3.65
.156 Isolated Power .097
0.45 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.83
.135 Walks Per Plate Appearance .135
.125 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .161
6.0 Runs Produced 2.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.4
0.3 Balls In Play Average 0.1
76.5 MLB Rating 65.5
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

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2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 78 57 .578 - L4
Kansas City 69 65 .515 8.5 W2
Cleveland 66 66 .500 10.5 W2
Minnesota 60 73 .451 17 L1
Chicago 48 86 .358 29.5 L3
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