MLB

Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox

· Doubleheader - Game 1 - Makeup from July 10
Cleveland Guardians
44-48, 24-25 Away
Final
4 - 2
Chicago White Sox
31-63, 20-27 Home

Carlos Santana homers to help the Guardians top the White Sox 4-2 in doubleheader opener

Guardians take care of the White Sox on the road 4-2

Angel Martínez and Daniel Schneemann also connected for Cleveland in its fourth consecutive victory. Logan Allen (6-7) pitched six innings of one-hit ball.

With two out and a runner on first, Santana hit a 418-foot drive to center off Tyler Alexander (4-9) for his 11th homer this season. The 39-year-old first baseman went 1 for 19 in his previous five games.

Luis Robert Jr. homered for Chicago, which finished with two hits in its fourth loss in five games.

The doubleheader was scheduled after Thursday night's game was postponed because of rain.

Cleveland jumped in front when Schneemann and Martínez hit back-to-back homers off All-Star Shane Smith in the second. Martínez went deep for the third consecutive game, giving him eight on the year.

Chicago tied it at 2 in the bottom half. Mike Tauchman reached on a one-out walk before Robert drilled his ninth homer, a 378-foot drive to left with an exit velocity of 111.1 mph.

Cleveland retired 19 consecutive batters after Robert went deep. Colson Montgomery broke up the string with a two-out walk against Hunter Gaddis in the eighth, but pinch-hitter Andrew Benintendi flied out to the warning track in the corner in right.

Emmanuel Clase handled the ninth for his 20th save in 24 chances.

Key moment Edgar Quero bounced to second for the final out of the game, stranding a runner on second.

Key stat It was Allen's first win since June 18. He went 0-3 with a 3.57 ERA in his previous three starts.

Up next Gavin Williams (5-4, 3.61 ERA) starts for Cleveland in the second game, and fellow right-hander Jonathan Cannon (3-7, 4.50 ERA) goes for Chicago.

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Scoring Summary

9th Inning Quero grounded out to second.
9th Inning Meidroth to second on fielder's indifference.
9th Inning Vargas popped out to first.
9th Inning Rojas flied out to left.
9th Inning Rojas hit for Slater
9th Inning Meidroth singled to right.

Statistics

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1 Games Played 1
1 Team Games Played 1
0 Hit By Pitch 0
6 Ground Balls 9
9 Strikeouts 6
4 Runs Batted In 2
1 Sacrifice Hit 0
5 Hits 2
0 Stolen Bases 0
1 Walks 3
0 Catcher Interference 0
4 Runs 2
0 Ground Into Double Play 1
0 Sacrifice Flies 0
31 At Bats 28
3 Home Runs 1
0 Grand Slam Home Runs 0
6 Runners Left On Base 5
0 Triples 0
1 Game Winning RBIs 0
0 Intentional Walks 0
1 Doubles 0
17 Fly Balls 13
0 Caught Stealing 0
127 Pitches 127
0 Games Started 0
1 Pinch At Bats 2
0 Pinch Hits 0
0.0 Player Rating 0.0
1 Is Qualified 1
0 Is Qualified In Steals 0
15 Total Bases 5
33 Plate Appearances 31
486.0 Projected Home Runs 162.0
4 Extra Base Hits 1
3.2 Runs Created -0.2
.161 Batting Average .071
.000 Pinch Hit Average .000
.484 Slugging Percentage .179
.355 Secondary Average .214
.188 On Base Percentage .161
.671 OBP Pct + SLG Pct .340
0.4 Ground To Fly Ball Ratio 0.7
3.2 Runs Created Per 27 Outs -0.2
32.0 Batter Rating 13.0
10.3 At Bats Per Home Run 28.0
0.00 Stolen Base Percentage 0.00
3.85 Pitches Per Plate Appearance 4.10
.323 Isolated Power .107
0.11 Walk To Strikeout Ratio 0.50
.030 Walks Per Plate Appearance .097
.194 Secondary Average Minus Batting Average .143
8.0 Runs Produced 4.0
1.0 Runs Ratio 1.0
0.5 Patience Ratio 0.3
0.1 Balls In Play Average 0.0
78.8 MLB Rating 62.8
0.0 Offensive Wins Above Replacement 0.0
0.0 Wins Above Replacement 0.0

Game Information

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Location: Chicago, Illinois
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2025 American League Central Standings

TEAM W L PCT GB STRK
Detroit 59 38 .608 - L4
Minnesota 47 49 .490 11.5 L1
Kansas City 47 50 .485 12 W1
Cleveland 46 49 .484 12 W2
Chicago 32 65 .330 27 L2
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