White Sox Beat Guardians 3-1 on Montgomery's 22nd Homer, Reclaiming First Place
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Updated · ESPN · Jul 5
White Sox Beat Guardians 3-1 on Montgomery's 22nd Homer, Reclaiming First Place
3 articles · Updated · ESPN · Jul 5
Summary
Colson Montgomery broke a 1-1 tie with a 402-foot homer in the eighth, driving in two runs as Chicago moved back atop the AL Central by percentage points over Cleveland.
Sean Burke kept the White Sox in position with a career-high 11 strikeouts over seven innings, and Brandon Eisert followed with two scoreless relief innings before Grant Taylor earned his third save.
Austin Hedges supplied Cleveland's only run with a fifth-inning solo homer, while rookie All-Star Parker Messick limited Chicago to one run over five innings.
The win halted a slide against the Guardians, who had taken the first two games of the series on walk-off hits, and set up Sunday's finale with Erick Fedde facing Tanner Bibee.