Nothing happened for five innings. Then everything happened at once. The White Sox turned a scoreless game into a five-run sixth, and that single inning was enough to beat the Guardians 6-3.
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 11 | 1 |
| CWS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 1 | X | 6 | 7 | 0 |
Anthony Kay worked six innings for Chicago, allowing 2 runs (2 earned) on 6 hits with 4 strikeouts and a walk, and picked up the win to improve to 9-5. He handed a lead to the bullpen, which covered 3.0 innings and allowed 1 run. Grant Taylor closed it out with a scoreless inning for his 6th save of the season.
The sixth inning flipped the game twice. Rhys Hoskins homered to left, scoring Martínez, to put Cleveland ahead 2-0 and end the scoreless standoff. Munetaka Murakami answered immediately with a solo homer to left to cut the deficit to one. Then Tristan Peters delivered the decisive blow, a double to center that scored both Vargas and Benintendi, sending B. Montgomery to third and putting Chicago in front 2-3. Chase Meidroth followed with a single to right that brought home B. Montgomery and Peters, extending the lead to 2-5. Five runs, one inning, and the game had turned.
Gavin Williams had kept Cleveland in it before the sixth, striking out 7 over 5.2 innings and allowing just 2 runs (2 earned) on 3 hits, but he did not factor in the decision. The bullpen unraveled behind him. Colin Holderman took the loss after allowing 3 runs on 2 hits without recording an out. Angel Genao's solo homer to right in the seventh and a B. Montgomery RBI single in the eighth that scored Acuña pulled Cleveland closer, but the White Sox held on.
The win pushed Chicago to 60-56 and extended its streak to a second straight win, while Cleveland fell to 58-60. Hoskins finished 2-for-3 with a homer and 2 RBIs, sitting one home run shy of 200 for his career.