Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox

CLE 8 — 2 CWS

Final — 2026-08-07

MVP: Parker Messick 7.0 IP, 8 K, 2 ER

Cleveland Guardians defeated Chicago White Sox 8-2. Parker Messick led the way with 7.0 IP, 8 K, 2 ER. Parker Messick earned the win and Noah Schultz took the loss.

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CLE	2	0	0	0	5	1	0	0	0	8	10	0
CWS	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	2	8	0

WP Parker Messick (9-6)

LP Noah Schultz (3-9)

Scoring Plays

Top 1: Martínez singled to left, Kwan scored and Ramírez scored, Adell to third. (2-0)

Bot 2: B. Montgomery homered to center (419 feet). (2-1)

Top 5: Martínez homered to right center (422 feet), DeLauter scored, Ramírez scored and Adell scored. (6-1)

Top 5: Hedges singled to left, Hoskins scored. (7-1)

Top 6: Kwan homered to right (362 feet). (8-1)

Bot 6: Murakami homered to center (406 feet). (8-2)

CLE — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Kwan	LF	5	2	3	1	1	0	0	0	.264	.365	.330	.695
DeLauter	DH	5	1	2	0	0	0	1	0	.280	.356	.439	.795
Ramirez	3B	4	2	1	0	0	1	0	1	.234	.334	.386	.720
Adell	RF	3	1	0	0	0	0	2	0	.236	.289	.389	.678
Martinez	RF	5	1	2	1	6	0	1	0	.231	.266	.424	.690
Hoskins	1B	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	0	.177	.307	.375	.682
Rocchio	SS	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.320	.375	.695
Hedges	C	3	0	1	0	1	1	0	0	.273	.337	.396	.733
Genao	2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.385	.385	.385	.770
Halpin	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.219	.250	.316	.566

CWS — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Meidroth	2B	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	.274	.351	.405	.756
Murakami	DH	4	1	1	0	1	1	0	2	.236	.369	.531	.900
Vargas	1B	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.234	.341	.468	.809
Grichuk	LF	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.262	.294	.512	.806
Montgomery	3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	.214	.295	.440	.735
Doyle	CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.214	.283	.278	.561
Montgomery	RF	3	1	2	0	1	1	1	1	.236	.316	.385	.701
Quero	C	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.195	.256	.236	.492
Acuna	SS	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	1	.249	.279	.283	.562
Antonacci	LF	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.277	.365	.409	.774

CLE — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Messick	7.0	4	2	2	1	8	2	97-64	2.57	1.04	W, 9-6
Aleman	2.0	4	0	0	1	4	0	44-26	3.31	1.35

CWS — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Schultz	0.1	3	2	2	0	1	0	23-16	6.06	1.42	L, 3-9
Sandlin	5.1	7	6	6	2	4	2	96-59	6.93	1.38
Richards	2.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	25-15	3.31	1.10
Fedde	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	15-9	4.30	1.39

Venue: Rate Field, Chicago, Illinois

Umpires: Home Plate Umpire: Austin Jones, First Base Umpire: Andy Fletcher, Second Base Umpire: Alex Tosi, Third Base Umpire: Cory Blaser

Broadcast: GDTV | CHSN