Cleveland Guardians at Chicago White Sox

CLE 3 — 6 CWS

Final — 2026-08-08

MVP: Anthony Kay 6.0 IP, 4 K, 2 ER

Chicago White Sox defeated Cleveland Guardians 6-3. Anthony Kay led the way with 6.0 IP, 4 K, 2 ER. Anthony Kay earned the win and Colin Holderman took the loss. Grant Taylor recorded the save.

	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

WP Anthony Kay (9-5)

LP Colin Holderman (6-3, B, 1)

SV Grant Taylor (6)

Scoring Plays

Top 6: Hoskins homered to left (392 feet), Martínez scored. (2-0)

Bot 6: Murakami homered to left (347 feet). (2-1)

Bot 6: Peters doubled to center, Vargas scored and Benintendi scored, B. Montgomery to third. (2-3)

Bot 6: Meidroth singled to right, B. Montgomery scored and Peters scored. (2-5)

Top 7: Genao homered to right (362 feet). (3-5)

Bot 8: B. Montgomery singled to left, Acuña scored. (3-6)

CLE — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Kwan	CF	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	2	.263	.363	.328	.691
Adell	RF	5	0	1	1	0	0	0	1	.235	.288	.389	.677
DeLauter	DH	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	1	.279	.354	.436	.790
Martinez	LF	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	1	.235	.270	.429	.699
Hoskins	1B	3	1	2	0	1	2	1	0	.183	.313	.390	.703
Rocchio	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.254	.320	.374	.694
Bazzana	2B	3	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	.244	.339	.389	.728
Hedges	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.269	.333	.391	.724
Genao	2B	3	1	2	0	1	1	0	0	.438	.471	.625	1.096
Bailey	C	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.193	.244	.305	.549
Ramirez	3B	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233	.333	.385	.718

CWS — Batting

Name	POS	AB	R	H	2B	HR	RBI	BB	SO	SB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS
Antonacci	LF	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.274	.361	.404	.765
Murakami	1B	3	1	1	0	1	1	1	1	0	.237	.370	.540	.910
Vargas	3B	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.234	.340	.466	.806
Montgomery	SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	3	0	.214	.295	.439	.734
Benintendi	DH	2	1	1	0	0	0	0	1	0	.248	.309	.432	.741
Montgomery	RF	2	1	1	0	0	1	1	0	0	.239	.325	.386	.711
Peters	LF	2	1	1	1	0	2	1	0	0	.265	.327	.413	.740
Meidroth	2B	4	0	1	0	0	2	0	0	0	.274	.350	.404	.754
Romo	C	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.126	.208	.266	.474
Acuna	SS	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.249	.279	.283	.562
Grichuk	DH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.260	.292	.509	.801
Doyle	CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.214	.283	.278	.561

CLE — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Williams	5.2	3	2	2	2	7	1	102-68	3.55	1.03
Holderman	0.0	2	3	3	0	0	0	16-10	2.22	0.91	L, 6-3, B, 1
Sabrowski	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	2-2	3.69	1.45
Herrin	1.0	1	1	1	1	0	0	16-7	3.82	1.42
Festa	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	12-9	4.28	1.43

CWS — Pitching

Name	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	PC-ST	ERA	WHIP	Decision
Kay	6.0	6	2	2	1	4	1	83-53	3.96	1.34	W, 9-5
Hicks	0.1	3	1	1	0	1	1	13-9	3.55	1.53
Newcomb	0.2	0	0	0	0	1	0	8-7	2.76	1.15
Hudson	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	13-10	2.77	1.25
Taylor	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	0	17-12	2.28	1.03	S, 6

Venue: Rate Field, Chicago, Illinois (38,227)

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

Broadcast: FOX

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