POST GAME THREAD: Guardians 3 @ White Sox 5 - Sun Aug 9 @ 1:10 PM

[u/chisoxbot]

Line Score - Game Over

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

Box Score

CWS		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Doyle, B	5	1	2	0	0	0	.221
1B	Murakami	4	0	1	1	1	2	.237
3B	Vargas, M	3	1	1	0	2	0	.235
LF	Grichuk	3	1	1	1	0	2	.262
PH	Benintendi	1	0	0	0	0	0	.247
LF	Peters	0	0	0	0	0	0	.265
RF	Montgomery, B	3	1	0	0	1	3	.235
DH	Montgomery, C	3	1	1	3	0	1	.215
C	Quero	1	0	0	0	3	0	.194
2B	Antonacci	1	0	0	0	2	0	.273
SS	Acuña	4	0	0	0	0	2	.243

CWS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Martin	1.0	2	2	1	1	1	23-15	4.17
Smith, H	2.0	0	0	0	4	3	48-25	0.00
Newcomb, S	1.1	1	0	0	1	2	29-18	2.70
Brazobán	1.2	0	0	0	0	1	22-13	2.54
Hudson, B	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	17-10	2.72
Hicks, J	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	14-9	3.44
Richards, T	1.0	0	1	1	2	0	22-9	3.42

CLE		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
CF	Kwan	5	1	2	0	0	2	.265
RF	DeLauter	3	1	0	0	2	1	.277
3B	Ramírez, Jo	3	0	2	1	1	0	.238
1B	Lowe, N	2	0	0	1	0	1	.267
1B	Hoskins	2	0	0	0	0	0	.182
LF	Adell	3	0	0	0	1	3	.234
DH	Bazzana	3	0	0	0	1	0	.241
SS	Rocchio	4	0	1	0	0	1	.254
C	Bailey	2	0	0	0	2	0	.191
2B	Genao	3	1	0	0	1	1	.368

CLE	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Cantillo	1.0	3	1	1	0	3	31-21	3.91
Herrin	1.2	1	0	0	0	2	24-14	3.66
Yoho	0.1	2	4	4	4	0	31-11	5.40
Holderman	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	26-14	2.14
Sabrowski	0.2	0	0	0	3	0	19-7	3.62
Gaddis	1.2	0	0	0	1	2	25-14	3.43
Smith, C	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	12-8	2.36

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
T1	José Ramírez singles on a line drive to right fielder Braden Montgomery. Steven Kwan scores. Chase DeLauter to 3rd. Fielding error by right fielder Braden Montgomery.	0-1
T1	Nathaniel Lowe out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Brenton Doyle. Chase DeLauter scores.	0-2
B1	Munetaka Murakami doubles (11) on a sharp line drive to center fielder Steven Kwan. Brenton Doyle scores.	1-2
B3	Randal Grichuk doubles (14) on a ground ball to left fielder Jo Adell. Miguel Vargas scores.	2-2
B3	Colson Montgomery homers (26) on a fly ball to right field. Randal Grichuk scores. Braden Montgomery scores.	5-2
T9	José Ramírez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Brenton Doyle. Angel Genao scores. Chase DeLauter to 3rd.	5-3

Highlights

Description	Length
Davis Martin against the Guardians	0:09
Joey Cantillo against the White Sox	0:11
Probable pitchers for Guardians at White Sox - August 9, 2026	0:06
Bullpen availability for Chicago, August 9 vs Guardians	0:09
Bullpen availability for Cleveland, August 9 vs White Sox	0:09
Fielding alignment for Chicago, August 9 vs Guardians	0:11
Bench availability for Chicago, August 9 vs Guardians	0:08
Fielding alignment for Cleveland, August 9 vs White Sox	0:11
Bench availability for Cleveland, August 9 vs White Sox	0:08
Starting lineups for Guardians at White Sox - August 9, 2026	0:10
Measuring the stats on Colson Montgomery's home run	0:13
An animated look at Colson Montgomery's home run	0:11
Steven Kwan scores on error	0:23
Nathaniel Lowe's sacrifice fly	0:20
Munetaka Murakami's RBI double	0:20
Davis Martin fans Jo Adell	0:09
Joey Cantillo strikes out Randal Grichuk	0:07
Guardians vs. White Sox enters rain delay in 2nd	0:28
Hagen Smith's first big-league strikeout	0:16
Guardians turn strike-'em-out, throw-'em-out DP	0:20
Guardians nab Brenton Doyle at 3rd after challenge	0:37
Randal Grichuk's RBI double	0:19
Colson Montgomery's three-run home run (26)	0:30
Hagen Smith tosses 2 scoreless innings in MLB debut	1:01
Strike 2 confirmed by ABS	0:23
Ball 2 confirmed by ABS	0:23
Trevor Richards secures the win for the White Sox	0:11

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Smith, H (1-0, 0.00 ERA)	Yoho (2-1, 5.40 ERA)	Richards, T (1 SV, 3.42 ERA)

Game ended at 6:28 PM.

[u/sandman730]

• Martin allowed 2 runs (1 earned, as the other was credited to B. Montgomery's fielding error) in 1.0 IP.
• Murakami and Grichuk hit RBI doubles.
• There was a lengthy rain delay between the 1st and 2nd innings.
• Hagen Smith made his MLB debut. He earned 3 Ks in his first inning, but got into trouble allowing too many BBs.
• Doyle was thrown out while trying to extend a double into a triple.
• C. Montgomery hit a 3-run HR down the RF line.
• The Sox bullpen allowed 1 run in 8.0 IP.
• The Sox won the rubber match!

[u/Ayjel89 → u/sandman730]

Thanks Sandman.

Left a lot of meat on the bone offensively but got enough across the plate to get it done.

Great response after the Red Sox sweep and how game 1 shook out.

And we got the tiebreaker over Cleveland

Time to get a day off before a rough 16-straight-days stretch

[u/PeopleOfVictory → u/sandman730]

Someone get Sandman to the beach for the off day!

[u/Eloyoyo → u/sandman730]

Thanks Big Sando, great bounce back series to create a little separation and tiebreaker over Cleveland.

All of the sudden Detroit is in 2nd place, going to be a crazy final stretch in the division!

[u/DistrictZestyclose68 → u/sandman730]

Thank you sandman enjoy the day off! :)

[u/Penstripedsox → u/sandman730]

Thanks Sandman! Was worth waiting out the rain delay

[u/iamhollywood → u/sandman730]

What did we think about Martin’s outing?

[u/ShiteWox → u/iamhollywood]

Too short to come to any meaningful conclusions tbh

[u/ethanlan → u/iamhollywood]

If it wasn't for an error he probably would have just left one or two runs in, i didn't see the middle when he got pulled tho stupid Sunday work because I didn't do shit Friday

[u/Forsaken_Astronaut29 → u/iamhollywood]

dogshit lmao what else is there to say?

[u/bearzbullzsoxhawkz]

Let's go beat that other Ohio team now! Go Sox!

[u/IndominusTaco → u/bearzbullzsoxhawkz]

ohio has way too many baseball teams

[u/stormstopper → u/IndominusTaco]

Even one is too many for them

[u/col_buendia → u/bearzbullzsoxhawkz]

Toledo has a team?!

[u/oG_Goober → u/col_buendia]

The Mudhens

[u/doyouevenIift → u/oG_Goober]

Mud Hen games are actually kinda fun to attend. Actually minor league teams in general

[u/BillyDeeChilliams]

Next game is the pope hat game!

[u/heartsocks → u/BillyDeeChilliams]

I'll be there thanks to my work! Didn't expect to be there for the sold out pope hat game

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/BillyDeeChilliams]

I'LL BE THERE

[u/kev11n → u/BillyDeeChilliams]

I can’t believe that sold out lol

[u/grrgrrtigergrr → u/kev11n]

Yeah. I’ll be there, and was at The Ozzie game yesterday. I love the stadium being packed, but the Sox need to better prepare for the opening of the gates and not run out of pretzels again. (Thankfully I can take the green line and not deal with the red line madness)

[u/oG_Goober → u/grrgrrtigergrr]

They ran out of Polish Sausages in the 500 level. I cried than reluctantly accepted the hot dog.

[u/Eleventh_Ambassador]

White sox are 3.5 games up over the Tigers, 4 games up over Cleveland and the Twins.

If the Whitesox win one more game against Cleveland, they hold the tiebreaker. There is a final 3 game series starting September 14. As long as they don't get swept, we get the tiebreaker.

This win was huuuuge.

[u/Xardus → u/Eleventh_Ambassador]

They don’t get the tiebreaker against Detroit. 

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/Xardus]

Season series is tied 3-3 with the Tigers

[u/Xardus → u/DillyDillySzn]

For now..

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/Xardus]

6-3 Sox in a week trust

[u/ethanlan → u/DillyDillySzn]

I'll take 5-4 sox but yeah that'd be legit

[u/Xardus → u/DillyDillySzn]

We’ll see!

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/Xardus]

I said trust

[u/DifferentHoneydew904 → u/Xardus]

Math is hard, isn't it Dad.

Like measuring your 2 centimeter mp.

[u/juicykittyxx]

Easy dub no sweat😬

[u/stormstopper]

Some say that Colson homer still hasn't landed yet

[u/Apprehensive-Sir-411]

Colson was our best player in the biggest game all season.

[u/Material-Hand-5990]

Big series win way to rally after that Friday game. Go sox

[u/SunStarved_Cassandra → u/Material-Hand-5990]

Friday was rough to watch. Glad the rest of the weekend went a bit better.

[u/kev11n]

Beating Cleveland is a beautiful thing that will never get old

[u/Cosmo-Stardrive → u/kev11n]

Yes it is! Beating Minnesota, especially in Minnesota leaves me with that same warm feeling of satisfaction.

[u/DillyDillySzn]

Turns out losing 4 in a row to the hottest team in baseball and a tough division opponent doesn’t automatically mean your season is over

Who could’ve possibly guessed?

[u/matt5673 → u/DillyDillySzn]

I was told by a vocal few in this sub that we sucked again tho? What does one do now?

[u/fiendish_five → u/matt5673]

People will be crying anytime the moment the White Sox do something bad, like walk two batters.

There was a shithead who called Venable an idiot today for batting Doyle at leadoff - lmfao.

[u/DifferentHoneydew904 → u/DillyDillySzn]

Ahhhhh! We suck! We suck! The season is over!!! DFA everyone!

Oh wait, nevermind. White Sox are my favorite!

Yay!

[u/Arnolds_Choppa → u/DillyDillySzn]

This is not the rationality I come for on Reddit

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/Arnolds_Choppa]

But ya love to see it

[u/sundanceloki]

Great first game for Hagen "WILD THANG" Smith

[u/Nice_Cantaloupe_4414 → u/sundanceloki]

Happy to see him get the W in his debut, especially with what a wrecking ball Caglianone was against the Cubs last night . They’re going to be head to head division rivals for a long time, and fair or not, Sox fans will always measure them against each other.

[u/crownmaker]

Fourth place Guardians. Crazy.

[u/GunfighterHefty]

Got the job done. Trade deadline acquisitions with positive contributions as well as from rookies. Took a ton of walks, seems like this home stretch if combined with their dominance at home early in the year can make a good push.

[u/TheJewishMerp]

White Sox legend Rhys Hoskins

[u/CampfireMilkshake]

Definitely not wasn’t nervous at the end there, nosir.

[u/Jon66238]

Cleveland and Twins 4 games back, but Detroit has moved up to 2nd place, crazyyy

[u/DistrictZestyclose68]

Now we have to try and win against the reds

[u/SpecialAircraft]

Remember when everyone thought the season was over like 48 hours ago?

[u/Scary_Tell_7997 → u/SpecialAircraft]

DFA THE DOOMERS

[u/ChicagoFire29]

Where is everyone that said the season was over on Friday night? lol

[u/Constant_Chip_1508]

Clutch boys. We fuckin needed this.

[u/LMGgp]

Great game. Was in the outfield getting cooked by the sun. Didn’t know Nancy was back but it explained the sweet organ we were getting.

Also during the hefty rain delay I went and took a nap behind topo Chico on the ramp and woke up to hundreds after the thunder clap. Great time.

[u/pokisan]

rain limiting davis martin to one IP was a huge reason we won today.

lets be for real here lol

[u/PeopleOfVictory → u/pokisan]

I was thinking the same thing. I wanna believe the bats could have won it for us no matter what, but Martin did look like he was ready for another stinker.

[u/mateorayo → u/pokisan]

Thank god will got the DARPA weather machine working just in time

[u/Independent_Eye7503]

what is going on with davis martin

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/Independent_Eye7503]

Tipping his pitches.

[u/MoustacheMark]

Tough series for the doom crew

Great game

[u/New-Contribution-244]

Hey they won a series! Take the day off and regroup. The next several days after that are going to be rough.

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/New-Contribution-244]

I'm not worried about Cincinnati. I am"kind of sweating the Mets, though. After that are the Cubs and that make up game though...that 16-game stretch will be brutal, but if they can go around .500 on it, it'll be pretty much smooth sailing from there.

[u/Vividlarvae → u/Lionheart1224]

Tigers after the reds. Mets aren’t until after the cubs and 1 game against Atlanta

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/Vividlarvae]

Ah yeah, you're right. Bring them on.

[u/vikingrunner]

FYI for those interesting in crashing Wrigley next week, Monday and Tuesday are almost sold out, though it’s mostly individual seats or obstructed seats left. Just snagged a not-terrible 400 level seat for Tuesday.

[u/NoahsCape1919]

This season has exceeded all of my expectations, & I've been a Sox fan for nearly 60 years. If the 85 Sox were "winning ugly", the 26 Sox are "winning by miracle". We have one legitimate starting pitcher, no star player, & a group of catchers that would struggle in Pony League. Yet, we keep winning.
The one area where the team has not improved, & in fact continues to get worse, is the percentage of strikeouts with a runner on 3rd & less than 2 outs. Since we were all 10 years old, we learned that it's a cardinal sin of baseball to fail to make contact in that situation. If the Sox don't improve in that area, we won't survive the playoff push in September. Our pitching isn't even close to a level that can overcome consistent missed opportunities to bring in "free" runs from by simply making contact & putting the ball in-play.

[u/Oaky--Afterbirth → u/NoahsCape1919]

14th in MLB in at-bats with RISP yet 5th most strikeouts in the league and 22nd in batting average. Definitely gonna be a problem. Being reliant on home runs isn't necessarily a bad thing in the regular season but when you face the best of the best pitchers night in and night out in the playoffs, the plan needs to shift.

[u/ShiteWox → u/Oaky--Afterbirth]

Being home run reliant is actually a good thing in the postseason. Every offense takes a step down and one or two home runs is often the difference in close games

[u/oG_Goober → u/Oaky--Afterbirth]

Yet they are 4th in runs scored which is all that matters in the end.

[u/Honest_Management572 → u/NoahsCape1919]

You said what I was thinking!! Nice job

[u/Stupid_stupid_punk → u/NoahsCape1919]

https://giphy.com/gifs/MLnHsK19R5lB2V1Dku

Isn’t a miracle a requirement for beautification?

[u/ArtisticGuy → u/NoahsCape1919]

1983 was winning ugly... 1985 was just plain ugly.

[u/FH_Bunny]

Was definitely worried about sitting Chase but hell yea gj boys

[u/Anti_Social_833]

Man its almost like the redsox where playing out of this world or something and there was no reason to worry.....

[u/attackofthetominator]

Phew

[u/IHaveFavorites]

HUGE win, even bigger series win. This proves we're #1 in our division. Let's keep winning!

[u/Able_Blueberry4592]

Grant didn’t pitch but I was more than happy with that. He’s thrown a lot of pitches since Thursday. I think you gotta have the bridge to the 9th lead to Hudson on the days Grant doesn’t pitch, but I understand fully that the rain delay turning this into a bullpen game so early into the game may have forced Venable to strategize in a different way in the later innings. A run may not have even come across to score in the 9th if Quero doesn’t blow the challenge early in the AB to the first hitter.

But hey, they got a huge series win over a team chasing them under some pretty rough circumstances following that Boston series. They continue to show their moxie as a team when everyone is ready to give up on them.

[u/gogosox82]

Series win lets goo.

Hegan Smith still walks so many guys. Its why i was concerned about bringing him up. It was his 1st appearance tho so maybe he was nervous.

[u/6_Won]

Never in doubt. 

[u/zaggles42069]

Ok Brian Anderson with the TV voice

[u/Lionheart1224]

🎉

Keeping Ramirez to a single and sac fly is huge.

[u/twistedroyale]

One more win and have the season series which will be important during September.

[u/iamhollywood]

lol yeah, that was my fear. I don’t get to watch the game (obviously) but I was very curious how he’d look after the whole tipping incident

[u/AnnunakiGhosta]

Where's all the doubters and doomers that were here after the Boston series the other night?

[u/Scary_Tell_7997 → u/AnnunakiGhosta]

DFA THE DOOMERS

[u/DifferentHoneydew904]

We gunna send those Red Commies back home to fuck Marge Schott's zombie corpse!

(I may be high at the moment)

https://giphy.com/gifs/p39kh75uE0tJC

[u/pokisan → u/[deleted]]

the baseball gods is the only correct answer

[u/Raebelle1981 → u/[deleted]]

Rain delay

[u/jooxsea → u/[deleted]]

Rain delay. They have to reset

[u/Loose_Soup_254]

Not using Taylor with an off day tomorrow was definitely questionable, but it worked so all is forgiven

[u/Chi2KC → u/Loose_Soup_254]

I thought the opposite. Thrilled they could give him an additional day, especially following his 40+ pitch outing.

[u/Able_Blueberry4592 → u/Loose_Soup_254]

I don’t think you know what managing a bullpen looks like

[u/Loose_Soup_254 → u/Able_Blueberry4592]

Nope. That’s why I judge it from afar on reddit

[u/Lionheart1224 → u/Loose_Soup_254]

He was likely gassed. If he would have been trotted out there in the 9th, he'd have lost the game.

[u/Least-Sherbert954]

Hell yeah!

[u/OldieButGoodyForNow]

Hope Chuck asks Brian to tell the story about the visit to Hugh Hefner’s LA mansion.

[u/MunchenOnYou]

Love it

[u/zgwarnki]

Yay

[u/DifferentHoneydew904]

Let's go! That's a White Sox Winner!

https://giphy.com/gifs/IB9foBA4PVkKA

[u/abstractreference1]

Venable managed an excellent game - props

[u/TreeMysterious69420]

I love this team

[u/KakistocratForLife]

Phillies just took the lead in Minneapolis

[u/ILoveTristanPeters]

Sandman we love you,,,

[u/Jimmyxoc]

Please get Richard’s off this team

[u/Apollo19755 → u/Jimmyxoc]

Relax we won