Chicago White Sox at Cleveland Guardians

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Chicago White Sox

25-63, 9-34 Away

Final
8 - 2

Cleveland Guardians

53-31, 27-10 Home

Erick Fedde pitches 6 strong innings, Martin Maldonado has 3 RBIs and White Sox rout Guardians 8-2

Fedde (6-3) retired the final 12 batters he faced, giving up three hits while striking out three. The right-hander lowered his ERA to 3.13, increasing his potential value in advance of the July 30 trade deadline.

“It’s something that’s talked about constantly, so you can’t avoid it,” said Fedde, who pitched in Korea last season. “If you start pitching bad, these (rumors) go away, which is not what you want. I love it here and I’m happy, but whatever happens happens.”

Lenyn Sosa matched his career-high with three hits and Andrew Benintendi had a two-run double in the four-run fourth for Chicago. The White Sox have the worst record in the majors at 25-63, but are 5-4 against Cleveland.

Guardians starter Gavin Williams (0-1) went four innings and 74 pitches in his season debut after missing three months with right elbow inflammation. He gave up five runs and seven hits in his first major league appearance since Sept. 17 against Texas.

“It might take Gavin a couple times out to get back to executing, but he showed some signs,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said. “You’ve got to give Chicago credit. But we saw a lot more good than bad from him tonight.”

Williams’ return should boost the Guardians’ inconsistent rotation, which has a 4.42 ERA. Former Cy Young winner Shane Bieber underwent Tommy John surgery and righty Triston McKenzie was optioned to Triple-A Columbus.

Brayan Rocchio hit a solo homer for Cleveland, which had won six straight at Progressive Field and still has the best home record in the majors at 27-10.

“Fedde gives us a chance to win every time and he went six innings against a great team tonight,” Maldonado said.

Maldonado, who entered the game with an .083 average and five RBI, doubled in a run in the fourth and had a two-run homer in the eighth off Tim Herrin.

Cleveland third baseman José Ramírez and left fielder Steven Kwan were named All-Star starters. Kwan went 1 for 4 and is hitting .360, but is one plate appearance shy of qualifying for the league leaders.

“My whole career, I’ve kind of watched how José goes about his business on and off the field, and I’m going to lean on him again,” Kwan said.

The season-high attendance of 37,151 was Cleveland’s seventh sellout of the year.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Guardians: RHP Nick Sandlin (lower back inflammation), who has been on the injured list since June 17, tossed one scoreless inning in his initial rehab appearance for Triple-A Columbus on Tuesday.

White Sox: LHP Jared Shuster (1-0, 3.15 ERA) will start a bullpen game in the series finale. Rookie Drew Thorpe has been pushed back to Friday at Miami.

Guardians: RHP Ben Lively (7-4, 3.03 ERA) makes his 14th start of the year. Lively has a 4-0 record and 2.08 ERA in six career outings at Progressive Field.

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Matchup Prediction

Guardians: 72.4%

White Sox: 27.6%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Bo Naylor grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Noel singled to left.
	9th Inning	Giménez grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Tena flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Wilson relieved Banks
	9th Inning	Tena hit for Fry

Statistics

CHW		CLE
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	10
8	Strikeouts	5
8	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
12	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
8	Runs	2
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	1
39	At Bats	31
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
16	Runners Left On Base	10
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
23	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
160	Pitches	125
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
19	Total Bases	9
45	Plate Appearances	35
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
5	Extra Base Hits	2
7.8	Runs Created	2.3
.308	Batting Average	.161
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.487	Slugging Percentage	.290
.333	Secondary Average	.258
.400	On Base Percentage	.229
.887	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.519
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.6
7.8	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.3
55.0	Batter Rating	19.0
39.0	At Bats Per Home Run	31.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.56	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.57
.179	Isolated Power	.129
0.75	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.133	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.026	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.097
16.0	Runs Produced	4.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.6	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.2
98.8	MLB Rating	70.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0