Cleveland 11, Chi. White Sox 1
When: 2:10 PM ET, Wednesday, April 20, 2022
Where: Progressive Field, Cleveland, Ohio
Temperature:
50°
Umpires:
Home -
Lazaro Diaz, 1B -
Alex Mackay, 2B -
Chad Fairchild, 3B -
Shane Livensparger
Attendance:
By Field Level Media
The Cleveland Guardians hung on for a 2-1 victory in the nightcap of a doubleheader sweep over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.
Cleveland hammered the AL Central Division-leading White Sox in Game 1, 11-1.
The Guardians didn't waste any time jumping on Chicago in the first inning of the second game.
Back-to-back doubles by Steven Kwan and Jose Ramirez handed Cleveland a 1-0 lead. Ramirez's major league-leading 20th RBI of the season came on an 0-2 count. It was the 250th double of his career.
Gabriel Arias, called up for the day from Triple-A Columbus, got his first major league hit in the fourth inning. He moved to second on a wild pitch and scored on Oscar Mercado's double off the left-field wall for a 2-0 advantage.
Cleveland starter Triston McKenzie lost his no-hitter and shutout on the same play. After walking the first two batters in the fifth, Danny Mendick doubled down the left-field line to drive in Reese McGuire. However, Kwan made a one-hop throw to catcher Bryan Lavastida, who tagged out Adam Engel.
Reliever Anthony Gose got out of the inning with Cleveland clinging to a 2-1 lead. Gose (1-0) earned the victory with 1 2/3 innings of hitless relief. He fanned all four batters he faced.
McKenzie, who struck out a franchise-record eight consecutive White Sox hitters on May 31, 2021, allowed one run on one hit in 4 1/3 innings. He struck out four and walked four.
Closer Emmanuel Clase earned his first save of the season with a scoreless ninth.
Losing pitcher Jimmy Lambert (0-2) allowed five hits, two runs and two walks in 3 2/3 innings. He struck out five batters.
Chicago third baseman Josh Harrison made a spectacular defensive play in the fifth inning. He made an over-the-shoulder catch while running with his back to the plate. After catching the ball, he had to leap over a sliding Andrew Vaughn to retire Ramirez.
An inning later while making a pitching change, White Sox manager Tony La Russa removed Harrison from the game with right shoulder soreness and replaced him with Jake Burger.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
| Chi. White Sox |
|
Cleveland |
|
Dallas Keuchel |
Player |
Shane Bieber
|
|
Loss |
W/L |
Win |
|
1.0 |
IP |
6.0 |
|
0 |
Strikeouts |
7 |
|
10 |
Hits |
4 |
|
63.00 |
ERA |
1.50 |
Hitting
| Chi. White Sox |
|
Cleveland |
|
Adam Engel
| Player |
Oscar Mercado |
|
1 |
Hits |
2 |
|
0 |
RBI |
1 |
|
0 |
HR |
0 |
|
1 |
TB |
2 |
|
.500 |
Avg |
.500 |
Team Stats Summary
| Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
| Chi. White Sox
|
5 |
0 |
6 |
.161 |
7 |
10 |
1 |
1 |
0 |
4 |
| Cleveland
|
11 |
1 |
14 |
.297 |
14 |
5 |
11 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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