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Triston McKenzie had a career-high 14 strikeouts and Amed Rosario had an RBI in the seventh as the hosts Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 5-2 on Friday.
McKenzie (9-9) took the win as he allowed 2 runs in 7 innings where he hit 6. He got off to a rocky start to break his all-time record of 12 strikeouts, which he set in Cleveland's 4-0 win against the Tigers in Detroit on July 14. Recorded on the Rosario single. Andres Jimenez added his two-run single to the Guardians. The Guardians have won 10 of their last 13 games and 9 of their last 14 against Chicago this season.
José Abreu and Yoann Moncada had RBI hits in his first inning for the White Sox, who took his third straight loss after five straight wins.
Elvis Andrus won 0-3 in his first game since officially signing a contract with Chicago for the rest of the season on Friday. The two-time All-Star was released Wednesday by the Oakland Athletics.
Reinal Lopez (5-3) induced a groundout for his end of the inning in the sixth before running into trouble in the seventh.
Lopez singled out to Luke his Maile, where he doubled and allowed an RBI triple to Kwan to tie the score at 2-2. Kwan didn't stay at third base for long as he came home on Rosario's RBI single.
Lopez departed in favor of Jake Dikman, before Jiménez's single to left scored both Ramírez and Rosario, pushing the Guardians' lead to his 5-2 lead. walked his two batters in the first they faced.
Trevor Stefan ejected the team in his eighth inning, and Emmanuel Claes struck out his two-hitter in his ninth to secure his 28th save of the season.
The White Sox got off to a fast start in the first inning.
A.J. Pollock singled off Mackenzie, advanced to third base on a double by Eloy Jimenez, and scored on Abreu's throw-topper to third base. Jimenez on that hit advanced him to third and scored in left center field for Moncada.
Ramirez scuttled a 1-1 slider from Lance Lynn over the right field wall in the sixth inning for his team-leading 23rd home run of the season, halving the deficit.
– Field Level Media
