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08/07 21:26 CDT Martnez hits grand slam, has career-high 6 RBIs in Guardians'
8-2 win over White Sox
Martnez hits grand slam, has career-high 6 RBIs in Guardians' 8-2 win over
White Sox
CHICAGO (AP) --- Angel Martnez hit a grand slam and drove in a career-high six
runs and the Cleveland Guardians beat the AL Central-leading Chicago White Sox
8-2 on Friday night to end a three-game losing streak.
Steven Kwan added a solo home run to help the Guardians trim Chicago's division
lead to two games after being swept by the New York Mets.
Martnez's third career slam came in the fifth inning after David Sandlin (2-2)
gave up Chase DeLauter's single, walked Jos Ramrez and hit Jo Adell. Martnez
drove the first pitch to center. Austin Hedges added an RBI single in the
inning.
Munetaka Murakami and Braden Montgomery had solo homers for the White Sox,
They've lost a season-worst four straight and five of six.
All-Star left-hander Parker Messick (9-6) allowed four hits and both Chicago
home runs in the first seven innings to win for the first time since July 10.
He struck out eight and walked just one.
Sandlin was pressed into a long relief stint after starter Noah Schultz had to
leave the game in the first inning. The right-hander gave up six runs, seven
hits and walked four while striking out four in 5 1/3 innings.
Schultz had to leave the game by rule in the first after mound visits by
pitching coach Zach Bove and manager Will Venable. Martnez tagged him for a
two-run single to open the scoring.
Kwan homered off Sandlin to lead off the sixth.
The hometown crowd saved its loudest boos for something that didn't happen on
the field. The White Sox announced halfway through the ninth that a planned
postgame performance by rapper Ja Rule was canceled due to travel issues.
Up next
Guardians LHP Joey Cantillo (8-7, 3.87 ERA) was set to face RHP Davis Martin
(9-6, 4.13) on Saturday. The White Sox will retire former player and manager
Ozzie Guillen's No. 13 before the game.
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