CHICAGO — Cam Gallagher hit an RBI single throughout Cleveland’s two-run seventh inning, and the Guardians beat Dylan Cease and the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Thursday.
Gabriel Arias homered as Cleveland salvaged the finale of the three-game sequence. Nick Sandlin (2-1) bought 4 outs for the win, and Emmanuel Clase labored the ninth for his fifteenth save.
The Guardians went forward to remain within the seventh. With one out and runners on second and third, Brayan Rocchio hit a grounder that shortstop Tim Anderson flubbed for an error. Rocchio was credited along with his first main league RBI when Will Brennan scampered dwelling to make it 2-1.
Gallagher then drove in Arias with a single to left towards Gregory Santos. Cleveland’s catchers have been 0 for 44 with 26 strikeouts in May earlier than Gallagher’s hit.
Luis Robert Jr. had two hits for Chicago, together with a double. Seby Zavala hit an RBI single within the fourth.
Cease (2-3) was charged with three runs and 5 hits in 6 1/3 innings. The right-hander is 0-3 in his final seven begins.
Cleveland rookie Logan Allen allowed seven hits in 5 2/3 innings in his fifth profession begin. The left-hander struck out 5 and walked one.
Cease retired 13 of his first 14 hitters. Josh Bell hit a leadoff single within the second for Cleveland, however he was erased on a double play.
Arias drove the primary pitch he confronted within the fifth into the stands in right-center, tying it at 1 along with his second homer.
The Guardians have been with out All-Star third baseman José Ramírez, who’s on the bereavement checklist. Rocchio was recalled on Tuesday to fill his roster spot.
HENDRIKS IN TOWN
White Sox nearer Liam Hendriks, who’s recovering from stage-4 non-Hodgkin lymphoma, was within the staff’s clubhouse Thursday.
Manager Pedro Grifol stated the 34-year-old right-hander will throw a bullpen session or stay batting observe on Friday. Then Hendriks and staff administration will talk about the following step in his comeback.
“He’s a real good self-evaluator, he’ll be telling us what he feels,” Grifol stated. “There’s no blueprint on this one. There’s very, very little information. It hasn’t happened much.”
Hendriks tossed an inning in a rehab project at Triple-A Charlotte on Tuesday, yielding a solo homer and a stroll in a single inning. Grifol stated bringing Hendriks to Chicago made sense as a result of he “needed a change of venue.”
TRAINER’S ROOM
Guardians: 1B Josh Naylor (left leg soreness) ran earlier than the sport. He was out of the lineup, however out there off the bench.
White Sox: 3B Yoán Moncada didn’t begin in a day recreation following an evening contest as he recovers from a bulging lumbar disc. … C Yasmani Grandal, (proper hamstring), who left Wednesday’s recreation within the sixth inning, was at DH on Thursday.
UP NEXT
Guardians: RHP Cal Quantrill (2-2, 3.97 ERA) faces Mets RHP Carlos Carrasco (0-2, 8.56 ERA) on Friday within the opener of a three-game sequence in New York.
White Sox: Michael Kopech (1-4, 5.74 ERA) takes the mound towards Kansas City RHP Zack Greinke (1-4, 5.01 ERA) on Friday to start out a three-game set on the South Side.
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