The Chicago White Sox stunned the Cleveland Guardians with a 3-0 shutout win at Progressive Field to take a 1-0 lead in their ALDS.
Rookie slugger Munetaka Murakami’s two-run homer in the fourth inning off Guardians ace Parker Messick gave Chicago all the runs it needed. Shortstop Colson Montgomery added some more insurance with a seventh-inning RBI double. The White Sox have yet to trail in their first three postseason games this October.
Five White Sox pitchers, starting with opener Hagen Smith, combined for 12 strikeouts and limited Cleveland to three hits. Grant Taylor was dominant again, notching a four-inning save while striking out six – including the final three batters of the game – and walking none. He’s the first pitcher to record a save of four-plus innings in the postseason since Houston Astros’ Lance McCullers Jr. in Game 7 of the 2017 World Series, per Stathead.
–