ARCHIVE July 2, 2026
July 2, 2026 · AL Cent

Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians

July 2, 2026Progressive FieldClear 91°F · 8 mph, L To R
AWAY
Chicago White Sox
45-41
5
vs
HOME
Cleveland Guardians
46-42
6

Game Highlights

Published July 2, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN BATTER PLAY SCORE
B3 Travis Bazzana Travis Bazzana doubles (12) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Braden Montgomery. Patrick Bailey scores. CWS 0, CLE 1
B3 Brayan Rocchio Brayan Rocchio walks. Travis Bazzana scores. Kyle Manzardo to 3rd. Kahlil Watson to 2nd. CWS 0, CLE 2
T5 Sam Antonacci Sam Antonacci doubles (12) on a fly ball to left fielder Cooper Ingle. Tristan Peters scores. CWS 1, CLE 2
T5 Kyle Teel Kyle Teel doubles (1) on a line drive to right fielder Kahlil Watson. Sam Antonacci scores. Miguel Vargas scores. CWS 3, CLE 2
T6 Chase Meidroth Chase Meidroth homers (7) on a fly ball to right field. Braden Montgomery scores. CWS 5, CLE 2
B6 Chase DeLauter Chase DeLauter grounds out to first baseman Jacob Gonzalez. Gabriel Arias scores. Steven Kwan to 3rd. Travis Bazzana to 2nd. CWS 5, CLE 3
B7 David Fry David Fry homers (6) on a fly ball to left field. CWS 5, CLE 4
B9 Brayan Rocchio Brayan Rocchio homers (6) on a fly ball to right field. Daniel Schneemann scores. CWS 5, CLE 6

Box score

  123456789 R
CWS 000032000 5
CLE 002001102 6

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

White Sox AWAY 5

Davis Martin started for White Sox, leaving trailing 0–2. Out of the bullpen, Grant Taylor took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched
  • Davis Martin Starter 3.1 73 2 0
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Davis Martin threw
    CSW 12% 1st-pitch strike 47% 3.8 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Four-Seam Fastball 18 25% 0 3 1 11 3
    Sinker 16 22% 0 2 4 7 3
    Curveball 13 18% 0 0 3 7 3
    Cutter 12 16% 1 2 4 4 1
    Slider 7 10% 1 0 0 4 2
    Changeup 7 10% 0 0 2 3 2
  • Chris Murphy Middle 1.2 15 0 0 inherited 3, stranded 3
  • Sean Newcomb Middle 1.0 27 1 1 HLD
  • Brandon Eisert Middle 1.0 12 1 1 HLD
  • Grant Taylor Middle 1.1 29 2 2 L
Guardians HOME 6

Slade Cecconi started for Guardians, leaving trailing 2–3.

workload · innings pitched
  • Slade Cecconi Starter 5.0 100 5 3
    Pitch-by-pitch: what Slade Cecconi threw
    CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 56% 4.0 pitches/PA
    Pitch#%WhiffCSFoulBallIn play
    Sinker 35 35% 1 10 5 11 8
    Four-Seam Fastball 19 19% 2 1 4 11 1
    Cutter 18 18% 0 1 6 6 5
    Curveball 14 14% 0 5 1 6 2
    Slider 14 14% 2 0 4 3 5
  • Daniel Espino Middle 1.2 35 0 2
  • Shawn Armstrong Middle 1.1 15 0 0 inherited 1, stranded 1
  • Tim Herrin Setup 1.0 10 0 1 W

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 9th · off Taylor
  • Rocchio HR (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · CWS
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Miguel Vargas 3B 5 1 1 0 0 2 .244 .355 .484 .839 2B
Kyle Teel C 4 0 1 2 1 2 .233 .343 .367 .710 2B
Andrew Benintendi DH 4 0 1 0 0 0 .243 .297 .432 .729
Colson Montgomery SS 4 0 1 0 0 1 .221 .310 .479 .789
Braden Montgomery RF 3 1 1 0 1 0 .243 .321 .432 .753 2B
Chase Meidroth 2B 4 1 1 2 0 0 .272 .343 .387 .730 HR (7)
Tristan Peters CF 4 1 1 0 0 0 .286 .343 .438 .781 2B
Jacob Gonzalez 1B 4 0 1 0 0 0 .253 .337 .380 .717
Sam Antonacci LF 4 1 2 1 0 1 .299 .394 .433 .827 2B
Randal Grichuk PH 1 0 0 0 0 0 .263 .296 .559 .855
HOME · CLE
BATTER ABRHRBIBBK AVGOBPSLGOPS NOTES
Travis Bazzana 2B 3 1 2 1 2 1 .251 .346 .420 .766 2B
Chase DeLauter DH 5 0 1 1 0 0 .274 .341 .418 .759
Kahlil Watson RF 4 0 0 0 1 0 .261 .292 .391 .683
Brayan Rocchio SS 4 1 1 3 1 1 .269 .342 .392 .734 HR (6)
David Fry LF 1 1 1 1 0 0 .220 .333 .407 .740 HR (6)
Gabriel Arias 3B 4 1 1 0 0 0 .211 .243 .366 .609
Patrick Bailey C 4 1 2 0 0 1 .179 .234 .253 .487 2B
Steven Kwan CF 2 0 1 0 2 0 .216 .325 .267 .592
Kyle Manzardo 1B 1 0 0 0 2 0 .230 .324 .393 .717
Rhys Hoskins 1B 1 0 0 0 1 1 .181 .318 .352 .670
Cooper Ingle LF 3 0 0 0 0 0 .071 .235 .071 .306

Pitching lines

AWAY · CWS
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Davis Martin 3.1 6 2 2 5 0 0 73 3.08
Chris Murphy 1.2 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4.00
Sean Newcomb 1.0 1 1 1 2 1 0 27 2.66 HLD
Brandon Eisert 1.0 1 1 1 0 1 1 12 5.32 HLD
Grant Taylor 1.1 1 2 2 2 2 1 29 3.02 L
HOME · CLE
PITCHER IPHRERBBKHR NPERA DEC
Slade Cecconi 5.0 9 5 5 1 3 1 100 4.44
Daniel Espino 1.2 1 0 0 1 2 0 35 5.40
Shawn Armstrong 1.1 0 0 0 0 0 0 15 4.50
Tim Herrin 1.0 0 0 0 0 1 0 10 2.97 W

Manager comparison

AWAY · CWS
Will Venable
Lineup 5.0 R Bunts 3.1 R IBBs 2.0 R
HOME · CLE
Stephen Vogt
Lineup 2.5 R Bunts 2.6 R IBBs 1.8 R

Recent form

AWAY · CWS
4-6 L3 -8 run diff
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HOME · CLE
3-6 L3 -10 run diff
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How RunsLeft analyzes games

Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.

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