Guardians at White Sox, game 94 of 162
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The rookie relief pitcher tossed three scoreless innings and escaped a few jams in the rain late Friday night.
Amid dealing with the rain, a double-header, and extra innings, the White Sox managed to pull off the win with a Mike Tauchman walk-off.
Its Friday, July 11 and after a night of rain, the Guardians (43-48) are in Chicago to take on the White Sox (31-62) in a day/night doubleheader. Logan Allen is slated to take the mound for Cleveland against Shane Smith for Chicago.
Elko was removed after the fourth inning of Friday's game against the Cleveland Guardians with right knee soreness.
Carlos Santana hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 in the opener of a split doubleheader.
Mike Tauchman’s infield single scored Colson Montgomery with the game-winner, as the White Sox claimed a 5-4 walk-off victory in 11 innings in Game 2 of a doubleheader Friday. The Guardians won the opener,
Former White Sox lefty Mark Buehrle was forever immortalized inside Rate Field as the team unveiled a statue in his honor on Friday.
Buehrle, 46, played for Chicago for the first 12 of his 16 seasons in the majors. Known for working quickly with pinpoint control, he went 161-119 with a 3.83 ERA in 390 appearances with the White Sox, including 365 starts. He had his number retired by the team in 2017.
Twenty years on from a championship, details get blurred as stories only get better. But it’s right on the money to say the Sox never would’ve won it all had they not remade their roster in a tone-shifting manner.