It’s safe to **** ume the White Sox and Guardians will spend the next few months battling each other for the top spot in the American League Central. The Sox came out ahead in the first meeting between the two teams, taking the first two games of this week’s three-game series.
In all, the games were decided by a total margin of three runs. A 6-5 walk-off win on Monday, holding tight to a 2-1 victory Tuesday, and then staging a ninth-inning rally to tie Wednesday’s game before falling short in extras, 4-3. Nothing about the series was easy or simple, and at no point did the White Sox seem unable to compete.
That’s probably indicative of how these matchups are going to go until the season ends.
“It was a great series,” manager Will Venable said. “To be able to win a series against these guys means a lot. At the same time, we were challenged a lot throughout this series and some things that we can grow from and learn from. Some things we’ve got to clean up.”
What hurt the White Sox most on Wednesday was stranding runners in scoring position. They went 0-for-9, and the majority of those run-scoring opportunities came in the last three innings of the game. In the tenth, the Sox had the bases loaded with just one out, but Chase Meidroth’s ground ball turned into a force out at home, and then Braden Montgomery grounded out to first base to end the game.
In all, the games were decided by a total margin of three runs. A 6-5 walk-off win on Monday, holding tight to a 2-1 victory Tuesday, and then staging a ninth-inning rally to tie Wednesday’s game before falling short in extras, 4-3. Nothing about the series was easy or simple, and at no point did the White Sox seem unable to compete.
That’s probably indicative of how these matchups are going to go until the season ends.
“It was a great series,” manager Will Venable said. “To be able to win a series against these guys means a lot. At the same time, we were challenged a lot throughout this series and some things that we can grow from and learn from. Some things we’ve got to clean up.”
What hurt the White Sox most on Wednesday was stranding runners in scoring position. They went 0-for-9, and the majority of those run-scoring opportunities came in the last three innings of the game. In the tenth, the Sox had the bases loaded with just one out, but Chase Meidroth’s ground ball turned into a force out at home, and then Braden Montgomery grounded out to first base to end the game.
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