CLEVELAND (Interstat) — Brayan Rocchio’s two-run homer with one out in the bottom of the ninth inning lifted the Cleveland Guardians to a 6-5 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Thursday night at Progressive Field.

Rocchio, who finished 1-for-4 with three RBI, crushed a 1-0 pitch from Chicago reliever Brandon Eisert to right field, scoring pinch-runner Daniel Schneemann, who had replaced Rhys Hoskins after Hoskins drew a leadoff walk. The homer was Rocchio’s sixth of the season and capped a rally that erased a 5-3 White Sox lead.

Cleveland improved to 46-42, while the White Sox fell to 45-41. The Guardians won for the fourth time in five games and split the first two games of a four-game series after dropping two of three in Chicago earlier this week.

Chicago grabbed a 5-2 lead with a three-run fifth inning and a two-run sixth. In the fifth, Tristan Peters led off with a double, Sam Antonacci doubled him home, Miguel Vargas doubled and Kyle Teel doubled to drive in Antonacci and Vargas. In the sixth, Braden Montgomery doubled and Chase Meidroth homered to right field, his seventh of the season.

The White Sox had taken a 1-0 lead in the first on Antonacci’s RBI single. Cleveland tied the game with two runs in the third. Patrick Bailey led off with a double and scored on Travis Bazzana’s double. Bazzana later scored on a walk to Rocchio.

Cleveland cut the lead to 5-3 in the sixth. Gabriel Arias singled, moved to second on a walk, third on another walk and scored on Chase DeLauter’s groundout. In the seventh, David Fry hit a pinch-hit solo homer to left field, his sixth of the season, making it 5-4.

Chicago threatened in the eighth when Meidroth reached on a throwing error by third baseman Gabriel Arias and moved to second, but he was thrown out trying to advance to third on a fly ball to center fielder Steven Kwan for a double play.

The White Sox left two runners on base in the fourth and stranded a runner in the seventh. Cleveland left the bases loaded in the fourth and stranded two in the fifth.

Tim Herrin pitched a scoreless ninth inning for the win, striking out one. Herrin improved to 1-3. Grant Taylor took the loss, allowing one run on one hit in one inning of relief. Taylor fell to 4-2.

Guardians reliever Shawn Armstrong tossed 1 1/3 scoreless innings, allowing no hits. Daniel Espino worked 1 2/3 innings, giving up one hit with two strikeouts. For Chicago, Chris Murphy threw 1 2/3 hitless innings, and Davis Martin started and allowed two earned runs on six hits over 3 1/3 innings.

Sam Antonacci led Chicago with two hits and an RBI. Meidroth had a hit, a homer and two RBI. Teel doubled and drove in two runs. Vargas doubled and scored once. Montgomery doubled and scored. Peters doubled and scored.

For Cleveland, Bazzana doubled and drove in a run. Arias had two hits and scored. Bailey doubled and scored. Fry homered. DeLauter drove in a run.

The attendance was 22,556. The game took 2 hours, 57 minutes.

The White Sox had won two of three in Baltimore earlier this week. The Guardians had split a three-game series with Texas. The teams play again Friday, Saturday and Sunday at Progressive Field. Chicago then returns home to host Boston, followed by Oakland. Cleveland travels to Minnesota and Miami after the series.

Interstat’s game simulator projected a final score of Chicago White Sox 6, Cleveland Guardians 4. Interstat’s ELO system gave Cleveland a 58.40 percent probability to win. The White Sox were installed as a pregame favorite with a spread of minus-1.5. The total score of 11 went under the over/under line of 8.5.