Angel Martinez’s six RBIs lift Guardians past White Sox

CHICAGO (Interstat) — Angel Martinez drove in six runs, including a grand slam in the fifth inning, to lead the Cleveland Guardians to an 8-2 victory over the Chicago White Sox on Friday at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Martinez singled in two runs in the first inning and cleared the bases with a grand slam in the fifth, scoring Chase DeLauter, José Ramírez and Jo Adell. Austin Hedges added an RBI single later in the fifth. Cleveland scored two runs in the first, five in the fifth and one in the sixth. The White Sox scored single runs in the second and sixth. Cleveland collected 10 hits, while Chicago had eight. Steven Kwan homered for the Guardians. Braden Montgomery and Munetaka Murakami homered for the White Sox.

Parker Messick (9-6) allowed two earned runs on four hits over seven innings, striking out eight. Franco Aleman pitched two scoreless innings, and Erick Fedde threw a scoreless inning. Trevor Richards threw 2 1/3 hitless innings for Chicago. Noah Schultz (3-9) took the loss.

The attendance was 16,506, and the game lasted 2:33. Cleveland improved to 58-59, while Chicago fell to 59-56.