CHICAGO (Interstat) — Anthony Kay pitched six innings and the Chicago White Sox scored five times in the sixth to beat the Cleveland Guardians 6-3 on Saturday, Aug. 8. Kay allowed two runs and six hits with four strikeouts to improve to 9-5. Grant Taylor earned his sixth save. Cleveland starter Gavin Williams allowed two earned runs over 5 2/3 innings with seven strikeouts.

Cleveland took a 2-0 lead in the top of the sixth when Rhys Hoskins homered, scoring Angel Martinez. Chicago answered with five in the bottom half, highlighted by Munetaka Murakami’s solo homer, Tristan Peters’ two-run double and Chase Meidroth’s two-run single. Angel Genao homered for Cleveland in the seventh, cutting it to 5-3. Braden Montgomery singled home Luisangel Acuna in the eighth to seal it.

Colin Holderman took the loss. Cleveland had 11 hits; Chicago had 7. Attendance at Guaranteed Rate Field was 38,227 and time was 2:51. The Guardians fell to 58-60, while the White Sox improved to 60-56. The teams play the series finale Sunday.