White Sox beat Guardians as Montgomery homers, drives in three

CHICAGO (Interstat) — Colson Montgomery hit a three-run homer in the third inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-3 on Sunday at Guaranteed Rate Field.

Trailing 2-1, the White Sox surged ahead with four runs in the third. Randal Grichuk doubled in Miguel Vargas, and Montgomery followed with his 26th homer, scoring Grichuk and Braden Montgomery. The Guardians had taken a 2-0 lead in the first when Jose Ramirez singled in Steven Kwan and Nathaniel Lowe added a sacrifice fly. Chicago answered with a run in the bottom half on Munetaka Murakami’s RBI double.

Cleveland pulled within 5-3 in the ninth on Ramirez’s sacrifice fly, but Trevor Richards recorded the final out for his first save. Hagen Smith allowed no hits over two scoreless innings to earn his first win. Craig Yoho took the loss.

The White Sox had six hits; the Guardians had five. Attendance was 31,263, and the game lasted 2:53. Chicago improved to 61-56, while Cleveland fell to 58-61.