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Clevinger combines with 3 relievers on a 4-hitter as the White Sox beat the Guardians 3-1

CHICAGO (AP) Mike Clevinger combined with three relievers on a four-hitter, and the Chicago White Sox topped the Cleveland Guardians 3-1 on Saturday night for their season-high fourth consecutive victory.

Clevinger permitted one run in 4 2/3 innings in his second major league start of the season. The right-hander, who signed a $3 million, one-year contract with Chicago on April 4, struck out five and walked none.

Then the bullpen took over.

Tim Hill (1-0), Jared Shuster and John Brebbia combined for 4 1/3 hitless innings as the last-place White Sox improved to 9-6 since their 3-22 start. Shuster got six outs before Brebbia handled the ninth for his first save since June 8, 2018, for St. Louis at Cincinnati.

“These guys never stopped working. They never stopped fighting,” manager Pedro Grifol said. “They're really, really close in there. They play together. Now they're expecting to win ... and that's the key."

The 33-year-old Clevinger pitched two-plus innings at Tampa Bay on Monday night. But he looked much better this time around.

“Felt more myself. A little better synced up,” he said. “We saw some things (with) the biomechanic report that came back that we were able to fix in between these two starts.”

Cleveland wasted a sharp performance by Triston McKenzie (2-3), who pitched 6 2/3 innings of four-hit ball. The Guardians lost for the fourth time in five games.

“Just being able to kind of go out there and give the team innings has been on the forefront of my mind," McKenzie said, "and I think I did a good job of that tonight.”

Josh Naylor accounted for Cleveland's only run with an opposite-field drive to left with two out in the fourth. It was his 11th homer of the season.

Clevinger departed after Gabriel Arias' single in the fifth, and Hill struck out pinch-hitter David Fry swinging for the final out of the inning.

“We're grinding a little bit offensively right now, and we've got to find a way,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said.

Andrew Benintendi provided an insurance run for the White Sox with a sacrifice fly against Scott Barlow in the eighth.

“The first month and a half has been tough for all of us, but we’re all getting through it together,” infielder Nicky Lopez said, "and you can kind of see that we’re enjoying it right now and we’re reaping the benefits of it.”

Chicago jumped in front in the second. Paul DeJong reached on a one-out infield single and scored from first on Lopez's double into the right-field corner. Lopez went to third on an error on right fielder Will Brennan and scampered home on Martín Maldonado's single to left.

It was Lopez's first RBI in his 33rd game of the season. Maldonado was batting just .095 (6 for 63) coming into the day.

TRAINER'S ROOM

White Sox: INF Danny Mendick (lower back tightness) ran before the game. “He should be heading out at some point, getting some games in the minor leagues and we’ll see how that feels after that,” Grifol said.

UP NEXT

Cleveland left-hander Logan Allen (3-2, 6.41 ERA) and Chicago right-hander Michael Soroka (0-4, 6.34 ERA) start the series finale on Sunday. Allen was tagged for seven runs in 2 1/3 innings in a no-decision against Detroit on Tuesday night. Soroka is looking for his first win in his first season with the White Sox.

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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Guardians CLE24-16	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
White Sox CHW12-28	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	3	7	0

Guaranteed Rate FieldChicago, IL

W: T. Hill (1-0)L: T. McKenzie (2-3)S: J. Brebbia (1)
HR: CLE - J. Naylor (12)

CLEGuardians

CHWWhite Sox

.J. BrebbiaJohn Brebbia
P
1.0 IP, SO, 14 P
.T. HillTim Hill
P
1.1 IP, SO, 15 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
E. Florial LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.184	.253	.382	.635	-1.0
a- D. Fry PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.303	.422	.470	.891	0.5
A. Gimenez 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.241	.309	.324	.633	0.0
J. Ramirez 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.281	.459	.740	0.0
J. Naylor 1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.275	.358	.565	.924	6.0
W. Brennan RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	.252	.300	.423	.723	0.0
R. Laureano CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.149	.275	.239	.514	-0.5
B. Naylor C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.182	.270	.283	.553	-0.5
K. Manzardo DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	1.5
G. Arias SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.244	.263	.359	.621	0.5

HITTERS	AB
E. Florial LF	2
a- D. Fry PH-LF	1
A. Gimenez 2B	4
J. Ramirez 3B	4
J. Naylor 1B	4
W. Brennan RF	4
R. Laureano CF	3
B. Naylor C	3
K. Manzardo DH	3
G. Arias SS	3

a-struck out for Florial in the 5th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
T. Pham CF-RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.309	.345	.473	.818	4.0
G. Sheets RF	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.241	.350	.414	.764	1.0
R. Ortega CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	0.0
A. Vaughn 1B	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	.204	.260	.282	.541	2.5
E. Jimenez DH	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	.216	.270	.363	.633	3.0
B. Shewmake PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.150	.224	.374	0.0
A. Benintendi LF	3	0	0	1	0	1	4	.194	.226	.281	.507	0.5
B. Ramos 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.269	.286	.346	.632	0.0
P. DeJong SS	4	1	1	0	0	3	3	.252	.292	.486	.778	0.5
N. Lopez 2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.204	.277	.222	.500	4.0
M. Maldonado C	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.106	.169	.167	.336	1.5

HITTERS	AB
T. Pham CF-RF	3
G. Sheets RF	3
R. Ortega CF	0
A. Vaughn 1B	4
E. Jimenez DH	3
B. Shewmake PR-DH	0
A. Benintendi LF	3
B. Ramos 3B	4
P. DeJong SS	4
N. Lopez 2B	3
M. Maldonado C	3

2B - K. Manzardo
HR - J. Naylor (11)
RBI - J. Naylor (30)
2-Out RBI - J. Naylor
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - E. Florial

2B - E. Jimenez (3), N. Lopez (2)
SF - A. Benintendi
RBI - A. Benintendi (14), N. Lopez, M. Maldonado (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - A. Benintendi, P. DeJong 2 (2)

SB - T. Pham

E - W. Brennan

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
T. McKenzie (L, 2-3)	6.2	4	2	1	3	5	3.54	1.38	12.5
C. Smith	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	2.45	1.09	0.0
S. Barlow	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	2.79	1.19	0.5

PITCHERS	IP
T. McKenzie (L, 2-3)	6.2
C. Smith	0.1
S. Barlow	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Clevinger	4.2	4	1	1	0	5	1	5.40	2.10	11.5
T. Hill (W, 1-0)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.63	1.54	11.5
J. Shuster (H, 1)	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2.57	1.07	6.0
J. Brebbia (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.38	1.05	10.5

PITCHERS	IP
M. Clevinger	4.2
T. Hill (W, 1-0)	1.1
J. Shuster (H, 1)	2.0
J. Brebbia (S, 1)	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - T. McKenzie 91-61, C. Smith 5-3, S. Barlow 20-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - T. McKenzie 11-2, C. Smith 1-0, S. Barlow 0-2
Batters Faced - T. McKenzie 27, C. Smith 2, S. Barlow 5

Pitches-Strikes - M. Clevinger 73-52, T. Hill 15-10, J. Shuster 27-15, J. Brebbia 14-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M. Clevinger 4-6, T. Hill 2-1, J. Shuster 3-1, J. Brebbia 1-1
Batters Faced - M. Clevinger 18, T. Hill 4, J. Shuster 7, J. Brebbia 3

.J. BrebbiaJohn Brebbia
P
1.0 IP, SO, 14 P
.T. HillTim Hill
P
1.1 IP, SO, 15 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
Guardians CLE24-16	0	0	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	1	4	1
White Sox CHW12-28	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	X	3	7	0

Guaranteed Rate FieldChicago, IL

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
E. Florial LF	2	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	.184	.253	.382	.635	-1.0
a- D. Fry PH-LF	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.303	.422	.470	.891	0.5
A. Gimenez 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	.241	.309	.324	.633	0.0
J. Ramirez 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.239	.281	.459	.740	0.0
J. Naylor 1B	4	1	1	1	1	0	0	0	.275	.358	.565	.924	6.0
W. Brennan RF	4	0	1	0	0	0	2	0	.252	.300	.423	.723	0.0
R. Laureano CF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	1	.149	.275	.239	.514	-0.5
B. Naylor C	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.182	.270	.283	.553	-0.5
K. Manzardo DH	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	0	.176	.176	.235	.412	1.5
G. Arias SS	3	0	1	0	0	0	1	1	.244	.263	.359	.621	0.5
Total	31	1	4	1	1	1	9	5	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
E. Florial LF	2
a- D. Fry PH-LF	1
A. Gimenez 2B	4
J. Ramirez 3B	4
J. Naylor 1B	4
W. Brennan RF	4
R. Laureano CF	3
B. Naylor C	3
K. Manzardo DH	3
G. Arias SS	3
Total	31

a-struck out for Florial in the 5th

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
T. Pham CF-RF	3	0	1	0	1	0	1	.309	.345	.473	.818	4.0
G. Sheets RF	3	0	0	0	1	0	2	.241	.350	.414	.764	1.0
R. Ortega CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	.100	.000	.100	0.0
A. Vaughn 1B	4	1	2	0	0	1	2	.204	.260	.282	.541	2.5
E. Jimenez DH	3	0	1	0	1	0	2	.216	.270	.363	.633	3.0
B. Shewmake PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.138	.150	.224	.374	0.0
A. Benintendi LF	3	0	0	1	0	1	4	.194	.226	.281	.507	0.5
B. Ramos 3B	4	0	0	0	0	0	3	.269	.286	.346	.632	0.0
P. DeJong SS	4	1	1	0	0	3	3	.252	.292	.486	.778	0.5
N. Lopez 2B	3	1	1	1	0	0	0	.204	.277	.222	.500	4.0
M. Maldonado C	3	0	1	1	0	1	0	.106	.169	.167	.336	1.5
Total	30	3	7	3	3	6	17	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
T. Pham CF-RF	3
G. Sheets RF	3
R. Ortega CF	0
A. Vaughn 1B	4
E. Jimenez DH	3
B. Shewmake PR-DH	0
A. Benintendi LF	3
B. Ramos 3B	4
P. DeJong SS	4
N. Lopez 2B	3
M. Maldonado C	3
Total	30

2B - K. Manzardo
HR - J. Naylor (11)
RBI - J. Naylor (30)
2-Out RBI - J. Naylor
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - E. Florial

2B - E. Jimenez (3), N. Lopez (2)
SF - A. Benintendi
RBI - A. Benintendi (14), N. Lopez, M. Maldonado (4)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - A. Benintendi, P. DeJong 2 (2)

SB - T. Pham

E - W. Brennan

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
T. McKenzie (L, 2-3)	6.2	4	2	1	3	5	3.54	1.38	12.5
C. Smith	0.1	1	0	0	0	0	2.45	1.09	0.0
S. Barlow	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	2.79	1.19	0.5
Total	8.0	7	3	2	3	6	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
T. McKenzie (L, 2-3)	6.2
C. Smith	0.1
S. Barlow	1.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
M. Clevinger	4.2	4	1	1	0	5	1	5.40	2.10	11.5
T. Hill (W, 1-0)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	2.63	1.54	11.5
J. Shuster (H, 1)	2.0	0	0	0	1	2	0	2.57	1.07	6.0
J. Brebbia (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	4.38	1.05	10.5
Total	9.0	4	1	1	1	9	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
M. Clevinger	4.2
T. Hill (W, 1-0)	1.1
J. Shuster (H, 1)	2.0
J. Brebbia (S, 1)	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - T. McKenzie 91-61, C. Smith 5-3, S. Barlow 20-12
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - T. McKenzie 11-2, C. Smith 1-0, S. Barlow 0-2
Batters Faced - T. McKenzie 27, C. Smith 2, S. Barlow 5

Pitches-Strikes - M. Clevinger 73-52, T. Hill 15-10, J. Shuster 27-15, J. Brebbia 14-10
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - M. Clevinger 4-6, T. Hill 2-1, J. Shuster 3-1, J. Brebbia 1-1
Batters Faced - M. Clevinger 18, T. Hill 4, J. Shuster 7, J. Brebbia 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

2ND INNING
Lopez doubled to deep right, DeJong scored, Lopez to third on right fielder Brennan fielding error 0 1
Maldonado singled to shallow left, Lopez scored 0 2
4TH INNING
Naylor homered to left 1 2
8TH INNING
Benintendi hit sacrifice fly to left, Vaughn scored 1 3

2ND INNING
	Lopez doubled to deep right, DeJong scored, Lopez to third on right fielder Brennan fielding error	0	1
	Maldonado singled to shallow left, Lopez scored	0	2

4TH INNING
	Naylor homered to left	1	2

8TH INNING
	Benintendi hit sacrifice fly to left, Vaughn scored	1	3

1ST INNING
Guardians
M. Clevinger Pitching:
E. Florial: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Florial struck out looking
A. Gimenez: Ball, Gimenez grounded out to second
J. Ramirez: Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ramirez flied out to shallow left
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
White Sox
T. McKenzie Pitching:
T. Pham: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Pham walked
G. Sheets: Ball, Ball, Pham stole second, Ball, Intentional ball, Sheets walked
A. Vaughn: Foul, Ball, Pickoff attempt to second, Foul, Strike looking, Vaughn struck out looking
E. Jimenez: Jimenez reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Pham to third, Sheets out at second
A. Benintendi: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Benintendi struck out looking
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
Guardians
M. Clevinger Pitching:
J. Naylor: Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Naylor grounded out to second
W. Brennan: Strike looking, Brennan flied out to shallow shortstop
R. Laureano: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Laureano struck out looking
Middle of the 2nd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 1 Error)
White Sox
T. McKenzie Pitching:
B. Ramos: Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ramos grounded out to second
P. DeJong: DeJong reached on an infield single to second
N. Lopez: Lopez doubled to deep right, DeJong scored, Lopez to third on right fielder Brennan fielding error
M. Maldonado: Strike looking, Maldonado singled to shallow left, Lopez scored
T. Pham: Strike looking, Pham popped out to shortstop
G. Sheets: Sheets popped out to second
End of the 2nd (2 Runs, 3 Hits, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
Guardians
M. Clevinger Pitching:
B. Naylor: Strike looking, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Naylor struck out swinging
K. Manzardo: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Manzardo doubled to left
G. Arias: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Manzardo to third on wild pitch, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Arias struck out swinging
E. Florial: Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Florial struck out swinging
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
White Sox
T. McKenzie Pitching:
A. Vaughn: Vaughn singled to center
E. Jimenez: Ball, Strike looking, Pickoff attempt, Ball, Ball, Ball, Jimenez walked, Vaughn to second
A. Benintendi: Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Benintendi lined out to center
B. Ramos: Ramos flied out to center
P. DeJong: Foul, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, DeJong struck out swinging
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
Guardians
M. Clevinger Pitching:
A. Gimenez: Ball, Foul, Foul, Gimenez lined out to center
J. Ramirez: Ball, Ball, Ramirez flied out to right
J. Naylor: Foul, Naylor homered to left
W. Brennan: Foul, Brennan singled to right
R. Laureano: Strike looking, Laureano grounded out to third
Middle of the 4th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
White Sox
T. McKenzie Pitching:
N. Lopez: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Lopez grounded out to first
M. Maldonado: Strike swinging, Maldonado grounded out to third
T. Pham: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Pham flied out to shallow shortstop
End of the 4th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
Guardians
M. Clevinger Pitching:
B. Naylor: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Naylor flied out to deep right
K. Manzardo: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Manzardo flied out to deep right
G. Arias: Arias singled to center
Tim Hill relieved Mike Clevinger
David Fry hit for Estevan Florial
D. Fry: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Pickoff attempt, Foul, Strike swinging, Fry struck out swinging
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
White Sox
David Fry in left field
G. Sheets: Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Sheets grounded out to second
A. Vaughn: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Vaughn grounded out to shortstop
E. Jimenez: Jimenez grounded out to third
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
Guardians
T. Hill Pitching:
A. Gimenez: Foul, Ball, Gimenez grounded out to third
J. Ramirez: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Ramirez flied out to left
J. Naylor: Foul, Ball, Naylor grounded out to shortstop
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
White Sox
T. McKenzie Pitching:
A. Benintendi: Strike looking, Benintendi lined out to right
B. Ramos: Ramos grounded out to third
P. DeJong: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, DeJong struck out swinging
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
Guardians
Jared Shuster relieved Tim Hill
W. Brennan: Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Brennan struck out swinging
R. Laureano: Ball, Ball, Laureano grounded out to third
B. Naylor: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Naylor grounded out to second
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
White Sox
T. McKenzie Pitching:
N. Lopez: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Lopez grounded out to third
M. Maldonado: Foul, Foul, Strike looking, Maldonado struck out looking
Cade Smith relieved Triston McKenzie
T. Pham: Ball, Pham singled to right center
G. Sheets: Strike looking, Ball, Sheets grounded out to first
End of the 7th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
Guardians
Tommy Pham in right field
Rafael Ortega in center field
K. Manzardo: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Foul, Strike swinging, Manzardo struck out swinging
G. Arias: Ball, Arias grounded out to third
D. Fry: Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Fry walked
A. Gimenez: Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Gimenez flied out to left
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
White Sox
Scott Barlow relieved Cade Smith
A. Vaughn: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Foul, Vaughn singled to right
E. Jimenez: Ball, Ball, Jimenez doubled to deep center, Vaughn to third
A. Benintendi: Benintendi hit sacrifice fly to left, Vaughn scored
Braden Shewmake ran for Eloy Jimenez
B. Ramos: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ramos lined out to center, Shewmake to third
P. DeJong: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, DeJong struck out swinging
End of the 8th (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
Guardians
Braden Shewmake at designated hitter
John Brebbia relieved Jared Shuster
J. Ramirez: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ramirez flied out to shallow shortstop
J. Naylor: Strike looking, Strike looking, Naylor grounded out to third
W. Brennan: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Brennan struck out looking
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)

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