Sosa, Montgomery, Martin help White Sox beat Guardians, 6-4

Cleveland Guardians' David Fry hits an RBI double during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
CHICAGO — Lenyn Sosa and Colson Montgomery homered and the Chicago White Sox snapped a six-game skid with a 6-4 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday
Sosa hit a two-run homer, his 14th, in the first and Montgomery followed later in the inning with a solo shot, his ninth. Curtis Mead and Kyle Teel also knocked in runs for the White Sox, who banged out 11 hits.
Chicago starter Davis Martin (4-9) allowed five hits and three earned runs in five innings, with three walks and two strikeouts. Grant Taylor earned the save.
Kyle Manzardo hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and a two-run shot in the seventh, and David Fry added a two-run double in the sixth for the Guardians.
Cleveland’s Slade Cecconi (5-5) allowed five runs on eight hits with four strikeouts in the loss.
Key moment
Mead, in his sixth game with the White Sox, hit an RBI double in the third to extend the lead to 4-0 in the third.
Key stat
Chicago has led the league in home runs since the All-Star break with 42.
Up next
The White Sox have not named a starter for their home series against the Tigers today. Detroit will go with RHP Chris Paddack (4-10, 4.91 ERA).
The Guardians send LHP Logan Allen (7-9, 3.96 ERA) against Marlins RHP Janson Junk (6-2, 3.97) on Tuesday.
SATURDAY
Guardians beat White Sox 3-1
CHICAGO (AP) — CJ Kayfus hit his first major league home run and scored twice to help the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Saturday night for their fifth straight victory.
Kayfus, promoted to the majors Aug. 2, homered in the sixth for a 3-1 lead. He walked and scored the tiebreaking run on Brayan Rocchio’s double in the fourth.
Kayfus, who had a three-run double in a 9-5 victory Friday night, has seven hits in his first 23 at-bats, four for extra bases.
Steven Kwan led off the game with a double and scored on Kyle Manzardo’s single for Cleveland’s other run.
Joey Cantillo (3-2) went 5 2/3 innings, giving up one run on four hits and two walks while striking out three. Cade Smith got his fifth save with a perfect ninth.
Chicago’s Michael A. Taylor hit eighth homer this season and third in the last four games to tie it in second. He had two of Chicago’s four hits.
Sean Burke (4-9) started and pitched 3 1/3 innings, giving up two runs on five hits with three walks and seven strikeouts.
Key moment
Kafus’ first homer made him first Cleveland player with four extra-base hits, including a home run, in his first seven MLB games since current teammate Carlos Santana in 2010.
Key stat
The Guardians are six games over .500 (61-55) for the first time since June 4 (33-27).