Recap
The Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on the road at Rate Field on Oct 8, 2026.
The lead changed hands 3 times. They scored 6 runs in the sixth inning.
Kalshi had the Guardians at 51% to win before first pitch. Among the public, 62% of moneyline bets and 41% of the money were on the White Sox.
Score by inning
| Team | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CLE | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 |
| CWS | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 5 |
Scoring plays
Bottom 3
- CWSPlay ResultMurakami walked, C. Montgomery scored, Vargas to second, Meidroth to third.0-1
- CWSPlay ResultAntonacci hit sacrifice fly to right, Meidroth scored.0-2
Top 5
- CLEPlay ResultBailey homered to right (376 feet).1-2
- CLEPlay ResultRamírez homered to right center (378 feet), Kwan scored.3-2
Bottom 5
- CWSPlay ResultAntonacci hit by pitch, Meidroth scored, Murakami to second, Vargas to third.3-3
- CWSPlay ResultDoyle hit sacrifice fly to right, Vargas scored.3-4
Top 6
- CLEPlay ResultBazzana doubled to right, Martínez scored.4-4
- CLEPlay ResultBailey singled to left, Bazzana scored.5-4
- CLEPlay ResultRamírez reached on infield single to second, Bailey scored, Kwan to second, Rocchio to third.6-4
- CLEPlay ResultDeLauter singled to right, Rocchio scored, Ramírez to second, Kwan to third.7-4
- CLEPlay ResultAdell singled to right, Kwan scored and Ramírez scored, DeLauter to second.9-4
Bottom 9
- CWSPlay ResultVargas homered to left (386 feet).9-5
Team stats
- Hits
- 10
- 8
- Home Runs
- 2
- 1
- Runs Batted In
- 9
- 5
- Walks
- 7
- 8
- Strikeouts
- 3
- 12
- Runners Left On Base
- 13
- 22
- Errors
- 0
- 0
Top performers
Batting
Home Runs
RBI
Pitching
Wins
Strikeouts
Betting splits at first pitch
ConsensusGame info
Last and next games
Guardians
White Sox
- Last game: L 3-9 vs CLEWed Oct 7
- Next game: L 0-2 at CLESat Oct 10
- W 4-3 at CLEMon Oct 5
- W 3-0 at CLESat Oct 3
- W 7-3 at HOUWed Sep 30
Head to head
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