CWS 6, CLE 7 | Sep 15, 2026 | The Best Box Score

Tuesday, September 15, 2026•Progressive Field•81°F, Partly Cloudy

CWS

White Sox

CLE

Guardians

Final

WIN

Cade Smith

LOSS

Grant Taylor

The Guardians edged the White Sox 7-6 in a tightly contested game that came down to the final outs.

★Miguel Vargas3 RBI

★Travis Bazzana2 HR, 2 RBI

Key Moment

Bot 9: Brayan Rocchio doubles (22) on a fly ball to left fielder Sam Antonacci. Daniel Schneemann scores. David Fry scores.

Weather: 81°F, Partly CloudyWind: 14 mph, Out To CFFirst pitch: 10:40 PM UTCT: 2:49Att: 23,514Venue: Progressive Field

Ump Audit

David Rackley

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94.4%B

10 missed calls

+3.6% CWS

+0.10 runs CWS

Win Probability

CLE WinCWS Win

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CWS	0	0	0	1	1	4	0	0	0	6	8	1
CLE	3	0	0	0	1	1	0	0

Game 824384 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Chicago White Sox

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Chase Meidroth2B	5	1	2	1	0	0	.268/.344/.399	101.3	.350	.369
Randal GrichukDH	4	0	1	1	0	1	.288/.314/.562	104.3	.600	.461
Miguel Vargas3B	3	0	1	3	1	0	.249/.358/.475	95.3	.332	.234
Munetaka Murakami1B	4	0	0	0	1	4	.202/.344/.460	110.6	-	-
Braden MontgomeryRF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.210/.307/.338	89.3	.060	.055
Sam AntonacciLF	4	1	2	1	0	1	.271/.367/.393	89.7	.545	.502
Kyle TeelC	0	1	0	0	2	0	.202/.317/.371	80.8	-	-
Colson MontgomerySS	2	0	0	0	0	1	.204/.289/.421	85.9	.077	.069
Tristan PetersCF	2	2	0	0	1	2	.275/.346/.457	68.2	-	-
Bench
Brenton DoyleCF	3	1	2	0	0	1	.219/.268/.315	102.2	.394	.448
Jake RogersC	2	0	0	0	0	1	.164/.277/.293
Totals	32	6	8	6	6	12	-	-	-	-

2B:Meidroth

3B:Doyle

TB:11

RBI:Grichuk; Meidroth; Antonacci; Vargas 3

SF:Grichuk; Vargas

GIDP:Rogers

Team LOB:8

Cleveland Guardians

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Steven KwanLF	3	1	1	0	1	0	.279/.376/.346	96.1	.473

Pitching

Chicago White Sox

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Chris Murphy	0.2	2	3	3	1	0	2	27-16	90.4	4.68
Davis Martin	5.1	4	2	1	1	0	1	71-42	90.7	3.96
Bryan HudsonH	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	0	10-7	86	2.83
Grant TaylorLBS	1.2	2	2	2	1	2	0	27-19	93.3	2.41
Totals	8.2	8	7	6	3	2	3	135-84	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Murphy 27-16; Martin 71-42; Hudson 10-7; Taylor 27-19

Groundouts-flyouts:Murphy 0-2; Martin 11-4; Hudson 2-1; Taylor 1-2

Cleveland Guardians

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Foster Griffin	4.0	5	2	2	2	5	0	83-47	86.7	3.67

Game Notes

📺

T3Replay review: Patrick Bailey challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Miguel Vargas walks.

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B9Replay review: Kyle Teel challenged (pitch result), call on the field was confirmed: Patrick Bailey walks. Daniel Schneemann to 2nd.

Bot 1 • CLE

0-2

Jo Adell homers (22) on a fly ball to center field. Steven Kwan scores.

EV: 110.1 mph💣 442 ftLA: 27°

0-3

Travis Bazzana homers (13) on a fly ball to right center field.

EV: 93.8 mph💣 365 ftLA: 37°

Top 4 • CWS

1-3

Sam Antonacci singles on a ground ball to left fielder Steven Kwan. Brenton Doyle scores.

EV: 89.7 mph122 ftLA: 6°

Top 5 • CWS

2-3

Miguel Vargas out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Petey Halpin. Tristan Peters scores.

EV: 89.6 mph288 ftLA: 52°

Bot 5 • CLE

2-4

Jo Adell grounds into a double play, shortstop Luisangel Acuña to second baseman Chase Meidroth to first baseman Munetaka Murakami. José Ramírez out at 2nd. Jo Adell out at 1st.

EV: 93.0 mph38 ft0

Top 6 • CWS

6-4

Miguel Vargas singles on a line drive to left fielder Steven Kwan. Tristan Peters scores. Chase Meidroth scores. Miguel Vargas to 2nd.

EV: 78.1 mph216 ftLA: 20°

4-4

Randal Grichuk out on a sacrifice fly to left fielder Steven Kwan. Kyle Teel scores. Tristan Peters to 3rd. Chase Meidroth to 2nd.

EV: 93.6 mph355 ftLA: 35°

3-4

Chase Meidroth singles on a line drive to left fielder Steven Kwan. Sam Antonacci scores. Kyle Teel to 3rd. Tristan Peters to 2nd.

EV: 76.6 mph208 ftLA: 18°

Bot 6 • CLE

6-5

Travis Bazzana homers (14) on a fly ball to center field.

EV: 98.0 mph💣 393 ftLA: 28°

Bot 9 • CLE

6-7

Brayan Rocchio doubles (22) on a fly ball to left fielder Sam Antonacci. Daniel Schneemann scores. David Fry scores.

EV: 88.8 mph297 ftLA: 30°

HBP:Peters (by Griffin)

Inherited runners-scored:Sabrowski 2-1; Gaddis 3-3

Pitches-strikes:Griffin 83-47; Sabrowski 21-12; Yoho 20-8; Gaddis 20-12; Herrin 24-14; Smith 16-12

Groundouts-flyouts:Griffin 4-2; Sabrowski 0-1; Yoho 0-1; Gaddis 0-1; Herrin 0-1; Smith 1-3

Bench
Nathaniel Lowe1B	4	0	2	0	0	0	.255/.321/.455	108	.252	.244
Patrick BaileyC	3	0	0	0	1	0	.207/.274/.324	97.3	.045	.042
Foster GriffinP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Erik SabrowskiP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Craig YohoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Hunter GaddisP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Tim HerrinP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Cade SmithP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-