The Cleveland Guardians defeated the Chicago White Sox, 11-1, in the first game of this series delayed due to severe weather.
The Guardians batted around and scored nine runs in the second inning. Jose Ramirez, the reigning AL Player of the Week, hit his second grand slam of the season, the team's third overall. The offense led 10-0 after the second inning by taking advantage of three White Sox errors in the inning; four total in the game.
After a pair of no-decisions, Shane Bieber earned his first win of the season. He pitched six innings, allowed one run on four hits, struck out seven hitters, and did not walk any.
White Sox pitcher Dallas Keuchel took the loss, allowing ten runs (eight earned) on ten hits. Offensively, Tim Anderson doubled in the eighth inning to drive in Chicago's only run.
The Guardians have scored at least seven runs in their five wins; four games with at least ten runs. Cleveland improves to 5-5, and Chicago drops to 6-4.
The second game of this doubleheader features Guardians' pitcher Triston McKenzie versus Chicago's Jimmy Lambert.