White Sox defeat Cleveland with Montgomery's timely hit and win 2nd straight ALDS win

(Seoul = Yonhap News) Reporter Kyung-yoon Kim = The Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Guardians thanks to Braden Montgomery's come-from-behind, timely hit, and won two consecutive wins in the Major League Baseball (MLB) American League Division Series (ALDS, 3 wins out of 5).

The White Sox defeated Cleveland 4-3 in Game 2 of the 2026 MLB NLDS held at Progressive Field in Cleveland, Ohio, USA on the 6th (Korean time).

The White Sox, who won 3-0 in Game 1, recorded 2 wins (undefeated) against their opponents, leaving them just one win away from advancing to the American League Championship Series (ALCS).

The White Sox gave up the first run in the bottom of the first inning when starting pitcher Anthony Kay was shaken.

Kay allowed a hit to right to Stephen Kwan and a walk to Jose Ramirez, putting him in danger of reaching first and second base with no outs. He then gave up an advanced base hit to Chase DeLauter, putting him on second and third base with one out.

The White Sox made a bold choice. After replacing the pitcher with Sean Newcombe, Joe Adell was intentionally thrown out with 4 pitches.

Afterwards, Newcomb seemed to catch Nathaniel Roer with a grounder, but he made an error on a bad throw to first base and brought two runners home.

However, Newcomb did not create the worst situation by preventing additional runs.

The White Sox trailed in the fourth inning.

With no outs on first and second base thanks to Kyle Till's heavy hit and Miguel Vargas's walk, Munetaka Murakami hit a clean, timely hit to right to make it 1-2.

The White Sox turned the game around in the sixth inning.

Montgomery caught left-hander Eric Sabrowski's first pitch at the opportunity with 2 outs and 2nd and 3rd bases, and hit a timely double to make it 3-2.

Afterwards, the follow-up hitter, Chase Maidros, hit a timely hit to the right, making it 4-2.

As the game continued to be a close game, the White Sox made a strong move by bringing in right-hander Grant Taylor, who had pitched 4 innings two days ago, in the bottom of the 8th inning with 2 outs and runners on first base.

Taylor hit a timely triple over the left fielder's key to Adel, allowing the team to trail 4-3.

However, Taylor did not give up the comeback, and ended the game with no runs in the final defense in the 9th inning.