Amazingly, the White Sox struck back once more, but only to tie. With Kyle Teel (walk) on third and Colson Montgomery (single) on first, Josh Rojas lifted a deep fly to left with one out that tallied Teel. But nothing more could come of the rally.

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Twenty years on from a championship, details get blurred as stories only get better. But it’s right on the money to say the Sox never would’ve won it all had they not remade their roster in a tone-shifting manner.

Mike Tauchman drove in Colson Montgomery with an infield single in the 11th inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 on Friday night to salvage a doubleheader split. Batting with runners on the corners and one out,

There are countless things Mark Buehrle would rather do than speak in front of a large crowd. He didn’t list off those preferences Friday, after his statue was unveiled on the right-field concourse at Rate Field.

Buehrle was the tarp-sliding, beer-drinking, between-the-legs-flipping life of the party during his dozen years with the Sox. Now he's immortalized on the Rate Field concourse forever.

Nolan Jones opened the inning with a single to left. Kyle Manzardo reached on a bunt single to move Jones to second. Martinez doubled past first for the lead and it looked like the Guardians were in a great spot to extend the lead with Manzardo at third, Martinez at second and one out. But appearances can be deceiving.

Carlos Santana hit a tiebreaking two-run homer in the sixth inning, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 4-2 in the opener of a split doubleheader.

Its Friday, July 11 and after an afternoon tilt, the Guardians (43-48) and the White Sox (31-62) will take the field for Game 2 of this series. Gavin Williams is slated to take the mound for Cleveland against Jonathan Cannon for Chicago.

Former White Sox lefty Mark Buehrle was forever immortalized inside Rate Field as the team unveiled a statue in his honor on Friday.

The 25-year-old Danvers native and Governor’s Academy product is 3-7 with a 4.26 ERA in 18 starts and 86⅔ innings after he was selected in December’s Rule 5 draft.

It's World Series championship reunion weekend on the South Side. Some sadness was mixed in with the celebration after the death of one of the key members of the 2005 White Sox team, Bobby Jenks, last week.