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White Sox Blank Guardians 3-0 in Cleveland Shutout

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The White Sox rolled into Progressive Field and delivered a clean 3-0 shutout over the Guardians, proving that even basement dwellers can show up when the pitching clicks. Chicago's staff carved through Cleveland's lineup with surgical precision, holding the home side scoreless across nine innings in a game that was all about mound dominance and timely hitting.

The South Siders manufactured just enough offense to make it count, plating three runs that might as well have been thirty given how locked in their pitchers were. Cleveland's bats looked lifeless, unable to solve Chicago's arms or generate any sustained threat. For a Guardians squad that's supposed to be scrappy and competitive, getting blanked at home is a tough pill to swallow.

This wasn't a slugfest or a barn burner—just good old-fashioned pitching and defense winning a ballgame. The White Sox took care of business on the road, and the Guardians were left staring at zeros on the scoreboard. No DarkHorse pick on this one, so no bragging rights or receipts to collect, but if you had Chicago's pitching staff in your corner tonight, you cashed comfortably. Sometimes the game's simplest formula still works: throw strikes, play defense, score more than the other guy.

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