CWS vs ARI — MainMarket Sports

Major League BaseballChase Field · Phoenix, Arizona

Chicago

White Sox

48-45 · 6-8 away

Final

Arizona

Diamondbacks

47-47 · 7-4 home

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Top hitters

CWS

AVG

.275▼

Everson Pereira

Chicago White Sox

0-3 · 1 RBI

Sprint Speed 56th

2Chase Meidroth1-3.253
3Tristan Petersvs RHP .3263-5.250▲
4Munetaka Murakami3-5 · HR · 1 RBI.234

ARI

AVG

.361▼

Ildemaro Vargas

Arizona Diamondbacks

1-4 · HR · 3 RBI

xwOBA 39th

2Jose Fernandez1-4.297▼
3Corbin Carroll0-3.288▼
4Adrian Del Castillo0-5.263▼

Season batting average · amber = strong vs today's starter · up/down arrow = hot/cold last 15 · MLB Stats API · hero Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Starting pitchers

CWS

Starter

Sean Burke

Chicago White Sox · 1-2

6.0 IP, 2 ER, 3 K, BB

xwOBA 63rd

4.10 ERA · 20 K · 1.22 WHIP

ARI

Starter

Merrill Kelly

Arizona Diamondbacks · 1-1

4.1 IP, 8 ER, 5 K, 3 BB

xwOBA 1st

9.31 ERA · 8 K · 2.28 WHIP

Season pitching · MLB Stats API · Statcast accent by Baseball Savant

Contact quality

CWS11 R · .395 xBA

ARI5 R · .339 xBA

The scoreboard matched the contact — CWS both hit it harder and scored more.

Expected BA on balls in play · Baseball Savant

CWS win1st in the AL Central

Looking ahead

The White Sox sit atop the AL Central — coming off a win, 4-6 over their last 10.
The Diamondbacks sit 2nd in the NL West, 13½ games back — winners of 2 straight, 5-5 over their last 10.
CHW win series 2-1.
The White Sox are up next home vs ATH (Jul 11-12), then at TOR.
The Diamondbacks are up next at LAD (Jul 11-12), then home vs STL.

Line score

Inn	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CWS	4	3	0	0	1	0	0	0	3	11	14	0
ARI	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	3	5	8	0

Statcast

Hardest hit · CWS
M. Murakami · Home Run
113 mph · 1.000 xBA
Hardest hit
K. Marte · Groundout
106.4 mph · .470 xBA
Longest hit
C. Montgomery · Home Run
440 ft · 1.000 xBA
Best barrel
M. Vargas · Home Run
111.7 mph · .940 xBA
Fastest pitch
J. Loáisiga · Sinker
97.3 mph

Game MVP · win probability

Colson Montgomery
CWS
+15%
Munetaka Murakami
CWS
+12%
Miguel Vargas
CWS
+10%

Scoring summary

Montgomery doubled to center, Benintendi scored and Murakami scored, Vargas to third.1st Inning2-0
Pereira hit sacrifice fly to right, Vargas scored, Montgomery to third.1st Inning3-0
Antonacci tripled to center, Montgomery scored.1st Inning4-0
Murakami homered to right (426 feet).2nd Inning5-0
Vargas homered to left (372 feet).2nd Inning6-0
Montgomery homered to center (440 feet).2nd Inning7-0
Gurriel Jr. grounded out to shortstop, Perdomo scored.4th Inning7-1
McGuire hit sacrifice bunt to pitcher, Meidroth scored, Peters to second.5th Inning8-1
Thomas homered to left center (415 feet).5th Inning8-2
Antonacci inside-the-park homered to left (57 feet), Pereira scored.9th Inning10-2
Benintendi grounded into double play, pitcher to shortstop to first, Meidroth scored, McGuire out at second, Peters to third.9th Inning11-2
Vargas homered to right (374 feet), Fernandez scored and Arenado scored.9th Inning11-5

Box score

Hitting

Player	H-AB	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	#P	AVG	OBP	SLG
A. Benintendi	2-6	6	1	2	0	0	0	1	21	.209	.264	.358
M. Murakami	3-5	5	2	3	1	1	1	0	30	.234	.394	.584
M. Vargas	1-4	4	2	1	1	1	1	0	17	.177	.320	.392
C. Montgomery	2-5	5	2	2	3	1	0	2	22	.213	.323	.500
E. Pereira	0-3	3	1	0	1	0	0	2	12	.275	.348	.600
S. Antonacci	2-5	5	1	2	3	1	0	0	23	.190	.320	.429
C. Meidroth	1-3	3	2	1	0	0	2	1	29	.253	.344	.354
T. Peters	3-5	5	0	3	0	0	0	1	8	.250	.308	.271
R. McGuire	0-2	2	0	0	1	0	2	1	20	.192	.300	.192

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA	PC
S. Burke	6.0	5	2	2	1	3	1	101-68	4.10	101
L. Sims	1.0	0	0	0	2	1	0	16-7	3.00	16
O. Bido	2.0	3	3	3	4	2	1	53-31	7.50	53

Win probability

CWS 100%ARI 0%

Win probability over timeARI win %

Biggest swing: Montgomery doubled to center, Benintendi scored and Murakami scored, Vargas to third. (+16% CWS)

Team stats

CWSARI

Hits

Runs

Home Runs

RBI

Stolen Bases

Walks

Strikeouts

Runners LOB

Statcast profile

CWSARI

10.71%

Barrel%

7.2%

42.44%

Hard-hit%

38.23%

.340

xwOBA

.340

Barrel% perfectly-struck balls — ideal exit velo + launch angle, near-automatic extra bases · Hard-hit% share of balls hit 95+ mph · xwOBA expected offensive value from contact quality (higher is better)

Season quality of contact · Baseball Savant