CHICAGO (AP) — Lenyn Sosa and Colson Montgomery homered and the Chicago White Sox snapped a six-game skid with a 6-4 win over the Cleveland Guardians on Sunday
Sosa hit a two-run homer, his 14th, in the first and Montgomery followed later in the inning with a solo shot, his ninth. Curtis Mead and Kyle Teel also knocked in runs for the White Sox, who banged out 11 hits.
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Cleveland Guardians' David Fry hits an RBI double during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
Cleveland Guardians' Kyle Manzardo hits a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
Chicago White Sox's Curtis Mead hits an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
Chicago White Sox second baseman Lenyn Sosa looks skyward after a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
Chicago starter Davis Martin (4-9) allowed five hits and three earned runs in five innings, with three walks and two strikeouts. Grant Taylor earned the save.
Kyle Manzardo hit a solo home run in the fourth inning and a two-run shot in the seventh, and David Fry added a two-run double in the sixth for the Guardians.
Cleveland's Slade Cecconi (5-5) allowed five runs on eight hits with four strikeouts in the loss.
Mead, in his sixth game with the White Sox, hit an RBI double in the third to extend the lead to 4-0 in the third.
Chicago has led the league in home runs since the All-Star break with 42.
The White Sox have not named a starter for their home series against the Tigers on Monday. Detroit will go with RHP Chris Paddack (4-10, 4.91 ERA).
The Guardians send LHP Logan Allen (7-9, 3.96 ERA) against Marlins RHP Janson Junk (6-2, 3.97) on Tuesday.
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Cleveland Guardians' David Fry hits an RBI double during the sixth inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
Cleveland Guardians' Kyle Manzardo hits a home run during the seventh inning of a baseball game against the Chicago White Sox, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
Chicago White Sox's Curtis Mead hits an RBI single during the third inning of a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
Chicago White Sox second baseman Lenyn Sosa looks skyward after a baseball game against the Cleveland Guardians, Sunday, Aug. 10, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/Matt Marton)
WENGEN, Switzerland (AP) — Host Italy has a new contender in Alpine skiing with the Milan Cortina Winter Olympics three weeks away.
Giovanni Franzoni claimed his first World Cup victory on the famed Lauberhorn course in a super-G Friday — four months after his close friend and former roommate, Matteo Franzoso, died in a crash during preseason training in Chile.
The 24-year-old Franzoni — a former world junior champion in super-G, downhill and Alpine combined — was the first racer on course and took advantage of the No. 1 bib to deliver a near-perfect run.
Reaching a top speed of 140.44 kph (87 mph), Franzoni finished 0.35 seconds ahead of Stefan Babinsky of Austria and 0.37 ahead of downhill world champion Franjo von Allmen of Switzerland.
Franzoni handled the tricky Canadian Corner and Kernen S sections on the upper portion of the course cleaner than anyone else.
“I made the difference on the turn where I crashed a few years ago,” he said, referring to his season-ending fall in a super-G in 2023 that resulted in thigh surgery.
Swiss overall World Cup leader Marco Odermatt, a four-time winner in Wengen, placed fourth, 0.53 behind.
The top American was Ryan Cochran-Siegle in sixth.
Franzoni also led both downhill training sessions and could be a contender in the classic downhill on Saturday. His previous best World Cup finish was third in a super-G on home snow in Val Gardena last month.
Now Franzoni will be among the leaders for Italy’s team in Bormio, where men’s Alpine skiing will be contested during the Olympics.
“If you had told me that I would be third in Val Gardena and then win here — on the two courses that I've had the most trouble on — I wouldn't have believed it,” Franzoni said.
The opening ceremony for the Games is scheduled for Feb. 6.
“I don't know about the future, but the present has changed," Franzoni said. "We always live day by day.”
Marco Schwarz, the Austrian who won the previous super-G in Livigno, Italy, last month, missed the race due to sickness.
Also sitting out this weekend is Aleksander Aamodt Kilde, the Norwegian standout who returned this season after a horrific crash in Wengen two years ago.
“This year," Kilde said on Instagram this week, "it’s just a little too early.”
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Giovanni Franzoni of Italy takes a jump during the alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G race, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday, Jan. 16, 2026. (Jean-Christophe Bott/Keystone via AP)
Switzerland's Marco Odermatt reacts at finish line during an alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Giovanni Zenoni)
Switzerland's Franjo von Allmen reacts at finish line during an alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Giovanni Zenoni)
Austria's Stefan Babinsky speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
Italy's Giovanni Franzoni reacts at finish line during an alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Giovanni Zenoni)
Italy's Giovanni Franzoni speeds down the course during an alpine ski, men's World Cup super-G, in Wengen, Switzerland, Friday Jan. 16, 2026. (AP Photo/Gabriele Facciotti)
