CLEVELAND (AP) — Colson Montgomery hit a two-run homer and Kyle Teel and Tristan Peters added solo shots as the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 7-6 on Sunday to split a four-game series between the AL Central's top teams.
The win moved the White Sox back into first place by one game.
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Progressive Field grounds crew apply the tarp during a rain shower before a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Guardians, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt, left, shakes hands with Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable, front right, after inspecting field repairs before a baseball game, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Chicago White Sox's Chase Meidroth throws out Cleveland Guardians' Travis Bazzana during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Gabriel Arias, right, watches his three-run home run off Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Erick Fedde as White Sox catcher Kyle Teel, left, looks on during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Chicago White Sox's Colson Montgomery is congratulated by teammates after hitting a two-run home run off Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Tanner Bibee during the third inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Gabriel Arias belted a three-run homer and rookie Chase DeLauter also connected for the Guardians, who won the first two games on walk-offs.
The finale was delayed by rain and unplayable conditions on the water-logged outfield warning track.
Just before the re-scheduled start, the umpires met both managers in the outfield to inspect the track. The grounds crew then spent 30 minutes applying quick-dry mixture and grooming the track before it was deemed safe.
Down 6-3, the Guardians tied it in the fifth on Arias' 446-foot drive off Erick Fedde (4-6) and some help from the White Sox.
DeLauter singled and Kyle Manzardo reached on Montgomery's fielding error at shortstop. Arias followed with his fourth homer — the longest of his career.
The White Sox loaded the bases with none out in the sixth against Colin Holderman (4-2) and pushed across the go-ahead run on rookie Sam Antonacci's fielder's choice.
Cleveland threatened in the eighth, but Antonacci, who briefly moved from left field to second base before going back to left, ran down Kahlil's Watson's deep drive. Sean Newcomb earned his third save.
Montgomery belted his 23rd homer in the third to make it 6-3.
DeLauter's first homer since May 17 tied it 2-all in the first. Travis Bazzana hit a fly to left that dropped for a double when Antonacci slipped twice. DeLauter followed with his first homer off a lefty.
White Sox: After an off day, Chicago opens a three-game series at home Tuesday against Boston with rookie LHP Noah Schultz (2-5, 5.86 ERA) starting.
Guardians: LHP Joey Cantillo (7-3, 3.86) starts the opener of a three-game series at Minnesota on Tuesday.
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Progressive Field grounds crew apply the tarp during a rain shower before a baseball game between the Chicago White Sox and the Cleveland Guardians, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians manager Stephen Vogt, left, shakes hands with Chicago White Sox manager Will Venable, front right, after inspecting field repairs before a baseball game, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Chicago White Sox's Chase Meidroth throws out Cleveland Guardians' Travis Bazzana during the fourth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Cleveland Guardians' Gabriel Arias, right, watches his three-run home run off Chicago White Sox relief pitcher Erick Fedde as White Sox catcher Kyle Teel, left, looks on during the fifth inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
Chicago White Sox's Colson Montgomery is congratulated by teammates after hitting a two-run home run off Cleveland Guardians starting pitcher Tanner Bibee during the third inning of a baseball game, Sunday, July 5, 2026, in Cleveland. (AP Photo/Phil Long)
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Mourners dressed in black flooded into Iran's capital Monday for a procession as part of the funeral of the late Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei, with throngs of people calling for the death of U.S. President Donald Trump.
Khamenei's flag-draped coffin, and those of members of his family killed Feb. 28 in an airstrike at the start of the war launched by Israel and the United States, sat on board a truck decorated to resemble the ornamental grating that surrounds the shrine of an imam. The massive turnout, encouraged by Iran's theocracy as a sign of strength, came as it negotiates with the U.S. over a permanent end to the war that killed the 86-year-old cleric.
Helicopter images aired on Iranian state television showed a massive crowd stretching from Tehran’s Azadi, or Freedom, Square for kilometers (miles) down a multilane street of the same name. The crowd appeared to be larger than the one that turned out for the 2020 procession for the late Revolutionary Guard Gen. Qassem Solemani, which drew over 1 million people.
Authorities offered no immediate crowd count as the truck crept down the street. But people alongside the truck and elsewhere on the route carried placards, signs and banners calling for Trump's death.
“Today that we are here for the funeral for our leader, it’s a very tough day,” mourner Fatima Hassan said. “We are not here to say goodbye to him, we are here for revenge. And we will take revenge.”
Mourners reached out to touch the truck, and some threw scarves and other items for attendants to brush against the coffin, a common practice in Iran seen as a blessing. Attendants, some on the ladders of firetrucks, sprayed misted water across the crowds to cool them in the heat.
Authorities appeared concerned about the dangers of having a large crowd alongside the procession, with officials on loudspeakers urging the public to walk slowly, not to push and to stay to the edges of the street.
The coffins will be taken through the streets of Tehran on a 12-hour journey to Mehrabad International Airport, said Revolutionary Guard Gen. Hasan Hasanzsdeh, who is overseeing the procession.
Authorities have shut down streets, airspace and daily life for the mourning, which began Saturday and will end Thursday as Khamenei is buried at the Imam Reza shrine in Mashhad, his birthplace.
“This is the last time I am seeing him,” said a weeping Maryam Alizadeh. “Our generation lived with him for decades.”
As the funeral has gone on, however, there have increasingly been calls from mourners to avenge Khamenei’s death. Mourners and the signs they carry have called for the killing of both Trump and Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu. Such signs were seen again Monday along the procession’s route, with one effigy of Trump being hanged.
"We are here to show that his path will continue, and every single one of these people will continue down his path with clenched fists and soon we will certainly avenge his death against the U.S and Israel,” said mourner Sahar Zaraatgar
U.S. federal authorities have been tracking Iranian threats against Trump and other administration officials for years, stemming from Trump’s ordering the 2020 killing of Soleimani, who led the elite Quds Force. Iran has repeatedly denied plotting to kill Trump, though hard-line propaganda footage long has suggested Trump was in Tehran’s crosshairs.
Trump meanwhile promised to destroy Iran’s civilization during the war, among other threats.
The U.S. is meanwhile eager to press ahead with negotiations with Iran aimed at fully reopening the Strait of Hormuz, rolling back its disputed nuclear program and reaching a permanent end to the war. Talks appear to be on hold until after the burial.
The funeral was in part a show of unity as Iran demands a measure of control over the strait, a vital waterway for global energy that it shut down during the war. The U.S. has rejected those demands, and the sides are divided on other key issues, including Iran’s nuclear program and the conflict between Israel and the Iran-backed militant group Hezbollah in Lebanon.
Iran’s new supreme leader, Ayatollah Mojtaba Khamenei, meanwhile has yet to make an appearance in the funeral ceremonies, which are unfolding over several days. He is believed to be in hiding after reportedly being wounded in the airstrike that killed his father.
At the height of the war before an April ceasefire, Israel targeted top leaders, in at least one case likely using their public appearance to fix their position. It has also threatened to kill the younger Khamenei.
Gambrell reported from Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
Mourners wait in Islamic Revolution Square for the funeral procession of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei beneath a monument depicting Khamenei's clenched fist in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Vahid Salemi)
A mourner reacts while holding a portrait of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei as mourners gather in Islamic Revolution Square for Khamenei's funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Mourners hold a portrait of Iran's new Supreme Leader, Mojtaba Khamenei, left, and portraits of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei while waiting in Islamic Revolution Square for his funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
A mourner wearing a shirt depicting the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei weeps while gathered in Islamic Revolution Square for Khamenei's funeral procession in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
Mourners chant slogans while gathered in Islamic Revolution Square for the funeral procession of the slain Iranian Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei beneath a billboard depicting Khamenei in Tehran, Iran, Monday, July 6, 2026. (AP Photo/Altaf Qadri)
