Chicago White Sox 0 – 1 Toronto Blue Jays

MLB · July 18, 2026 · Final

🎧 Post-Game Report (audio)

Post-Game Recap

The Toronto Blue Jays took down the Chicago White Sox tonight by a final of one to nothing, and it was as tight and grinding as that score suggests. For most of the evening, both sides were locked in a standoff, pitching and defense keeping the scoreboard frozen. Then came the fourth inning, and that's where this game was decided. Vladimir Guerrero Junior had been the one consistent threat in the Toronto lineup all night, reaching base twice and working a walk, and it was his legs that made the difference. He got aboard, he moved into scoring position, and George Springer did the rest — a clean single to center that brought Guerrero home and gave Toronto the only run it would need. One swing of opportunity, one run, ballgame. On the Chicago side, the bats simply never found a rhythm. Colton Montgomery struck out three times in three at-bats, and Sal Antonacci went oh for four without so much as a walk. Masato Murakami and Miguel Vargas each scratched out a hit, but the White Sox could never string anything together when it counted. Springer finished one for four with that decisive run batted in, while Guerrero's two-hit, one-run night was the engine that made Toronto go. In the end, one moment of execution was enough for the Blue Jays, and Chicago couldn't manufacture an answer. That's your post-game report. Sports Desk, signing off.

AI-generated post-game report composed from the official play-by-play and box score.

Who Scored — Scoring Timeline

Springer singled to center, Guerrero Jr. scored. P4 · 0–1

Complete Play-by-Play

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Top of the 1st inning P1

Shane Bieber pitches to Sam Antonacci P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P1

Antonacci grounded out to second. P1

Shane Bieber pitches to Munetaka Murakami P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P1

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Looking P1

Murakami struck out looking. Chicago White Sox challenged: call on the field was upheld. P1

Shane Bieber pitches to Miguel Vargas P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P1

Vargas doubled to right. P1

Shane Bieber pitches to Colson Montgomery P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P1

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P1

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P1

C. Montgomery struck out swinging. P1

Middle of the 1st inning P1

Bottom of the 1st inning P1

Davis Martin pitches to Ernie Clement P1

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1

Clement flied out to center. P1

Davis Martin pitches to Nathan Lukes P1

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P1

Lukes struck out swinging. P1

Davis Martin pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P1

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P1

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P1

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P1

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P1

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P1

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P1

Guerrero Jr. singled to right. P1

Davis Martin pitches to George Springer P1

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P1

Springer lined out to right. P1

End of the 1st inning P1

Top of the 2nd inning P2

Shane Bieber pitches to Andrew Benintendi P2

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P2

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P2

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 6 : Ball 3 P2

Pitch 7 : Ball In Play P2

Benintendi flied out to center. P2

Shane Bieber pitches to Kyle Teel P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P2

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2

Teel grounded out to pitcher. P2

Shane Bieber pitches to Braden Montgomery P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2

B. Montgomery grounded out to first. P2

Middle of the 2nd inning P2

Bottom of the 2nd inning P2

Davis Martin pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P2

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P2

Okamoto grounded out to shortstop. P2

Davis Martin pitches to Daulton Varsho P2

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Swinging P2

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Looking P2

Varsho struck out looking. P2

Davis Martin pitches to Alejandro Kirk P2

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P2

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P2

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P2

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P2

Kirk flied out to right. P2

End of the 2nd inning P2

Top of the 3rd inning P3

Shane Bieber pitches to Tristan Peters P3

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P3

Peters flied out to left. P3

Shane Bieber pitches to Chase Meidroth P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P3

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P3

Meidroth grounded out to shortstop. P3

Shane Bieber pitches to Sam Antonacci P3

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P3

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Looking P3

Antonacci struck out looking. P3

Middle of the 3rd inning P3

Bottom of the 3rd inning P3

Davis Martin pitches to Andres Gimenez P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P3

Pitch 5 : Ball 3 P3

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P3

Giménez flied out to shortstop. P3

Davis Martin pitches to Jonatan Clase P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P3

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Foul P3

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P3

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P3

Clase flied out to right. P3

Davis Martin pitches to Ernie Clement P3

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P3

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P3

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P3

Clement lined out to left. P3

End of the 3rd inning P3

Top of the 4th inning P4

Shane Bieber pitches to Munetaka Murakami P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P4

Murakami doubled to left. P4

Shane Bieber pitches to Miguel Vargas P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4

Vargas grounded out to shortstop. P4

Shane Bieber pitches to Colson Montgomery P4

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P4

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P4

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P4

Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P4

C. Montgomery walked. P4

Shane Bieber pitches to Andrew Benintendi P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P4

Benintendi fouled out to third. P4

Shane Bieber pitches to Kyle Teel P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P4

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P4

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P4

Teel struck out swinging. P4

Middle of the 4th inning P4

Bottom of the 4th inning P4

Davis Martin pitches to Nathan Lukes P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P4

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P4

Lukes grounded out to third. P4

Davis Martin pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P4

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4

Guerrero Jr. doubled to left. P4

Davis Martin pitches to George Springer P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P4

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P4

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P4

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P4

Springer singled to center, Guerrero Jr. scored. P4

Davis Martin pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P4

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P4

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P4

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P4

Okamoto struck out swinging. P4

Davis Martin pitches to Daulton Varsho P4

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P4

Varsho grounded out to first. P4

End of the 4th inning P4

Top of the 5th inning P5

Shane Bieber pitches to Braden Montgomery P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P5

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5

B. Montgomery doubled to left. P5

Shane Bieber pitches to Tristan Peters P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Swinging P5

Pitch 4 : Ball In Play P5

Peters grounded out to first, B. Montgomery to third. P5

Shane Bieber pitches to Chase Meidroth P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P5

Meidroth struck out swinging. P5

Shane Bieber pitches to Sam Antonacci P5

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P5

Antonacci grounded out to shortstop. P5

Middle of the 5th inning P5

Bottom of the 5th inning P5

Davis Martin pitches to Alejandro Kirk P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P5

Kirk grounded out to shortstop. P5

Davis Martin pitches to Andres Gimenez P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P5

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 4 : Ball 2 P5

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P5

Giménez singled to center. P5

Davis Martin pitches to Jonatan Clase P5

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P5

Giménez stole second. P5

Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P5

Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P5

Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P5

Clase walked. P5

Davis Martin pitches to Ernie Clement P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P5

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 3 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P5

Pitch 6 : Ball In Play P5

Clement popped out to shortstop. P5

Davis Martin pitches to Nathan Lukes P5

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P5

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P5

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P5

Lukes grounded out to first. P5

End of the 5th inning P5

Top of the 6th inning P6

Shane Bieber pitches to Munetaka Murakami P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P6

Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P6

Murakami walked. P6

Shane Bieber pitches to Miguel Vargas P6

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P6

Vargas grounded into double play, pitcher to second to first, Murakami out at second. P6

Shane Bieber pitches to Colson Montgomery P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P6

Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Looking P6

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P6

C. Montgomery struck out swinging. P6

Middle of the 6th inning P6

Bottom of the 6th inning P6

Davis Martin pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P6

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 4 : Ball 3 P6

Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P6

Guerrero Jr. walked. P6

Davis Martin pitches to George Springer P6

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P6

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P6

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P6

Springer struck out swinging. P6

Davis Martin pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P6

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P6

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P6

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Swinging P6

Okamoto struck out swinging. P6

Newcomb relieved Martin P6

Sean Newcomb pitches to Daulton Varsho P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6

Varsho doubled to right, Guerrero Jr. to third. P6

Sean Newcomb pitches to Alejandro Kirk P6

Pitch 1 : Automatic Ball - IBB 1 P6

Pitch 2 : Automatic Ball - IBB 2 P6

Pitch 3 : Automatic Ball - IBB 3 P6

Pitch 4 : Automatic Ball - IBB 4 P6

Kirk intentionally walked. P6

Sean Newcomb pitches to Andres Gimenez P6

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P6

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P6

Giménez grounded out to second. P6

End of the 6th inning P6

Top of the 7th inning P7

Hoffman relieved Bieber P7

Jeff Hoffman pitches to Andrew Benintendi P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 3 : Ball 3 P7

Pitch 4 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Pitch 5 : Ball 4 P7

Benintendi walked. P7

Jeff Hoffman pitches to Kyle Teel P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Looking P7

Pitch 4 : Strike 3 Looking P7

Teel struck out looking. P7

Jeff Hoffman pitches to Braden Montgomery P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P7

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P7

Pitch 3 : Strike 3 Swinging P7

B. Montgomery struck out swinging. P7

Jeff Hoffman pitches to Tristan Peters P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Swinging P7

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7

Peters grounded out to second. P7

Middle of the 7th inning P7

Bottom of the 7th inning P7

Straw hit for Clase P7

Sean Newcomb pitches to Myles Straw P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P7

Straw flied out to center. P7

Sean Newcomb pitches to Ernie Clement P7

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P7

Clement lined out to second. P7

Sean Newcomb pitches to Nathan Lukes P7

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P7

Pitch 2 : Ball 2 P7

Pitch 3 : Strike 1 Looking P7

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Looking P7

Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul P7

Pitch 6 : Strike 3 Swinging P7

Lukes struck out swinging. P7

End of the 7th inning P7

Top of the 8th inning P8

Straw in left field. P8

Rogers relieved Hoffman P8

Tyler Rogers pitches to Chase Meidroth P8

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P8

Meidroth reached on bunt single to third. P8

Acuña ran for Meidroth P8

Tyler Rogers pitches to Sam Antonacci P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8

Acuña caught stealing second, catcher to second. P8

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P8

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P8

Antonacci struck out swinging. P8

Tyler Rogers pitches to Munetaka Murakami P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Strike 2 Looking P8

Pitch 3 : Strike 2 Foul P8

Pitch 4 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 5 : Ball In Play P8

Murakami flied out to right. P8

Middle of the 8th inning P8

Bottom of the 8th inning P8

Antonacci at second base. P8

Peters in left field. P8

Acuña in center field. P8

Hicks relieved Newcomb P8

Jordan Hicks pitches to Vladimir Guerrero Jr. P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Looking P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P8

Guerrero Jr. flied out to right. P8

Jordan Hicks pitches to George Springer P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8

Pitch 2 : Ball In Play P8

Springer grounded out to second. P8

Jordan Hicks pitches to Kazuma Okamoto P8

Pitch 1 : Strike 1 Foul P8

Pitch 2 : Ball 1 P8

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P8

Okamoto popped out to catcher. P8

End of the 8th inning P8

Top of the 9th inning P9

Varland relieved Rogers P9

Louis Varland pitches to Miguel Vargas P9

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Foul P9

Pitch 3 : Ball In Play P9

Vargas grounded out to pitcher. P9

Louis Varland pitches to Colson Montgomery P9

Pitch 1 : Ball 1 P9

Pitch 2 : Strike 1 Swinging P9

Pitch 3 : Ball 2 P9

Pitch 4 : Strike 2 Swinging P9

Pitch 5 : Strike 3 Swinging P9

C. Montgomery struck out swinging. P9

Louis Varland pitches to Andrew Benintendi P9

Pitch 1 : Ball In Play P9

Benintendi flied out to right. P9