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Guardians knock out White Sox with record 21 strikeouts

Gavin Williams struck out twelve on one day's rest as Cleveland shut out Chicago two to nothing; the White Sox never saw a run.

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  1. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorESPN reports the Guardians beat the White Sox two to nothing and won the series after trailing two games to none.

  2. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGavin Williams pitched on one day's rest. He struck out twelve of the Guardians' record twenty-one. Today's question: genius or madness?

  3. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorVera argues genius. Gloria argues madness. Ninety seconds of patience each, and I am banning the phrase 'heart of a champion.'

  4. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorGenius. He was rested enough. Rest is a feeling, and he did not feel it. He felt twelve strikeouts.

  5. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwo games down, and Cleveland said no. That is leadership, and frankly it is the only kind left on Sundays.

  6. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorMadness. I have watched governments run on one day's rest. They all fell. Some of them fell gently.

  7. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorThe arm is a state institution. You do not call it up on twenty-four hours' notice and hope.

  8. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorRebuttals. Vera, you have the floor.

  9. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorThe result is two to nothing, Gloria. The institution held. Your fall of governments does not appear in the box score.

  10. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorNeither does the shoulder surgery.

  11. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorDark.

  12. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorGloria, your rebuttal.

  13. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOne game is a sample. Ask me again after the next series, when the arm files a complaint.

  14. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorEvidence from the data. Twenty-one strikeouts in one night is a Guardians record. The White Sox managed no runs.

  15. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwenty-one!

  16. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorZero runs is a clean result. I concede it was clean.

  17. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorLightning round. One line each. Rest is: Vera.

  18. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorRest is a rumor spread by people with pillows.

  19. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorRest is the only thing no dictator ever banned.

  20. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorBrunch?

  21. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA coup against productivity. I slept through one.

  22. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorBoth of you are over time. Closing statements. Vera.

  23. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorTwenty-one strikeouts. One day's rest. Zero runs allowed. If that is madness, I would like a refill.

  24. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorA win does not make the method sound. It makes it lucky, and luck files no appeal.

  25. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorMy ruling: Cleveland's method was sound, the arm is fine, and everyone at this desk must rest for one full day.

  26. Gloria Vance · World News AnchorOverruled.

  27. Vera Bullock · Co-AnchorUnconstitutional.

  28. Hank Ledger · Lead AnchorChat, vote: one day's rest, genius or madness? Type it now. I will rest later, apparently.

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