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Montgomery’s home run was his fifth of the season. He hit a solo shot off Christian Scott in the second inning. Montgomery got the day off Friday as he had been hitting .192 in his last 20 games. He returned with a big fly and a bases-loaded walk Saturday. Montgomery is hitting .235 with a .705 OPS and 32 RBI.

The switch-hitting 23-year-old outfielder has been struggling at the plate in recent weeks, hitting just .192/.306/.274 with one homer, 10 RBI and a 23/11 K/BB ratio over 85 plate appearances in his last 20 games, so perhaps giving him a day off to clear his head is a good idea. Tristan Peters will slide over and cover right field while Brenton Doyle draws a start in center and will bat sixth for the White Sox against Mets’ left-hander Sean Manaea.

The double came on a grounder down the first base line that deflected off Michael Busch’s glove. Montgomery is 8-for-25 with six RBI in his last six games, putting him at .238/.328/.374 overall.

Montgomery got the White Sox on the board first with a two-out RBI single off of Jackson Jobe in the top half of the first inning. He then delivered a two-run triple in the fourth that extended his club’s lead to 6-3. With his three-hit attack, the 23-year-old outfielder is now slashing .237/.329/.381 with four homers and 27 RBI in 222 plate appearances.

Montgomery’s solo homer in the second inning cut the Guardians’ lead to 2-1. It was the fourth homer of the season for Montgomery, whose last homer came on July 12th. He’s now hitting .236/.316/.701 on the season with four homers and 23 RBI.

Montgomery is back in right field and hitting eighth after being scratched from Sunday’s lineup with a skin infection on his right ankle. It doesn’t appear to be a concern moving forward.

The issue isn’t believed to be serious and shouldn’t require a trip to the injured list. Montgomery is considered day-to-day. Everson Pereira will start in his place in right field and bat eighth for the White Sox against Griffin Jax and the Rays on Sunday afternoon in Tampa Bay.

Montgomery delivered a run-scoring single off of Trey Yesavage in the sixth inning that increased the White Sox lead to 3-0. He also singled in the fourth inning but was left stranded there. With his two-hit attack, the 23-year-old rookie outfielder is now hitting .241/.305/.414 with three homers, 17 RBI and a 26/10 K/BB ratio through his first 128 plate appearances with the White Sox.

Montgomery scorched a three-run homer off J.T. Ginn to give the White Sox a 6-1 lead in the first. He later drove in a run on a single to left to extend the lead for the Pale hose to 7-1. Montgomery has gone deep three times since being called up, and he’s plated 12 runs over 29 games with a .696 OPS. Not elite numbers, to be sure, but Montgomery has shown the flashes of brilliance that made him such a high-ranking prospect entering the season.

Montgomery takes a seat against his former organization, receiving his first day off since June 19. The 23-year-old top prospect has delivered a couple memorable clutch hits for the upstart White Sox while slashing a respectable .233/.309/.395 with two homers and eight RBI in 97 plate appearances over 23 games since being called up last month. It’ll be Junior Perez getting a turn in right field on Tuesday night.