CHICAGO -- When Guardians manager Stephen Vogt was asked Friday about the turnaround his ballclub has made over the past month, his first observation was, “It's been fun to watch them.”

And that’s probably underselling it.

The Guardians, whose season outlook began to look bleak in early July, have been one of the hottest teams in the Majors over the past four weeks, and their red-hot roll continued on Friday.

The Guardians rode a five-run first inning to beat the White Sox, 9-5 , in the opener of a three-game series at Rate Field. Cleveland improved to 60-55 with the win, marking the first time it has been five games over .500 since the morning of June 8, when it was 33-28.

The Guardians have won eight of their past nine games and are 20-7 over their past 27 games. That run has direc

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