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.

“We’re playing the baseball we’re capable of over the last month, whatever it is,” Vogt said pregame. “I just think it’s a testament to the work that our guys put in, the work that our coaching staff puts in. We try to be as consistent as possible every single day.”

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. They rode a five-run first inning to beat the White Sox, 9-5, in the opener of a three-game series at Rate Field.

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