Mike Tauchman drove in Colson Montgomery with an infield single in the 11th inning, and the Chicago White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 5-4 to salvage a doubleheader split.

Amazingly, the White Sox struck back once more, but only to tie. With Kyle Teel (walk) on third and Colson Montgomery (single) on first, Josh Rojas lifted a deep fly to left with one out that tallied Teel. But nothing more could come of the rally.

Nolan Jones opened the inning with a single to left. Kyle Manzardo reached on a bunt single to move Jones to second. Martinez doubled past first for the lead and it looked like the Guardians were in a great spot to extend the lead with Manzardo at third, Martinez at second and one out. But appearances can be deceiving.

Buehrle, 46, played for Chicago for the first 12 of his 16 seasons in the majors. Known for working quickly with pinpoint control, he went 161-119 with a 3.83 ERA in 390 appearances with the White Sox, including 365 starts. He had his number retired by the team in 2017.

Twenty years on from a championship, details get blurred as stories only get better. But it’s right on the money to say the Sox never would’ve won it all had they not remade their roster in a tone-shifting manner.

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Its Friday, July 11 and after an afternoon tilt, the Guardians (43-48) and the White Sox (31-62) will take the field for Game 2 of this series. Gavin Williams is slated to take the mound for Cleveland against Jonathan Cannon for Chicago.

Buehrle was the tarp-sliding, beer-drinking, between-the-legs-flipping life of the party during his dozen years with the Sox. Now he's immortalized on the Rate Field concourse forever.

There are countless things Mark Buehrle would rather do than speak in front of a large crowd. He didn’t list off those preferences Friday, after his statue was unveiled on the right-field concourse at Rate Field.

The 25-year-old Danvers native and Governor’s Academy product is 3-7 with a 4.26 ERA in 18 starts and 86⅔ innings after he was selected in December’s Rule 5 draft.

Former White Sox lefty Mark Buehrle was forever immortalized inside Rate Field as the team unveiled a statue in his honor on Friday.

In this week’s “Polling Place,” your home for Sun-Times sports polls on the social platform X, we asked if you’d take a Cubs wild-card berth right now or if you’re holding out for a division title. “Settle for a wild-card spot? Heck, yes, like a drowning man ‘settling’ for some oxygen,” @RonaldVoigt4 commented.