By Gordon “Goody” Tate

July 1, 2024

CLEVELAND, OH – The Cleveland Guardians seventh homestand of the season features matchups with the Chicago White Sox (July 2 – July 4) and the San Francisco Giants (July 5 – July 7).

All-Star Game Voting: You can now cast your All-Star Game votes daily for phase two of voting for All-Star Game starters at cleguardians.com/vote. The Guardians have two possible starters in the finals, with José Ramírez at 3B and Steven Kwan at OF. The second phase of voting runs through 12:00 p.m. on Wednesday, July 3.

50/50 Raffle: The Guardians 50/50 Raffle guarantees half of a rapidly growing jackpot to one lucky winner, currently sitting at $75,000. The ongoing raffle features fourteen early bird prizes and runs from Friday, June 14 through Sunday, July 7. The next big winner will be revealed Monday, July 8. Tickets can be purchased in the ballpark, online at cleguardians5050.com and through the MLB Ballpark app.

Upcoming Promotions

Don’t miss any of these upcoming promotional items/events during this homestand:

•  Wednesday, July 3: Hawaiian Shirt courtesy of Sugardale (item is only available to the first 15,000 fans at Progressive Field)
•  Friday, July 5: Ohio University Cap (item is only available to fans who have purchased a Special Ticket Package ticket)
•  Friday, July 5: Larry Doby Free Shirt Friday T-Shirt courtesy of Phantom Fireworks (item is only available to the first 10,000 fans at Progressive Field)
•  Saturday, July 6: Triston McKenzie Bobblehead courtesy of Car Parts Warehouse (item is only available to the first 15,000 fans at Progressive Field)

White Sox Series Focus & Promotions

Tuesday, July 2 vs. White Sox @ 6:40 p.m.

•  All gates open at 5:30 p.m.
•  Broadcast Information: Bally Sports Great Lakes + WTAM/WMMS/GRN/WARF
•  National Anthem: Russ Ives
•  Ceremonial First Pitch: STM, Guardians of the Community representative, Rose Pest representative and Stipe Miocic
•  Game Ball Delivery: STM
•  Guardians of the Community Presentation

Wednesday, July 3 vs. White Sox @ 6:40 p.m. (SOLD OUT)

•  All gates open at 4:30 p.m.
•  Broadcast Information: Bally Sports Great Lakes + WTAM/WMMS/GRN/WARF
•  Hawaiian Shirt courtesy of Sugardale (first 15,000 fans)
•  National Anthem: Lt. Col. Scott Allen
•  Ceremonial First Pitch: SFC Christopher Barnes, Sugardale representative, Wayside Furniture representative and OPBA representative
•  Color Guard: 3rd Battalion, 25th Marines
•  Game Ball Delivery: OPBA representative

Ballpark Events:

•  Sugardale Dollar Dog Night (while supplies last)
•  $2 Pregame in the District presented by Miller Lite (4:30 p.m. to 6:40 p.m.)
•  Phantom Fireworks Night presented by Wayside Furniture
•  DJ Kyro from 4:30 p.m. to 6:00 p.m. (RF District)

Thursday, July 4 vs. White Sox @ 1:10 p.m.

•  All gates open at 12:00 p.m.
•  Broadcast Information: Bally Sports Great Lakes + WTAM/GRN/WARF
•  National Anthem: MSgt Eric Rine
•  Ceremonial First Pitch: Maj. Jeff Fuchs, Tom Lombardo and Paul Davis representative
•  Color Guard: TBD

Giants Series Focus & Promotions

Friday, July 5 vs. Giants @ 7:10 p.m.

•  All gates open at 5:00 p.m.
•  Broadcast Information: Bally Sports Great Lakes/MLBN + WTAM/WMMS/GRN/WARF
•  Ohio University Cap Special Ticket Package
•  Larry Doby Free Shirt Friday T-Shirt courtesy of Phantom Fireworks (first 10,000 fans)
•  National Anthem: Mike Williams on Saxophone
•  Ceremonial First Pitch: Ariane Kirkpatrick, Twisters representative, Sampson Smiley (Free Shirt Friday T-Shirt artist) and Nestlé representative
•  Color Guard: U.S. Navy Honor Guard
•  Game Ball Delivery: Ethan Holmes

Ballpark Events:

•  Larry Doby Celebration presented by Nestlé
•  Phantom Fireworks Night presented by Twisters
•  Dixieland Band from 6:30 p.m. to 7:30 p.m. (Main Concourse)
•  Live painting by Sampson Smiley

Saturday, July 6 vs. Giants @ 4:10 p.m.

•  All gates open at 2:00 p.m.
•  Broadcast Information: Bally Sports Great Lakes + WTAM/WMMS/GRN/WARF
•  Triston McKenzie Bobblehead courtesy of Car Parts Warehouse (first 15,000 fans)
•  National Anthem: Matthew Pagani
•  Ceremonial First Pitch: Car Parts Warehouse representative, ArcelorMittal representative, Congressman Max Miller, Cody Allen and Mike Jackson (Cleveland Alumni)
•  Game Ball Delivery: ArcelorMittal representative
•  CPW Recognition Presentation

Ballpark Events:

•  $2 Pregame in the District presented by Miller Lite (2:00 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
•  DJ Kyro from 2:00 p.m. to 3:45 p.m. (RF District)

Sunday, July 7 vs. Giants @ 1:40 p.m.

•  All gates open at 12:30 p.m.
•  Broadcast Information: Bally Sports Great Lakes + WTAM/WMMS/GRN/WARF
•  National Anthem: Daniel Sovich (DiscoFox)
•  Ceremonial First Pitch: Kids Club representative, DDM representative, Cleveland-Cliffs representative and NASA representative
•  Game Ball Delivery: Cleveland-Cliffs representative
•  Kids Starting Lineup

Ballpark Events:

•  Kids Fun Day
•  Slider and The Dogs from 12:45 p.m. to 1:15 p.m. (Family Deck)
•  Cleveland Entertainers from 12:00 p.m. to 2:30 p.m. (Family Deck)
•  Jungle Terry from 12:00 p.m. to 2:00 p.m. (Family Deck)
•  DJ Ketchup for an hour following the National Anthem (Family Deck)
•  Kids Run the Bases presented by Cleveland Clinic Children’s

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