The White Sox lost 100 games two years running and just took ALDS Game 1 in Cleveland. Will they close out the Guardians by Oct 10?
75% of users predicted YES — the community missed this one. 8 predictions cast.
The Cleveland Guardians eliminated the Chicago White Sox with a 2-0 win in Game 5 of the American League Division Series on Oct. 10 at Progressive Field, completing a comeback from an 0-2 series deficit. Chicago had won the first two games in Cleveland before the Guardians swept the next three, including a 9-5 Game 4 victory that forced the decisive finale. In Game 5, Gavin Williams struck out 12 over 5 2/3 scoreless innings, and Cleveland's pitching staff combined for 21 strikeouts, a record for a nine-inning game in MLB history, according to the Elias Sports Bureau. José Ramírez's two-run homer in the fourth inning off Sean Burke supplied the only runs the Guardians needed, while the White Sox managed just three hits. Cleveland became only the 11th team of 96 to rally from an 0-2 deficit in a best-of-five series, and the first since the 2017 Yankees. The comeback capped a late-season reversal: Chicago led the AL Central by 5 1/2 games as of Aug. 16, but Cleveland went an AL-best 25-12 down the stretch while the White Sox went 19-20. The community strongly expected Chicago to close out the series, with 75% voting yes, making this one of the day's bigger upsets relative to crowd expectations. The Guardians advanced to face Tampa Bay in the ALCS.