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Chi. White Sox 3, at Cleveland 0

Saturday, October 3, 2026 · Final · Championship Series Game 1 (CHW leads 1-0)

Championship Series Game 1 (CHW leads 1-0) 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R HE

Chicago White Sox

88-81 · L3 · #19 (1292 ELO +5)

0 0 0 2 0 0 1 0 0 3 60

Cleveland Guardians

90-80 · W1 · #10 (1325 ELO -5)

0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 30

Progressive Field · Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 34,287

Umpires: Cory Blaser [HP], Gabe Morales [1B], Todd Tichenor [2B], Jansen Visconti [3B], Vic Carapazza [LF], Tom Hanahan [RF]

White Sox Blank Guardians in Game 1 Behind Murakami, Taylor

CLEVELAND (Interstat) — The Chicago White Sox kept their postseason control intact Saturday afternoon, using a two-run home run from Munetaka Murakami and four scoreless innings of relief from Grant Taylor to beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 in Game 1 of the American League Division Series at Progressive Field. Chicago leads the series 1-0. The White Sox have not trailed at any point in their first three playoff games, a stretch of 27 innings, and they have led at the end of 24 of those innings. Cleveland, which had the home crowd of 34,287 behind it, managed only three hits.… Read more...

Top Statlines

Grant Taylor CHW 4.0ip 2h 0er 6k
Parker Messick CLE 4.1ip 4h 2er 2bb 6k
Hagen Smith CHW 2.2ip 0h 0er 3bb 4k

Forecasting

ELO Probability CLE 55.0%

Spread CLE -1.5

Money Line CLE -160/CHW +135

Over/Under 7.5 (Under)