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Chi. White Sox 4, at Cleveland 3

Monday, October 5, 2026 · Final · Championship Series Game 2 (CHW leads 2-0)

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Chicago White Sox

88-81 · L3 · #19 (1292 ELO +3)

0 0 0 1 0 3 0 0 0 4 61

Cleveland Guardians

90-80 · W1 · #10 (1325 ELO -3)

2 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 0 3 41

Progressive Field · Cleveland, OH

Attendance: 32,050

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

White Sox hold off Guardians to take playoff series lead

CLEVELAND (Interstat) — Sean Burke allowed one hit over 5 1/3 innings and the Chicago White Sox scored three times in the sixth inning to beat the Cleveland Guardians 4-3 on Monday at Progressive Field, taking a 1-0 lead in the playoff series. Chicago improved to 88-78, while Cleveland fell to 85-79. The game took 3 hours, 6 minutes and was played before 32,050. It was Game 2 of the playoff series. Chicago won with six hits, while Cleveland finished with four. Burke, now 12-7, walked one and struck out six. Erik Sabrowski took the loss and dropped to 5-3.… Read more...

Top Statlines

Sean Burke CHW 5.1ip 1h 1er 1bb 6k
Gavin Williams CLE 5.0ip 4h 2er 3bb 11k
Shawn Armstrong CLE 1.1ip 0h 0er 1k

Forecasting

ELO Probability CLE 53.6%

Spread CLE -1.5

Projected Score CHW 10 CLE 8

Money Line CLE -150/CHW +130

Over/Under 6.5 (Over)