Major League Baseball

FINAL Thursday, October 8, 2026
Cleveland Guardians 9
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Chicago White Sox 5
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Match Report

Jose Ramirez homers as the Guardians beat the White Sox 9-5 to force a decisive Game 5 in ALDS

- Jos Ramirez homered and drove in three runs, and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 9-5 on Thursday night to send their AL Division Series to a winner-take-all Game 5.

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Top Performers

CLE

  • Steven Kwan · ·
  • Jose Ramirez · ·
  • Chase DeLauter · ·
  • Jo Adell · ·

CHW

  • Chase Meidroth · ·
  • Randal Grichuk · ·
  • Tristan Peters · ·
  • Miguel Vargas · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning End of the 9th inning
  2. · 9th Inning
  3. · 9th Inning B. Montgomery lined out to left.
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 1 : Ball In Play
  5. · 9th Inning Gavin Williams pitches to Braden Montgomery
  6. · 9th Inning
  7. · 9th Inning Teel grounded into fielder's choice to shortstop, Antonacci out at second, Murakami to third.
  8. · 9th Inning Pitch 8 : Ball In Play

Head to Head

CLE wins series 4-1

Injuries

Chicago White Sox

  • Luis Castillo 15-Day-IL
  • Prelander Berroa 60-Day-IL
  • Ky Bush 60-Day-IL
  • Joey Bart 10-Day-IL
  • Tanner Murray 60-Day-IL

Cleveland Guardians

  • Kahlil Watson Out
  • Colin Holderman 15-Day-IL
  • Andrew Walters Out

Lineups

CHW

  1. 10Chase Meidroth2B
  2. 34Randal GrichukLF
  3. 20Miguel Vargas3B
  4. 5Munetaka Murakami1B
  5. 21Tommy PhamDH
  6. 7Brenton DoyleCF
  7. 8Kyle TeelC
  8. 24Braden MontgomeryRF
  9. 12Colson MontgomerySS

CLE

  1. 38Steven KwanLF
  2. 11Jose Ramirez3B
  3. 24Chase DeLauterRF
  4. 7Jo AdellDH
  5. 46Nathaniel Lowe1B
  6. 1Angel MartinezLF
  7. 37Travis Bazzana2B
  8. 27Austin HedgesC
  9. 4Brayan RocchioSS

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