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Toronto Star
· collected 2026-10-03 · by Joe Reedy The Associated Press
In the first game of their American League Division Series, the Chicago White Sox defeated the Cleveland Guardians by a score of 3-0. Munetaka Murakami hit a two-run homer, and the White Sox pitching staff combined for a three-hitter with 12 strikeouts. The win advances Chicago to Game 2 on Monday in Cleveland after winning nine out of their last eleven games including sweeping Houston in the wild card round.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-03,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
The Houston Astros and the Chicago White Sox, two unlikely playoff teams with remarkable turnaround stories, faced off in a best-of-three AL Wild Card Series starting on Tuesday in Houston. The Astros clinched their division title despite ending the regular season at exactly .500 (81-81), marking them as baseball’s first such division winner. In contrast, the White Sox overcame losing 100 games each of the last three seasons to secure a playoff spot.
In Game 1 on Tuesday, the White Sox took an early lead with four runs in the first inning and won 6-3 despite the Astros employing a bullpen game strategy led by AJ Blumbaugh. The announced attendance was sparse at 34,011, leading to fan frustration among the players who heard boos throughout the game.
The White Sox continued their strong performance on Wednesday, sweeping the series with a 7-3 victory in Game 2. This marked Chicago's first playoff series win since 2005 and advanced them to face the AL Central champion Cleveland Guardians in the Division Series starting Saturday in Cleveland.
Despite Houston’s playoff woes at home—dropping their ninth straight home playoff game—they expressed disappointment over fan support, with players like Bennett Sousa feeling that they needed more encouragement from their audience. Manager Will Venable of the White Sox praised his team for maintaining belief and achieving a historic turnaround to clinch this victory.
Written for “White Sox Playoff Run” on 2026-10-05,
grounded in this article and the 16 other(s) covering the same event.
CLEVELAND (AP) — Munetaka Murakami hit a two-run homer, five Chicago pitchers combined for a three-hitter and the White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 in Game 1 of their AL Division Series on Saturday.
asserted
Sox → hit → Saturday
Colson Montgomery added an RBI double for the White Sox, who have won nine of their last 11 games dating back to the regular season.
asserted
who → add → season
Chicago advanced to the division series after sweeping Houston in the wild card series.
asserted
Chicago → advance → series
Cleveland — which won its third straight AL Central title by one game over the White Sox — had the bases loaded with two outs the third and fourth innings, but couldn’t get any runs across.
asserted
bases → win → runs
The White Sox went with a bullpen game for the second time in three postseason contests.
asserted
Sox → go → contests
It worked again as the pitchers combined for 12 strikeouts.
asserted
pitchers → work → strikeouts
Bryan Hudson (1-0) got the win and Grant Taylor got the save, going four innings and striking out six while allowing two hits.
asserted
Taylor → get → hits
Starter Hagen Smith retired the first eight Cleveland hitters before walking Brayan Rocchio, Steven Kwan and José Ramírez to load the bases with two outs in the third.
asserted
Smith → retire → third
Bryan Hudson came in and got Chase DeLauter to line out to left.
asserted
DeLauter → come → left
The Guardians didn’t get their first hit until Travis Bazzana’s line-drive double down the right-field line with two outs in the fourth.
asserted
Guardians → get → fourth
Austin Hedges drew a walk to load the bases again before Rocchio lined out to right.
asserted
Rocchio → draw → right
After Miguel Vargas lined a base hit to left to lead off the fourth, Murakami drove a first-pitch elevated sinker 440 feet into the right-field stands for his first postseason home run.
asserted
Murakami → line → run
Montgomery extended the advantage to 3-0 in the seventh with a double down the left-field line to drive in Kyle Teel.
asserted
Montgomery → extend → Teel
Cleveland starter Parker Messick (0-1) allowed two runs on four hits in 4 1/3 innings.
asserted
Messick → allow → innings
The rookie left-hander struck out six and walked two.
asserted
hander → strike → two
The series shifts to Chicago for Game 3 on Wednesday.
asserted
series → shift → Wednesday
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