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· collected 2026-10-08 · by Jay Cohen The Associated Press
CHICAGO (AP) — Jo Adell and José Ramírez powered Cleveland with a pair of two-out triples, and the Guardians avoided an AL Division Series sweep by cooling off the Chicago White Sox with a 9-3 victory in Game 3 on Wednesday.
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Guardians → power → Wednesday
Adell’s three-run triple gave Cleveland a 4-1 lead in the third inning.
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triple → give → inning
Ramírez’s three-bagger drove in Travis Bazzana and Patrick Bailey for a 7-3 advantage in the eighth.
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bagger → drive → eighth
“We continued to pile on,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said.
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Vogt → continue → ?
“I think that’s been the difference of the first couple games to today was Game 2, we were able to get a couple runs but weren’t able to add on.
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we → think → runs
The Guardians hit two triples in a postseason game for the first time in franchise history.
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Guardians → hit → history
They became the first major league team to accomplish the feat since the Los Angeles Dodgers in Game 1 of the 2024 World Series against the New York Yankees.
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They → become → Yankees
Adell, Ramírez, Bailey and Brayan Rocchio each had two of the team’s 11 hits — a complete turnaround for the AL Central champions after they managed just three runs and seven hits in the first two games of the series combined.
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they → have → series
Game 4 is Thursday in Chicago, with the White Sox leading 2-1 in the best-of-five matchup.
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Sox → lead → matchup
Once again, they’ll try to clinch a postseason series at home for the first time since the 1906 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.
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they → try → Cubs
“Today has nothing to do with tomorrow.
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Today → have → tomorrow
Nothing,” White Sox catcher Kyle Teel said.
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Teel → say → ?
“We come ready to go like we always do tomorrow.”
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we → come → ?
Chicago won its first four games in a surprising postseason appearance after going 60-102 last year.
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Chicago → win → appearance
It was backed by a frenzied crowd of 40,590 for the franchise’s first home playoff game since 2021, but there wasn’t much for the fans to cheer in the final innings.
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fans → back → innings
The White Sox struck out 19 times and went 2 for 11 with runners in position.
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Sox → strike → position
Their bullpen faltered after coming up big during their fast postseason start.
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bullpen → falter → start
“I think there was some stuff we could have played better, but they played good, too,” left-hander Hagen Smith said.
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Smith → think → ?
“It’s a good team, and we’ll come back tomorrow and fight.”
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we → ’ → ?
Chicago jumped in front on Teel’s RBI double off Daniel Espino with one out in the first.
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Chicago → jump → first
But then Espino fanned Chase Meidroth before Foster Griffin struck out Tristan Peters looking, stranding runners on second and third.
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Griffin → fan → second
Griffin set a franchise record for a reliever with seven strikeouts in 2 2/3 innings.
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Griffin → set → innings
The left-hander allowed one run and two hits in his first appearance since Sept. 23.
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hander → allow → Sept.
“Once we got the momentum going on our side, it was tough to stop it,” said Griffin, who came over in a trade with Washington in August.
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who → get → August
Cleveland rallied in the third against Bryan Hudson, who entered after Sean Newcomb pitched two scoreless innings.
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Newcomb → rally → innings
Bazzana walked and scored on Steven Kwan’s one-out single to left.
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Bazzana → walk → left
Facing Smith with two down and the bases loaded, Adell grounded a high fastball down the first-base line for a 4-1 lead.
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Adell → face → lead
Adell, acquired in an August trade with the Los Angeles Angels, also hit an RBI triple during Cleveland’s 4-3 loss in Game 2.
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Adell → acquire → 2
He hit one triple during the regular season in each of the last two years.
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He → hit → years
“It was huge,” Adell said.
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Adell → say → ?
“Really just proud of how I kind of cleaned that at-bat up.”
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I → clean → bat
Playing in his 48th postseason game — all with Cleveland — Ramírez manufactured an insurance run for the Guardians in the fifth.
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Ramírez → play → fifth
He doubled, stole third and scored on Chase DeLauter’s grounder to second, beating Teel’s tag with a headfirst slide.
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He → double → slide
Ramírez’s savvy baserunning gave the Guardians a 5-2 lead.
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baserunning → give → lead
The seven-time All-Star went 0 for 6 with two walks in the first two games of the series.
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Star → go → series
The 34-year-old Ramírez also made a diving stop on Miguel Vargas’ bases-loaded smash in the sixth, preserving Cleveland’s 5-3 advantage.
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Ramírez → make → advantage
“I felt it was a significant shift in momentum in the game when we were able to make that play,” Ramírez said through a translator.
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Ramírez → feel → translator
“I felt like this is going to be our game.”
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this → feel → ?
Up next
Parker Messick starts for Cleveland in Game 4.
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Messick → start → Game
Messick permitted two runs and four hits over 4 1/3 innings in the series opener.
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Messick → permit → opener
…and 3 more, not listed.
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