In Thursday night’s AL Division Series game, the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Chicago White Sox 9-5 in Chicago, forcing a decisive Game 5 of their series. José Ramírez led the Guardians with three RBIs, including a home run, while pinch-hitter Patrick Bailey also contributed with a homer. The win came after the Guardians overcame an initial 2-0 deficit in the best-of-five series, mirroring the rare feat accomplished by the New York Yankees against Cleveland in 2017. Game 5 will be played in Cleveland on Saturday night.
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Story summary
On Thursday night, the Cleveland Guardians defeated the Chicago White Sox 9-5 in Game 4 of their American League Division Series (ALDS), forcing a decisive Game 5. The White Sox had an opportunity to advance to the AL Championship Series for the first time since 2005 but fell short. Chicago started strong, leading early with a sacrifice fly by Sam Antonacci, but Cleveland responded immediately with home runs from Patrick Bailey and José Ramírez in the fifth inning. Despite tying the game later that inning, the White Sox couldn't maintain their lead as the Guardians rallied to win 9-5, thanks largely to a six-run sixth inning. The series now heads back to Cleveland for Game 5 on Saturday night.
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José Ramírez 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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Guardians → homer → Game
Pinch-hitter Patrick Bailey also went deep as the Guardians won for the second consecutive day after beginning their postseason with two straight losses at home.
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Guardians → go → home
Jo Adell hit a two-run single to cap a six-run sixth inning for the AL Central champions.
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Adell → hit → champions
Cleveland is looking to become the first major league team to come back from a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-five playoff series since the 2017 New York Yankees accomplished the feat against, well, Cleveland.
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Yankees → look → Cleveland
Teams with a 2-0 lead in a best-of-five postseason series have gone on to win 83 of 93 times.
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Teams → go → times
Chicago’s bullpen — one of its biggest strengths in a surprising season — is suddenly looking very tired.
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bullpen → look → season
Grant Taylor was hit hard after pitching 5 1/3 scoreless innings over the first two games of the series, allowing four runs and four hits without retiring any of the six batters he faced during Cleveland’s rally in the sixth.
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he → hit → sixth
Miguel Vargas homered late for the White Sox, who flopped in their second straight bid to clinch a postseason series at home for the first time since the 1906 World Series against the Chicago Cubs.
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who → homer → Cubs
Sam Antonacci drove in two runs.
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Antonacci → drive → runs
Game 2 starter Gavin Williams got the last three outs for Cleveland after Vargas began the ninth with his first postseason homer.
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Vargas → get → homer
It was the first career relief appearance for Williams, who could start Game 5 for the Guardians.
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who → start → Guardians
Cleveland trailed 2-0 before rallying in the fifth.
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Cleveland → trail → fifth
Bailey led off with a pinch-hit homer, and Steven Kwan chased Erick Fedde with a one-out single.
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Kwan → lead → single
Jordan Hicks came in and Ramírez drove a 99.9 mph fastball deep to right-center for just his second homer since Sept. 1, a span of 26 games.
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Ramírez → come → games
The seven-time All-Star had surgery after he broke a bone in his left hand on a swing June 13.
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he → have → swing
He also starred in Game 3, finishing with two hits and two RBIs in Cleveland’s 9-3 victory.
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He → star → victory
Chicago responded with two runs in the bottom half, sending a charge through the crowd of 39,920.
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Chicago → respond → 39,920
Antonacci was hit by a pitch from Tim Herrin with the bases loaded, and Brenton Doyle made it 4-3 with a sacrifice fly.
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Doyle → hit → fly
The White Sox had the bases loaded with two down, but rookie Braden Montgomery struck out swinging against Erik Sabrowski.
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Montgomery → have → Sabrowski
Antonacci has been plunked 33 times this year, including a franchise-record 29 in the regular season.
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Antonacci → plunk → season
The rookie became the first player in postseason history to be hit by a pitch with the bases loaded multiple times in a career, after he was also plunked in the same situation in Game 3.
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he → become → Game
Anthony Kay started the sixth for Chicago, but the left-hander was replaced by Taylor after Travis Bazzana’s RBI double tied it at 4.
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double → start → 4
Bailey greeted Taylor with a run-scoring single, and Cleveland started to pull away.
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Cleveland → greet → single
Walks by Brayan Rocchio and Kwan loaded the bases for Ramírez, who made it 6-4 with an infield single.
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it → load → single
Chase DeLauter added another run-scoring single before Adell capped the outburst with a liner to right that drove in Kwan and Ramírez.
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that → add → Kwan
Adell hit a three-run triple during Cleveland’s Game 3 victory.
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Adell → hit → victory
He has four hits, three walks and six RBIs in the series.
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He → have → series
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