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In Game 5 of the American League Division Series on Saturday night, the Cleveland Guardians completed a comeback from being down 2-0 in the series by defeating the Chicago White Sox 2-0. The Guardians set a postseason record with 21 strikeouts, and Jose Ramirez's crucial home run provided all the scoring needed for victory. With this win, the Guardians advance to face the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Championship Series starting Monday in Florida.
Written locally by qwen2.5:14b on 2026-10-11,
using this article's own text rather than the other coverage of the
same event (that is the story summary below).
Story summary
Guardians pitchers combined for a nine-inning postseason record of 21 strikeouts in Game 5 of their American League Division Series (ALDS) against the Chicago White Sox on Saturday night, winning the game 2-0. Gavin Williams started for Cleveland and struck out 12 batters, while José Ramírez provided the only runs needed with a go-ahead home run in the fourth inning. The Guardians completed an improbable comeback from being down 2-0 to advance to the AL Championship Series against Tampa Bay on Monday night. This was the first time since 2017 that a team came back from a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-five series, and only the second instance of such a feat since 1900. The White Sox were held to just three hits and finished with a batting average of .185 over the five-game series. Despite their struggles at the plate, Chicago still managed a .235 average from Ramírez who improved his performance in the final games after starting 0-for-6 in the series. With this victory, Cleveland aims to secure its first World Series appearance since 2016 and end the longest drought among MLB teams without a title (since 1948). The Guardians will face the Tampa Bay Rays for a chance at reaching the World Series.
Written for “Guardians vs White Sox ALDS Game 5” on 2026-10-11,
grounded in this article and the 7 other(s) covering the same event.
No air conditioning is needed in Cleveland on Saturday night, because they are feeling the breeze of the Chicago White Sox bats.
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Guardians pitchers combined to strike out a nine-inning postseason record 21 White Sox batters, as they completed the comeback from down 2-0 in the American League Division Series to win Game 5, 2-0.
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Gavin Williams got the start for Cleveland and dominated from the jump - of the 21 batters he faced, 12 of them went down on strikes.
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He tossed 5.2 scoreless innings, allowing just one hit, two walks, and a hit batsman.
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Williams was shoving all night, but Jose Ramirez gave him quite a nice cushion, golfing a two-run home run in the fourth inning.
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That was all the Guardians needed, as Williams got five more outs, and the bullpen took care of the rest.
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Erik Sabrowski, Evan Gaddis, and Cade Smith combined to get the final 10 outs, striking out nine in the process (Sabrowski struck out the lone batter he faced, and Gaddis and Smith each punched out eight batters).
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His .235 average, .320 on-base percentage, and .368 slugging percentage were all his lowest marks since 2015 when he was spending some of his time in Triple-A. He started out 0-for-6 in the series but went 5-for-12 in the final three, with two homers, a triple, and a double.
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The White Sox have been prone to the strikeout all season long, having the fifth-highest strikeout rate in the league, but this was another level.
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In the regular season, they struck out 24.1% of the time, but that number bumped up to 63.6% on Saturday.
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Cleveland lost the first two games of the series on their own home field, giving the White Sox a chance to clinch a series at home for the first time since 1906.
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But alas, they will now be headed home after Cleveland won three-consecutive elimination games.
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The Guardians will face the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Championship Series, their second trip to the round in the last three seasons.
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The ALCS begin Monday in Florida, and the winner of that will face either the Los Angeles Dodgers, who are trying to threepeat, or the Milwaukee Brewers, whose small-market operation will try to dethrone the champs.
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