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Williams, Ramirez lead Guardians past White Sox in Game 5 to cap ALDS comeback

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Reedy, J. (2026, October 11). Williams, Ramirez lead Guardians past White Sox in Game 5 to cap ALDS comeback. CBC News. https://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/mlb/white-sox-guardians-game-5-alds-recap-9.7377388?cmp=rss

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Gavin Williams struck out 12 and José Ramirez hit a home run as the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 on Saturday night, completing an impressive comeback from being down 0-2 in their AL Division Series. The Guardians, who have not won a World Series since 1948, will now face the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Championship Series starting Monday. Williams and his team set several post-season records including most strikeouts by pitchers with 21 in a nine-inning game.
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On October 7, 2024, the Cleveland Guardians won Game 3 against the Chicago White Sox, scoring a decisive 9-3 victory and avoiding elimination in the AL Division Series. The game marked the first time since 1986 that two triples were hit by the same team in a postseason game. Leading contributors for the Guardians were Jo Adell and José Ramírez, who each hit key three-run triples to extend Cleveland’s lead. Despite strong performances from Adell and Ramírez, the White Sox missed their chance to reach the ALCS for the first time since 2005. The series now heads back to Chicago for a decisive Game 4 on October 9, with the Guardians looking to force a fifth game in what has become an intense playoff battle.

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“Article A discusses the possibility of a Game 5 between the White Sox and Guardians while Article B describes the actual outcome of that specific Game 5.”
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Joe Reedy
45 article(s) here · 1 carrying a prediction
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🔮 The biggest question is which pitcher will start Monday.
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🔮 “It looked like it may have snaked on him or just skipped by him, took his eye off of it,” Cleveland manager Stephen Vogt said.
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🔮 And until we do that, we will struggle,” coach Todd Monken said.
🔮 So I’m happy our guys will be able to recover and get their legs back under us and start getting ready for some colder weather, which we’re very familiar with and as the season gets going.
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Cleveland Guardians Tampa Bay White Sox World Series

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Narrative

Cleveland overcame 0-2 deficit in best-of-5-series, hasn't won World Series since 1948 Gavin Williams struck out 12, José Ramirez homered on a pitch just above home plate and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 Saturday night to complete a comeback from an 0-2 deficit in their best-of-five AL Division Series. Cleveland opens the AL Championship Series at Tampa Bay on Monday night, seeking its first World Series trip since 2016.
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🔮 Williams, Ramirez lead Guardians past White Sox in Game 5 to cap ALDS comeback

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Williams, Ramirez lead Guardians past White Sox in Game 5 to cap ALDS comeback asserted
Williams → lead → comeback
Cleveland overcame 0-2 deficit in best-of-5-series, hasn't won World Series since 1948 Gavin Williams struck out 12, José Ramirez homered on a pitch just above home plate and the Cleveland Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 Saturday night to complete a comeback from an 0-2 deficit in their best-of-five AL Division Series. Cleveland opens the AL Championship Series at Tampa Bay on Monday night, seeking its first World Series trip since 2016. asserted
Cleveland → overcome → 2016
The Guardians franchise hasn't won the title since 1948, the longest drought among MLB teams. asserted
franchise → win → teams
Guardians pitchers struck out 21, the most in a nine-inning post-season game. asserted
pitchers → strike → game
The White Sox got just three hits, put only nine balls in play and struck out 75 times over the series. asserted
Sox → get → series
Two days after saving Game 4, Williams became just the third pitcher in post-season history to get the last out of a game and start the following game when his team faced elimination in both. asserted
team → save → both
He didn't allow a hit until Kyle Teel looped a knuckle-curve into right field with two outs in the sixth, two innings after Ramirez homered for the second straight game, a two-run drive off Sean Burke. asserted
Ramirez → allow → Burke
After a walk loaded the bases, Erik Sabrowski of Edmonton relieved and struck out Munetaka Murakami on a foul tip, the pitcher letting out a yell. asserted
pitcher → load → yell
Williams's 12 strikeouts tied Cleveland's record for a post-season game. asserted
strikeouts → tie → game
He got 22 swings and misses, and his 24 strikeouts over three games tied for second-most in a best-of-five post-season series. asserted
strikeouts → get → series
Canada's Smith records 5-out save Hunter Gaddis followed Sabrowski and got four outs, and Cade Smith of Abbotsford, B.C., finished for his first career five-out save, striking out the side in the ninth. asserted
Smith → record → ninth
He blew a fastball by Tristan Peters of Winkler, Man., for the final out, setting off a celebration at Cleveland's Progressive Field. asserted
He → blow → Field
Chicago, the first team to reach the playoffs after three straight 100-loss seasons, has not won the World Series since 2004. asserted
Chicago → reach → 2004
Ramirez homered on a knuckle-curve 0.74 feet above ground, the lowest pitch hit for a post-season home run since tracking started in 2008, according to MLB Statcast, and the lowest hit by Ramirez in his 14-year big league career. uncertain
tracking → homer → career
Steven Kwan had singled leading off the fourth ahead of Ramirez's sixth post-season homer, which went just over the wall near the right-field line. asserted
which → single → line
Murakami and Andrew Benintendi struck out four times each, and Teel and Chase Meidroth three times apiece. asserted
Murakami → strike → ?
Up next Tampa Bay went 5-1 against the Guardians, including a three-game sweep at Tropicana Field in July. asserted
Bay → go → July
It will be the third post-season meeting of the teams following the Rays' win in the 2013 wild card game and the Guardians' sweep in the 2022 Wild Card Series. asserted
It → follow → Series
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