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SB Nation team blog- Requiem of a team: White Sox fizzle in five, 2-0
The requiem for the 2026 White Sox season many of us expected to write as long as six months ago finally did arrive. That it came in October marks this an outstanding season, no matter how flat the finale flopped.
Read at South Side Sox → - Game Thread: White Sox at Guardians, ALDS Game 5
After a detestable start to the season, logic-defying climb to .500, command of the AL Central after the All-Star Break, September swoon, desperate attempt to claw back to first place, dominant start to the playoffs and utter collapse in front of a rabid and hungry home crowd…
Read at South Side Sox → - Flashback: Must-win White Sox games
The White Sox have played only one max-series playoff game ever: The 6-4 loss to Oakland in Game 3 of the Wild Card Series in 2020. But there are at least three other do-or-die regular season games as well, all having a direct impact on the postseason.
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- Guardians even ALDS with White Sox, 2-2, thanks to six-run sixth
With a second opportunity to seal the series at home, the White Sox (84-78) laid an egg against the Guardians (85-77), who tied the series with a 9-5 victory. The only ongoing Division Series is tied at two, and the only remaining game will happen in Cleveland.
Read at South Side Sox → - Game Thread: Guardians at White Sox, ALDS Game 4
The White Sox (84-78) lost Game 3 by a score of 9-3, but they hold a 2-1 series lead over the Guardians (85-77) in the ALDS. Once again, as we approach this game, the South Siders are one victory away from advancing to the ALCS.
Read at South Side Sox → - White Sox run prevention falters in 9-3 loss to Cleveland
Sooner or later, one of these kinds of games was bound to happen. Things had been going very smoothly for the White Sox (84-78), who had only allowed nine runs in four games this postseason.
Read at South Side Sox → - Game Thread: Guardians at White Sox, ALDS Game 3
After an exciting 4-3 victory, the White Sox (84-78) incredibly hold a 2-0 series lead over the Guardians (85-77) in the ALDS. The South Siders are one victory away from advancing to the ALCS, where they have not been since 2005.
Read at South Side Sox → - “This is our cup of coffee in the big leagues”
The Empty Pockets love music. That might seem redundant to say about a band, but many musicians are joyless about their art.
Read at South Side Sox → - 2026 Chicago White Sox Posteason Advisory
For the first time in five years, we are publishing a postseason advisory released by the White Sox. (Yes, it has been five years.) This is your postseason game day guide, not only for the ALDS but the balance of the postseason.
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Yardbarker
White Sox feed- Guardians expose White Sox's biggest flaw en route to ALCS
The Cleveland Guardians are on their way to the ALCS after beating the Chicago White Sox, 2-0, in Game 5 of their ALDS series on Saturday night, completing the series comeback.
Read at Yardbarker → - White Sox’s 2026 ALDS loss exposed one key area for improvement
The Chicago White Sox’s magical 2026 season has officially come to an end after a 2-0 loss to the Cleveland Guardians in Game 5 of the ALDS. Following a 2-0 sweep of the Houston Astros in the ALWCS, Will Venable’s squad appeared poised to reach the ALCS after winning the first…
Read at Yardbarker → - Sean Burke Starts Winner-Take-All ALDS Game 5 for White Sox
The White Sox are handing the ball to Sean Burke in Game 5 of the ALDS against the Guardians on Saturday night in Cleveland. Manager Will Venable confirmed the assignment Friday, making Burke the first traditional starter Chicago has used since he started Wild Card Game 2 in…
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- Chicago White Sox Ready To Clutch The Cleveland Guardians In Game 5
The Chicago White Sox entered the 2026 postseason with high hopes, stellar talent, and enough momentum to make a deep playoff run. After a roller-coaster ALDS series, the South Siders now teeter on the edge of elimination.
Read at Yardbarker → - Guardians manager Stephen Vogt details pitching plan for do-or-die Game 5
Guardians manager Stephen Vogt faced plenty of criticism for how he handled his pitching staff in Thursday's win.
Read at Yardbarker → - What White Sox's Sean Burke needs to do against Guardians in Game 5
Sean Burke will take the mound for the Chicago White Sox against Gavin Williams and the Cleveland Guardians in a win-or-go-home Game 5 of the ALDS on Saturday. While the White Sox took a commanding 2-0 lead against the Guardians in the series, Cleveland has gained momentum by…
Read at Yardbarker → - How Guardians' Gavin Williams has pitched against White Sox in 2026
After dominating the Chicago White Sox in Game 2, Gavin Williams is starting the decisive American League Division Series Game 5 for the Cleveland Guardians on Saturday.
Read at Yardbarker → - How White Sox starter Sean Burke has pitched against Guardians in 2026
The Chicago White Sox will start ace Sean Burke on Saturday against the Cleveland Guardians in a decisive Game 5 of the American League Division Series.
Read at Yardbarker → - Taxed pitching staffs will decide Game 5 between Guardians, White Sox
CLEVELAND -- The American League Division Series has provided a roller coaster of emotions for the Cleveland Guardians and Chicago White Sox. Road teams have won the first four contests, setting up a winner-take-all Game 5 on Saturday night.
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MLB.com White Sox
Official team news- Watch top prospects in Arizona Fall League action
- White Sox magical season ends in Game 5 of ALDS: 'This team will be back'
- One pitch -- and a good one -- was the difference for Burke, White Sox season
- Latest White Sox injuries & transactions
- Vargas goes from almost leaving baseball to 'steady presence' for White Sox
- Bo Jackson of the Ivy League? How Venable rebounded from hoops to baseball
- White Sox come up short at home as ALDS shifts to decisive Game 5
- White Sox first home playoff clincher in 120 years on hold as ALDS heads to Game 4
- Here are each organization's Prospects of the Year
- Blackout, tailgates, Pope Hats -- Chicago caught up in White Sox playoff fever
Chicago Sun-Times White Sox
Local beat coverage- White Sox playoff run ends in a 'bummer,' but South Side fans cherish unexpected ride
<p>A rainy night in Cleveland during a winner-take-all Major League Baseball playoff game couldn’t save Chicago a second time.</p><p>Droves of fans filled Ravona Theatre to watch the White Sox fall 2-0 to the Cleveland Guardians in Game 5 of the American League Division…
Read at Chicago Sun-Times White Sox → - White Sox' season ends with 2-0 loss to Guardians in decisive Game 5 of ALDS
<p>CLEVELAND — The unmistakable end-of-season sound of large men exchanging daps and bro hugs filled the visitors’ clubhouse late Saturday at Progressive Field.</p><p>‘‘This is my favorite team I’ve ever played on,’’ starting pitcher Sean Burke said after the Sox were eliminated…
Read at Chicago Sun-Times White Sox → - Sean Burke gives White Sox what they've been missing — and need more of
<p>CLEVELAND — The White Sox needed a regular baseball game Saturday night. They needed a starting pitcher to do what a starting pitcher is supposed to do: stay in the game longer than a few innings.
Read at Chicago Sun-Times White Sox → - MLB to hold moment of silence for Cleveland great Sam McDowell before Game 5
<p>CLEVELAND — MLB will hold a moment of silence for Sam McDowell, a six-time All-Star pitcher for Cleveland in the 1960s and early 70s, before Game 5 of the White Sox-Guardians series Saturday night.</p><p>McDowell, who died Monday at 84, became a counselor for athletes who…
Read at Chicago Sun-Times White Sox → - White Sox set lineups for do-or-die Game 5 against Guardians
<p>CLEVELAND – The climactic battle for American League Central supremacy is at hand. The White Sox will battle the Guardians on Saturday night in a decisive Game 5 of the ALDS with their staff ace on the mound, Sean Burke.</p><p>Burke is fully rested and has dominated Guardians…
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- Brothers navigate White Sox emotional roller coaster. A game at Rate Field 'makes us feel connected'
<p>Daniel Zoric and his younger brother, Charlie, were bound by their White Sox fandom before they shared the same air.</p><p>Daniel, 24, has been a fan for as long as he walked this earth. But 20-year-old Charlie's fandom began before he was born.
Read at Chicago Sun-Times White Sox → - Where have all the White Sox' home runs gone?
<p>CLEVELAND — In August 2022, then-White Sox general manager Rick Hahn was discussing the team’s lack of power when he summed up the effect the long ball can have.</p><p>“Ball goes far, team goes far,” he said.</p><p>The ball did not go far for the Sox that season. They…
Read at Chicago Sun-Times White Sox → - White Sox disappointed, but not dismayed as they head back to Cleveland for do-or-die Game 5
<p>In the hushed environs of a post-playoff loss clubhouse, as White Sox players are asked how they can possibly get themselves ready to win a do-or-die Game 5 in Cleveland after a pair of devastating home defeats, there are reminders that this is a game played largely by…
Read at Chicago Sun-Times White Sox → - White Sox right-hander Sean Burke tabbed to start do-or-die ALDS Game 5
<p>When working behind an opener for Game 2 of the American League Division Series, White Sox right-hander <b>Sean Burke</b> said “I dream of the World Series more than I dream of a playoff start.”</p><p>But as the Sox return to Cleveland for a win-or-go-home Game 5, Burke is…
Read at Chicago Sun-Times White Sox → - White Sox have overachieved to contend this early, but taking next step will require more pitching depth
<p>Even without being able to poll the front office representatives from all 30 MLB teams that weigh in on the award, <a class="Link" href="https://chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox" >White Sox</a> general manager Chris Getz is getting some Executive of the Year votes; probably a…
Read at Chicago Sun-Times White Sox → - White Sox headed to Cleveland for Game 5 after Grant Taylor, pitching staff routed in 9-5 loss
<p>This week was supposed to bring the White Sox clinching a postseason series win at home for the first time in 120 years.</p><p>“It sucks, you want to do that for the fans,” said second baseman Chase Meidroth after his club’s 9-5 loss to the Guardians in Game 4 of the American…
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Sox Machine
Team blog- Takeaways from the final White Sox game of 2026
Toward the end of what turned out to be the White Sox’s final sustained scoring threat of the 2026 season in Game 5 Saturday night, Miguel Vargas came to the plate with runners on first and second and two outs in the sixth inning and took Gavin Williams’ first-pitch slider off…
Read at Sox Machine → - Guardians 2, White Sox 0: Buried by 21 strikeouts
In the end, the 2026 White Sox’s postseason lived and died like the 2026 regular season, with a surprising over-.500 record overshadowed by the Cleveland Guardians coming from behind to clip them. Over the first six months, the White Sox shocked baseball with an 84-78 record and…
Read at Sox Machine → - Pregame notes: A White Sox season on the line
The White Sox have maximized usage of the cushion that winning the first two games of the ALDS afforded them, and now they have to end this two-game skid against the Guardians for the privilege of flying to St. Petersburg and opening the ALCS against the Tampa Bay Rays on…
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- Sporcle Saturday: These guys walked
Good morning! With Jim highlighting the lengths to which Miguel Vargas is being respected , I thought it might be interesting to examine just how he compares across other playoff runs in terms of walks.
Read at Sox Machine → - White Sox postseason run has provided escape from looming lockout, labor tangle
It’s Oct. 10 and we still don’t have to dip into the offseason content well, and if you told me that before the season, I’d be pleased as punch. If you told me that we’d have to start dipping into the offseason content well on Oct. 11 because the White Sox blew a 2-0 lead…
Read at Sox Machine → - White Sox ALDS Game 4 takeaways: At least Will Venable’s Game 5 choices are clearer
There were a few different ways Will Venable could have manipulated the order of the pitchers he used in Game 4 on Thursday to potentially nurse a one-run lead over the final four innings, or at least stand a chance of winning the game by a score of 7-6, although nothing…
Read at Sox Machine → - Guardians 9, White Sox 5: Sixth-inning meltdown sends series back to Cleveland
The White Sox’s pregame pitching plan involved Hagen Smith, Erick Fedde, Anthony Kay, Jordan Hicks and Grant Taylor in some order. Well, Smith didn’t get out of the first inning, Hicks gave up a go-ahead homer, Kay only retired one of the three batters he faced, and Taylor…
Read at Sox Machine → - Pregame notes: They’ll try it again
Game 4 is Game 17, in the sense that the ALDS is pretty much the continuation of a season series that gives the White Sox a 9-7 edge at the moment. This time, the Guardians would hold the tiebreaker if the White Sox can’t get to 10.
Read at Sox Machine → - The case for Erick Fedde in Game 4, and Game 3 White Sox takeaways
And just like that, the White Sox are hosting the only game in town. With the Rays sweeping the Yankees (who never led at any point over three games) and the Brewers and Dodgers both securing clinching victories in their respective Game 4's on Wednesday, White Sox-Guardians is…
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Around the MLB
From league outlets- Williams, Ramírez lead Guardians over White Sox 2-0 to cap comeback in 5-game AL Division Series
— Gavin Williams and José Ramírez delivered when the Cleveland Guardians needed them the most.
Read at ESPN → - A few thoughts about the White Sox/Guardians division series
Cleveland became the 11th team to overcome a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-five postseason series.
Read at Yahoo Sports → - Guardians advance to ALCS with Game 5 win over White Sox: José Ramírez, Gavin Williams lead series comeback
Gavin Williams dominated the Chicago hitters and José Ramírez provided all the offense the Guardians needed to win on Saturday
Read at CBS Sports → - White Sox fall flat in Game 5, crushed after wasting 2-0 ALDS lead
The White Sox struck out 21 times and managed just three hits in Saturday's decisive Game 5, losing 2-0 to the Guardians to be ousted from the playoffs after jumping to a 2-0 lead in the ALDS.
Read at ESPN → - Gavin Williams again etches his name in Guardians October lore with 12 strikeouts in ALDS Game 5 vs. White Sox
Williams tied the franchise record with a dozen strikeouts across 5 ⅔ innings in Cleveland's victory.
Read at Yahoo Sports → - White Sox stunned after losing 2-0 ALDS lead to Guardians
- Guardians repeatedly troll divisional rival White Sox after ALDS win
After Game 5's series-clinching result, Cleveland made sure to get in some extra jabs at its divisional rival.
Read at ESPN → - Guardians take down White Sox, complete comeback to clinch spot in ALCS
- What's next for White Sox? After historic turnaround falls short, Chicago has path to sustained contention
The White Sox were one of the best stories in 2026; can they keep the good times rolling?
Read at CBS Sports → - Guardians advance to ALCS with Game 5 win over White Sox
- Guardians’ Jose Ramirez hammers clutch two-run homer vs. White Sox
Cleveland Guardians slugger Jose Ramirez drills a two-run shot in the bottom of the fourth inning off Sean Burke to put his team ahead in Game 5 of the American League Division Series.
Read at Sportsnet → - Guardians' Gavin Williams joining extremely rare playoff company with pivotal ALDS Game 5 start vs. White Sox
Two days after closing out the White Sox in Game 4, Williams will take the ball to start Game 5
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