The 2026 post-season field will need all 162 games to be settled. Entering Saturday, there was the possibility that all 12 October clubs could have punched their tickets, but only the Cleveland Guardians and San Diego Padres locked in their spots for the playoffs with victories. Combined with a Chicago White Sox loss, Cleveland locked down its third straight AL Central title with a victory over the Kansas City Royals. That means that the Guardians will also hold the No. 2 seed in the American ...
CHICAGO — The Chicago White Sox had their hopes of winning the AL Central dashed when Hunter Goodman hit his 40th and 41st homers to lift the Colorado Rockies in a 9-6 win Saturday night. The White Sox needed to beat the Rockies to stay alive in the division race after the Cleveland Guardians won 11-5 at Kansas City on Saturday to take a two-game lead on the season’s penultimate day. Chicago will be the final AL wild card and will play on the road against the AL West winner in a three-game Wil...
KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Once again, the Cleveland Guardians are division champs. Patrick Bailey and Brayan Rocchio each hit two of Cleveland’s five home runs as the Guardians beat the Kansas City Royals 11-5 on Saturday night to clinch their third straight AL Central title. Cleveland’s victory, coupled with Chicago’s 9-6 loss to Colorado, gave the Guardians (85-76) a two-game lead over the second-place White Sox (83-78) with one game remaining in the regular season on Sunday. José Ramírez and the G...
CHICAGO — Things seemed to start smoothly enough for right-hander Davis Martin and the White Sox during Saturday night’s game against the Rockies at Rate Field, as leadoff hitter Jake McCarthy bounced a routine grounder to first baseman Munetaka Murakami. Murakami made the flip, but Martin missed the toss for an error. The Rockies scored three runs in that first inning en route to a 9-6 victory. Before the inning was over, Noah Schultz was called into the game to replace Martin, who was charge...
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KANSAS CITY — There was a point this summer when it felt like the walls were starting to close in on the Guardians. Cleveland entered a midseason swoon before the All-Star break, when it was trying to tread water without José Ramírez after he underwent left hamate surgery. Guardians Postseason Tickets are On Sale Now! After the Guardians fell to one game over .500 with a fourth straight loss on July 8, catcher and team leader Austin Hedges offered some hopeful context and confidence the tide w...
Cleveland cruising past a pitcher in Kansas City’s Michael Wacha who had owned them largely winnowed any chance the White Sox would have to finish with a late kick to win the AL Central. However, the White Sox ended any chance of extending the division drama to Sunday by getting off to a rocky start […]
The Colorado Rockies came together to work through the weekend on a high note. After a bleak August and September, the fight that this team flashed throughout the season was on display again tonight. With a strong opponent in the Chicago White Sox, playing for their division title, the Rockies held their ground and came […]
José Quintana last pitched for the White Sox nine seasons and eight teams ago, but tonight will only be the third time he’s started against the team that launched his career. He comes into this one 1-2 with a 4.24 ERA in four games, three of which were starts that all lasted five innings. He…
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With just two games left in the regular season, time is running short to tie (i.e., catch) the Cleveland Guardians for first place in the AL Central and the associated free pass to the ALDS via the American League’s No. 2 seed. Naturally, that makes tonight’s final night game of the regular season a must-win […]
Somehow, every season, 160 baseball games aren’t quite enough. There’s always plenty of drama that spills over into games 161 and 162. 2026 is no different, with lots to be decided around the league during the last weekend of the season. The Colorado Rockies have two more against the playoff-bound Chicago White Sox with a […]
While not a regular member of the rotation, RHP David Sandlin may have done just enough to earn a postseason start for the Chicago White Sox.
Munetaka Murakami has been a bit of a viral sensation from the start of his career in the United States, from the installation of bidets in the White Sox clubhouse to the on-base gestures of his teammates, and on from there. His latest bit of endearing hilarity came during the White Sox clubhouse celebration in […]
With the remarkable achievement of the 2026 Chicago White Sox — making the postseason after three straight 100-loss seasons, something that’s not been accomplished even after “just” two straight 100-loss seasons — BreakingT has gear for you that breaks down the math! There is even a nod to Mike Vasil’s magic wand. If there’s any […]
The White Sox placed catcher Jake Rogers on the paternity leave list and recalled catcher Drew Romo from Triple-A Charlotte prior to Saturday night's game vs. Colorado.
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How to watch White Sox vs. Rockies Saturday night at Rate Field: first pitch at 6:10 p.m. CT on CHSN and Rockies.TV, plus MLB.TV and Fubo live streaming options.
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Munetaka Murakami hit two homers in last night’s Chicago White Sox 6-1 victory over the Colorado Rockies. With the postseason next week, Murakami is finding his stroke at the right time, as home runs matter so much in the playoffs. Plus, the White Sox showcased their prime pitching plan last night, previewing Sox vs. Rockies as old friend Jose Quintana returns to the South Side.
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The American League standings still have a number of races to be decided, including the American League Central division. The Cleveland Guardians did not play their best game of the season on Friday, but the Kansas City Royals happened to be even worse. While the Guards committed two defensive errors and the bullpen struggled, the […]
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Munetaka Murakami went deep twice and drove in three as the White Sox beat the Rockies 6-1 at Rate Field, with Sean Burke striking out seven over 5.1 innings.
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Technically, Sean Burke reached 170 strikeouts on the season in his start against Cleveland on September 14 , but with the amount of trivia fodder the Sox are providing Sporcle Saturdays these days, I'm just now getting around to this theme.
In so doing, Burke became the first White Sox pitcher to get 170 or more strikeouts in a season since 2024. It's difficult to believe that just five years ago the Sox had four different pitchers accomplish the feat; then again, they proba...
In Interviews of the Week on 104.3 The Score, Chicago Sports Network analyst Steve Stone joined the Haugh & Payton Show to reflect on the White Sox’s remarkable turnaround season that will soon feature a trip to the playoffs; ESPN analyst Matt Bowen joined the Spiegel & Holmes Show to discuss the Bears’ ugly offensive performance in a loss to the Vikings; and FS1 host Danny Parkins joined the Rahimi & Grote Show to discuss the bizarre discourse around Bears quarterback Caleb Williams’ reaction...
Miguel Vargas hit a sacrifice fly to center in the first inning, scoring Kyle Teel to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead. Munetaka Murakami followed with a solo home run to right — 386 feet — in the first inning to extend the lead to 2-0. Murakami hit his second home run of the game — a solo shot to left center, 412 feet — in the seventh inning to push the lead to 4-1; Murakami then added an RBI single in the eighth to cap a 3-RBI night. Sean Burke earned the win (11-7) with 5.1 innings allowing&he...
Pope Leo XIV was given the chance to take credit for the most improbable turnaround in modern baseball. He declined, but not convincingly. Aboard the papal plane on Friday, a reporter asked the Chicago native whether he had anything to do with the White Sox reaching the playoffs two years after losing a modern-era record […]
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