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Welcome to the final day of the 2026 Major League Baseball season that will feature more than two games, as both ALDS Game 3 and NLDS Game 4 matchups are in action over a full day of playoff baseball.
The Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays are both looking to close out three-game sweeps against division rivals, while the Cleveland Guardians and New York Yankees look to battle back from the brink of elimination.
On the NL side, the Los Angeles Dodgers and Milwaukee Brewers also have a chance to punch their ticket to the NLCS, while the Atlanta Braves and San Diego Padres try to keep their seasons alive.
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After striking out in six of his first seven plate appearances in the ALDS, Jo Adell hit a triple in the eighth inning of Game 2, and he delivered another three-bagger in the top of the third in Game 3 with a shot down the right field line to unload the bases.
Guardians 4, White Sox 1
Despite his elite bat-to-ball skills, Steven Kwan hit just .229/.350/.259 with five extra-base hits and nine RBI in 205 plate appearances against left-handed pitching during the regular season.
He gets a knock off towering White Sox lefty Bryan Hudson to even the score.
White Sox 1, Guardians 1
A pair of rapid fire, unsuccessful ABS challenges from Kyle Teel leave the White Sox out of challenges the rest of the way.
Questionable usage at best.
Full transparency, I had the Rays at No. 19 and the White Sox at No. 27 in my Opening Day power rankings.
Want to make fun of everything else I got wrong? Give them a read here.
Injuries limited Kyle Teel to just 39 games during the regular season. Now he's hitting cleanup in a potential series-clinching game, and his RBI double gets the White Sox on the scoreboard first.
White Sox 1, Guardians 0
Good shot of the fan base embracing the blackout theme. Top-tier playoff atmosphere at Rate Field right now.
On Wednesday morning, White Sox beat writer Scott Merkin teased a "big name" throwing out the first pitch for the White Sox, leading to plenty of speculation surrounding who it might be.
In our MLB Slack channel here at B/R, guesses included Michael Jordan, beloved announcer Hawk Harrleson and even The Pope.
It was actor Belmont Cameli, whose name I had to Google...
Rookie Chase DeLauter is the only player on the Cleveland roster with multiple hits through the first two games of the series, as the Guardians plated just three runs in 18 innings.
This is the exact same lineup as Game 2, when they also faced Sean Newcomb as the first pitcher out of the bullpen after Anthony Kay ran into early trouble in the first inning.
Munetaka Murakami has been the offensive standout through the White Sox first two games, going 3-for-8 with a home run and three RBI.
The only change from the Game 2 lineup is Randal Grichuk getting the start in left field, while Sam Antonacci slides into the DH spot and Andrew Benintendi moves to the bench.
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