← Full bracket2026 AL Division Series · best of 5
No. 2 seed
Cleveland Guardians
0
No. 6 seed
Chicago White Sox
0
Best of 5
First to 3 wins
Games
Every scheduled game, with the series standing after each one.
Game 1
Sat, Oct 310:00 AM PT
White Sox
at
Guardians
Progressive Field
Game 2
Mon, Oct 52:00 PM PT
White Sox
at
Guardians
Progressive Field
Game 3
Wed, Oct 7Time TBD
Guardians
at
White Sox
Rate Field
Game 4
Thu, Oct 8Time TBD
Guardians
at
White Sox
Rate Field
If necessary
Game 5
Sat, Oct 10Time TBD
White Sox
at
Guardians
Progressive Field
If necessary
The regular season
How each club finished. Records, not ratings.
GuardiansWhite Sox
Regular season85-7784-78
Division1st in AL Central2nd in AL Central, 1 GB
At home41-4048-33
On the road44-3736-45
Last 108-27-3
The White Sox won the regular-season series 7-6.
How they got here
Guardians
- Won the AL Central at 85-77 · No. 2 seed
- First-round bye
White Sox
- AL Wild Card at 84-78 · No. 6 seed
- Beat the Astros 2-0 in the AL Wild Card Series
The series standing is counted from final scores. Seeds and regular-season records are MLB's own. Description, not prediction. Bracket as of Sep 30, 6:44 PM PT.