White Sox and Guardians Set for ALDS Opener

The Chicago White Sox and Cleveland Guardians are scheduled to open their best-of-five American League Division Series on Saturday at Progressive Field, renewing an AL Central rivalry in the postseason. The matchup is set for 1 p.m. ET, with national coverage on TBS. The available previews do not report a result, so Game 1 remains a scheduled contest in the supplied information. Chicago reached the division series by sweeping Houston in the Wild Card round. The White Sox closed that series with a 7-3 victory, according to one account, and earned their first postseason series win since 2005. Cleveland, meanwhile, won the AL Central and received a first-round bye. Its 85-77 record finished one game ahead of Chicago’s 84-78 mark, according to the previews. The teams met 13 times during the regular season, with Chicago winning seven games and Cleveland taking six. The clubs’ close contests were a recurring feature, although the previews differ on the count: one says seven games were decided by one run, while another reports six. The accounts agree on the 7-6 series result but do not resolve the discrepancy in one-run games.