Cleveland Guardians

ALDS · Game 1 · Best of 5

Ugh, no.

Cleveland Guardians lost to the Chicago White Sox

84-78 3 – 0

85-77

Final · Sat, Oct 3

Series: CHW lead 1-0

Game Details

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Highlights

White Sox beat Guardians 3-0 in Game 1 of ALDS behind Murakami homer, 3-hitter

Munetaka Murakami hit a two-run homer, five Chicago pitchers combined for a three-hitter and the White Sox beat the Cleveland Guardians 3-0 in Game 1 of their AL Division Series on Saturday.

Recap via ESPN

0:16 Munetaka Murakami's 2-run HR puts White Sox on the board

0:29 Angel Martinez's nice grab starts a double play for the Guardians

0:44 White Sox increase lead after close play at the plate

Clips play on ESPN

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Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHW	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	0	3	6	0
CLE	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	0

Win Probability · Cleveland Guardians

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Game Leaders

Chicago White Sox

Munetaka Murakami · 2-4, HR, 2 RBI, 1 RBatting
Bryan Hudson · 0.1 IP, 0 ER, 0 K (W, 1-0)Pitching

Cleveland Guardians

Nathaniel Lowe · 1-2Batting
Parker Messick · 4.1 IP, 2 ER, 6 K (L, 0-1)Pitching

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

Scoring

Top 7th

2B C. Montgomery doubled to left, Teel scored.3–0

Top 4th

HR Murakami homered to right (440 feet), Vargas scored.2–0

Team Stats

Chicago White SoxCleveland Guardians

Batting

6 Hits 3

1 Home Runs 0

4 Walks 5

10 Strikeouts 12

0 Stolen Bases 0

10 Left on Base 9

Pitching & Fielding

138 Pitches Thrown 149

0 Errors 0

0 Double Plays 0

Box Score

Chicago White Sox ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
C. Meidroth2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.364	18	.417	.636
R. GrichukLF	2	0	0	0	0	0	1	.400	11	.400	.400
T. PetersLF	2	0	1	0	0	0	0	.333	10	.400	.333
M. Vargas3B	2	1	1	0	0	2	0	.091	18	.286	.091
M. Murakami1B	4	1	2	2	1	0	2	.250	16	.286	.500
T. PhamDH	2	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	12	.333	.000
S. AntonacciDH	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	6	.400	.375
B. DoyleCF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	.200	18	.200	.200
K. TeelC	3	1	0	0	0	1	2	.231	17	.286	.231
B. MontgomeryRF	3	0	0	0	0	0	1	.182	11	.182	.182
C. MontgomerySS	3	0	2	1	0	0	0	.333	12	.455	.778
Team	30	3	6	3	1	4	10		149

Pitching

Player	IP	H	BB	K	PC-ST	ERA
H. Smith	2.2	0	3	4	51-27	0.00
B. Hudson(W, 1-0)	0.1	0	0	0	6-3	0.00
J. Hicks(H, 1)	0.2	0	1	2	17-10	0.00
A. Kay(H, 1)	1.1	1	1	0	22-11	0.00
G. Taylor(S, 1)	4.0	2	0	6	42-34	0.00
Team	9.0	3	5	12	138-85

Cleveland Guardians ▾

Batting

Player	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
S. KwanCF	3	0	1	0	.000	19	.250	.000
J. Ramirez3B	3	0	1	1	.000	13	.250	.000
C. DeLauterRF	4	0	0	0	.000	19	.000	.000
J. AdellDH	4	0	0	4	.000	18	.000	.000
A. MartinezLF	4	0	0	2	.000	16	.000	.000
D. Fry1B	1	0	0	1	.000	4	.000	.000
N. Lowe1B	2	1	1	1	.500	12	.667	1.000
T. Bazzana2B	4	1	0	1	.250	9	.250	.500
A. HedgesC	1	0	1	1	.000	12	.500	.000
P. BaileyC	1	1	0	0	1.000	1	1.000	1.000
B. RocchioSS	2	0	1	1	.000	15	.333	.000
Team	29	3	5	12		138

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
P. Messick(L, 0-1)	4.1	4	2	2	2	6	1	87-56	4.15
D. Espino	0.2	1	0	0	1	0	0	12-5	0.00
E. Sabrowski	1.2	1	1	1	1	2	0	20-12	5.40
H. Gaddis	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	4-3	0.00
T. Herrin	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	14-8	0.00
C. Smith	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	12-9	0.00
Team	9.0	6	3	3	4	10	1	149-93