The Chicago White Sox clinched their first American League Central title since 2008 when they beat the Cleveland Indians 7-2 in Game 1 of a doubleheader Sept. 23.
The Sox’s first-round opponent is the Houston Astros, who on Thursday clinched the AL West for the fourth time in five seasons.
The White Sox and Astros will meet in a best-of-five AL Division Series, but home-field advantage is still at stake. The Astros lead the Sox by one game for the No. 2 seed entering Saturday.
The Sox need the Astros to lose their remaining two games and to win their last two games to claim the 2 seed — the Astros, because they won the season series, would win a tiebreaker with the Sox should they finish with the same record.
MLB returned to its 10-team playoff format — five teams from each league — this year after expanding the field to 16 for the pandemic-shortened 2020 season. The three division winners will be seeded 1-3 based on records, while the two teams with the next-best records will earn the wild cards and play one game for the No. 4 seed.
Here’s a look at the AL playoff picture.
- Record: 99-61
- Friday’s result: Beat Yankees 4-3
- Next game: vs. Yankees, 12:05 p.m. Saturday
- Record: 93-67
- Friday’s result: Lost to Athletics 8-6
- Next game: vs. Athletics, 6:10 p.m. Saturday
1. New York Yankees (91-69)
2. Boston Red Sox (90-70)
t-3. Seattle Mariners (89-71)
t-3. Toronto Blue Jays (89-71)
Here’s a look at the playoff field entering Saturday. Division series are best-of-five.
- Wild-card game: Yankees vs. Red Sox
- Division series: No. 1 Rays vs. No. 4 (wild-card winner); No. 2 Astros vs. No. 3 White Sox
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