White Sox Strike Out Record 21 Times, Eliminated From Division Series After Wasting 2-0 Lead

White Sox strike out record 21 times, eliminated from Division Series after wasting 2-0 lead

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Chicago White Sox faded from the postseason with hardly any offense. After winning the first two games of their best-of-five AL Division Series against Cleveland, Chicago struck out 21 times and managed just three hits in a 2-0 defeat Saturday night that advanced the Guardians to an AL Championship Series matchup

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White Sox stunned, lose final 3 games to Guardians after taking 2-0 AL Division Series lead

CLEVELAND (AP) — The Chicago White Sox faded from the postseason with hardly any offense.

Chicago White Sox break MLB record for second time in three games

CLEVELAND, OHIO – OCTOBER 10: Munetaka Murakami #5 of the Chicago White Sox strikes out during the ninth inning in game five of the American League Division Series against the Cleveland Guardians at Progressive Field on October 10, 2026 in Cleveland, Ohio. (Photo by Jason Miller/Getty Images)

What Could Have Been: White Sox Set MLB Strikeout Record in Heartbreaking ALDS Exit

On a rainy night in Cleveland, the Chicago White Sox saw their season end with a whimper. In Game 2 of the ALDS, Gavin Williams set a Cleveland Guardians franchise record with 11 strikeouts in a postseason game. In Game 3, the Chicago White Sox set an MLB record with 19 strikeouts, the most by a team in a nine-inning postseason game. Both records fell in a decisive Game 5 in Cleveland on Saturday night. The White Sox struck out 21 times at the p…

Guardians 2, White Sox 0: Buried by 21 strikeouts

In the end, the 2026 White Sox’s postseason lived and died like the 2026 regular season, with a surprising over-.500 record overshadowed by the Cleveland Guardians coming from behind to clip them. Over the first six months, the White Sox shocked baseball with an 84-78 record and the third wild card spot, but it was…