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That's Ankin Law. 0:00:43.490 --> 0:00:48.989 From your favorite source for Chicago White Sox talk, delivering news, interviews, analysis, 0:00:49.150 --> 0:00:52.990 and more. This is the Sox Machine Podcast with your hosts, 0:00:53.190 --> 0:00:54.970 Jim Margulis and Josh Nelson. 0:00:55.430 --> 0:00:58.620 Hello, folks. Welcome back to the Remova Theater. This is 0:00:58.630 --> 0:01:02.490 the Sox Machine postgame show for Game 2 of the ALDS. 0:01:03.050 --> 0:01:08.160 As the Chicago White Sox just won 4-3. A very 0:01:08.360 --> 0:01:10.880 exciting game for the Chicago White Sox as they win 0:01:10.900 --> 0:01:14.520 Game 2. And now they are up 2-0 in the 0:01:14.600 --> 0:01:18.530 five-game series against the Cleveland Guardians. As taking a look 0:01:18.569 --> 0:01:20.830 at the box score again, the White Sox winning 43, 0:01:20.830 --> 0:01:24.140 a huge sixth inning by the Chicago White Sox. They 0:01:24.180 --> 0:01:27.600 scored three runs at the top of the sixth inning. Survived, 0:01:28.100 --> 0:01:29.940 I would say, in the bottom of the eighth inning 0:01:30.200 --> 0:01:32.820 and the ninth inning with Grant Taylor getting to save 0:01:32.860 --> 0:01:37.089 some really hard hit contact against Grant Taylor. We'll talk 0:01:37.110 --> 0:01:40.950 a little bit about that. But man, the Chicago White Sox, 0:01:41.010 --> 0:01:43.570 what a way to come back. It was a really 0:01:43.670 --> 0:01:46.720 tough first inning for them as they fell short. behind 0:01:46.740 --> 0:01:50.220 two to nothing but they were able to shut down 0:01:50.280 --> 0:01:53.460 cleveland's offense buy enough time for the white socks offense 0:01:53.480 --> 0:01:57.000 to finally come around get around gavin williams and take 0:01:57.040 --> 0:02:01.470 advantage of cleveland's bullpen once again and joining me in 0:02:01.510 --> 0:02:03.990 the socks machine post game show for the american league 0:02:04.010 --> 0:02:06.650 division series game two of course part of the foul 0:02:06.690 --> 0:02:11.620 territory network is Sox Machines Managing Editor Jim Margulis. And Jim, 0:02:12.530 --> 0:02:17.590 the Chicago White Sox are one game away from going 0:02:17.650 --> 0:02:21.640 to the American League Championship Series. What is your instant 0:02:21.680 --> 0:02:25.120 reaction to today's win? Whatever works. 0:02:25.540 --> 0:02:31.290 Basically, Gavin Williams came out throwing and breathing fire. So 0:02:31.310 --> 0:02:34.270 it just became about outlasting him. And then once they 0:02:34.290 --> 0:02:36.750 got the lead, it was just about getting to 27 0:02:36.750 --> 0:02:39.269 outs before Cleveland could get to two runs, no matter 0:02:39.330 --> 0:02:39.970 how it looked. 0:02:40.430 --> 0:02:41.290 And they did the job. 0:02:41.620 --> 0:02:45.840 And now they have a chance. We talked about the 0:02:45.880 --> 0:02:48.720 White Sox and how like right field had never seen 0:02:48.760 --> 0:02:52.440 a home clincher before. And Sarah Lang's just, I was 0:02:52.460 --> 0:02:53.060 going to look this up. 0:02:53.100 --> 0:02:54.000 She beat me to it. 0:02:54.700 --> 0:02:56.620 Said game three on Wednesday will be the second time 0:02:56.660 --> 0:02:59.000 in franchise history the White Sox play a home game 0:02:59.040 --> 0:03:02.709 with a chance to clinch a postseason series. Joining 1906 0:03:02.710 --> 0:03:04.590 World Series Game 6, which they won. 0:03:06.930 --> 0:03:11.890 So the chances, nobody was alive. Nobody was alive the 0:03:11.930 --> 0:03:14.750 last time that the White Sox played a home game 0:03:14.770 --> 0:03:19.120 where they could clinch a postseason series. What a time 0:03:19.180 --> 0:03:20.780 to be alive, Jim Markless. 0:03:22.940 --> 0:03:25.419 What a time to be alive and 120 years old. 0:03:26.780 --> 0:03:30.090 No kidding. No kidding. I love the comments section already. 0:03:30.150 --> 0:03:33.610 We have Nebraska John, who's checking in at 1.30 in 0:03:33.630 --> 0:03:36.630 the morning in Lisbon. They have to sleep and fly 0:03:36.670 --> 0:03:40.190 back tomorrow, but it's great to have you on, Nebraska John. 0:03:40.210 --> 0:03:43.500 I hope that Lisbon... Treats you well. One of my 0:03:43.560 --> 0:03:49.250 favorite cities. Yeah, just fantastic win by the Chicago White Sox. 0:03:49.950 --> 0:03:53.110 And again, just checking in like on the win probability. 0:03:53.930 --> 0:03:58.650 Just you mentioned Sarah Lane's gym. And it really was 0:03:58.690 --> 0:04:01.960 like a game of two halves where Cleveland looked like 0:04:02.030 --> 0:04:06.280 they were in great position with Gavin Williams doing a 0:04:06.300 --> 0:04:10.400 fantastic job, racking up the strikeouts, really overpowering White Sox 0:04:10.420 --> 0:04:15.640 hitters with his fastball velocity. But then everything changed in 0:04:15.700 --> 0:04:19.620 the sixth inning. And that is our moment of the game. 0:04:20.520 --> 0:04:24.000 And that is Brady Montgomery's two-run double. And I thought. 0:04:26.580 --> 0:04:29.660 The game went on against Williams. The White Sox hitters, Jim, 0:04:29.680 --> 0:04:34.480 were putting better at-bats together. And Miguel Vargas had a 0:04:34.520 --> 0:04:36.810 great day. We'll talk about Vargas later in the show. 0:04:37.330 --> 0:04:42.110 Murakami drawing the walk. That was huge. And then both 0:04:42.150 --> 0:04:45.950 of them advancing and really setting the stage for Tommy 0:04:45.990 --> 0:04:49.870 Pham to come through. But Tommy Pham just hits this 0:04:49.970 --> 0:04:53.830 really shallow fly ball. No debate whether or not that 0:04:53.890 --> 0:04:56.230 ball was going to go out. And didn't pick up 0:04:57.040 --> 0:05:00.159 the lineup didn't do the job. So here's rookie Brayden 0:05:00.180 --> 0:05:04.300 Montgomery and he's batting right-handed, which we've talked about his 0:05:04.320 --> 0:05:07.630 struggles all season long, Jim batting right-handed and he pulls 0:05:07.690 --> 0:05:11.390 through like what an incredible moment by Brayden Montgomery to 0:05:12.089 --> 0:05:14.390 really cash in that opportunity for the white Sox. 0:05:15.500 --> 0:05:18.640 Yeah, he looks comfortable going opposite field, especially with his 0:05:18.680 --> 0:05:21.460 right handed swing. And Eric Sabrowski started him with a 0:05:21.520 --> 0:05:24.360 first pitch fastball, 94, low. 0:05:24.220 --> 0:05:25.640 And away, but a strike. 0:05:26.260 --> 0:05:29.900 And it looked like, well, I guess we'll see after 0:05:29.920 --> 0:05:31.670 the game if he talks about it, but it definitely 0:05:31.690 --> 0:05:33.310 looked like he was zone hitting. He looked like he 0:05:33.330 --> 0:05:36.690 was going to be thinking away, going away. And sure enough, 0:05:36.830 --> 0:05:40.150 he basically just redirects that fastball there. over first base 0:05:40.170 --> 0:05:42.570 down the right field line to run double. And yeah, 0:05:42.950 --> 0:05:45.909 if there's a different sequence of pitches, perhaps starts him inside, 0:05:46.830 --> 0:05:49.130 starts him with breaking balls, perhaps it goes differently. But 0:05:49.480 --> 0:05:52.240 by simplifying it, and I think Sabrowski did it for him, 0:05:52.980 --> 0:05:53.719 Braden responded. 0:05:54.580 --> 0:05:58.159 He did. And I don't mind as far as that 0:05:58.180 --> 0:06:01.180 approach with zone hitting in that situation, because with runners 0:06:01.220 --> 0:06:03.020 in second and third, Jim, at two outs, I mean, 0:06:03.260 --> 0:06:05.370 I think from Braden Montgomery's point of view, if I 0:06:05.390 --> 0:06:07.420 just poke it to right field for a single hit, 0:06:07.790 --> 0:06:10.310 We're going to take the lead. Yeah, first pitch. Yeah, 0:06:10.350 --> 0:06:13.590 that's what you want. And chase my draw. Well, I mean, 0:06:13.610 --> 0:06:16.250 I know what their whole pillars of their hitting program 0:06:16.270 --> 0:06:17.680 for the White Sox, right? They want to do as 0:06:17.760 --> 0:06:20.580 much damage as possible. So I don't know if that's 0:06:20.640 --> 0:06:24.060 really taught to go to right field in that situation 0:06:24.560 --> 0:06:28.290 where Ryan Fuller and Derek Shulman may want to encourage 0:06:28.370 --> 0:06:30.510 the hitters. Let's wait until we get a pitch to pull. 0:06:31.940 --> 0:06:35.240 But for him to focus on that and the zone hitting, 0:06:35.260 --> 0:06:38.140 as you mentioned, to come through and then chase my draw, 0:06:38.200 --> 0:06:41.120 doing something very similar, waiting for Hunter Gattis to throw 0:06:41.160 --> 0:06:43.060 a slider on the outside corner so he can poke 0:06:43.100 --> 0:06:46.020 it into right field. I thought that was just fantastic 0:06:46.060 --> 0:06:47.700 hitting by the White Sox in the sixth inning. 0:06:48.339 --> 0:06:50.960 Yeah, I wonder if they would say two runs is damage. 0:06:51.310 --> 0:06:54.490 One run is damage. Like it doesn't have to be 0:06:54.490 --> 0:06:57.609 106 miles per hour if it's situationally appropriate. 0:06:58.770 --> 0:07:01.300 The other Montgomery could learn that lesson. The other Montgomery 0:07:01.330 --> 0:07:04.640 did that yesterday where he came up with that double 0:07:04.660 --> 0:07:07.740 down the left field line. And we've seen it all 0:07:07.800 --> 0:07:11.500 postseason long, too, from the White Sox hitters, especially with Houston, 0:07:11.520 --> 0:07:15.460 is that they have been really taking advantage of opposite field. 0:07:15.540 --> 0:07:18.690 And we talked about that with Mike Farron, Jim, before 0:07:18.700 --> 0:07:21.450 this postseason started. Like the Milwaukee Brewers, that's why the 0:07:21.470 --> 0:07:24.730 Brewers are successful. They do a better job than any 0:07:24.810 --> 0:07:28.110 other team in getting extra base hits to the opposite field. 0:07:28.920 --> 0:07:32.340 And what a great moment, the sixth inning. And it 0:07:32.380 --> 0:07:34.820 kind of felt as the game went on, Jim, I 0:07:34.880 --> 0:07:37.580 noticed that even like the Sox machine VC chat that 0:07:37.640 --> 0:07:42.990 White Sox fans were, their confidence was growing because Cleveland's 0:07:43.090 --> 0:07:47.470 offense just couldn't get anything going against White Sox pitching. 0:07:48.190 --> 0:07:51.450 And that, you know, the way that Sean Burke pitched 0:07:51.490 --> 0:07:56.690 today was absolutely fantastic, Jim. And he goes five and 0:07:56.710 --> 0:08:00.060 a third innings allows just one hit one earned run. 0:08:00.230 --> 0:08:02.790 We'll get into that at a moment. He only walks one, 0:08:03.530 --> 0:08:06.770 six strikeouts, six strikeouts from Sean Burke. And there was 0:08:06.790 --> 0:08:08.390 a part of me, Jim, that felt like he should 0:08:08.410 --> 0:08:10.430 have stayed in the game. We can talk about that 0:08:10.490 --> 0:08:13.530 in a minute, but let's just talk about the overall 0:08:13.690 --> 0:08:17.690 outstanding performance by Sean Burke. They needed an ace performance 0:08:17.730 --> 0:08:21.250 today and they certainly got it in an uncharacteristic way. 0:08:22.690 --> 0:08:24.940 Yeah, it made me a little bit nervous when he 0:08:24.980 --> 0:08:27.820 came out and he was throwing like 92-93. It did 0:08:27.840 --> 0:08:30.720 seem like it was kind of chilly there. And then 0:08:30.760 --> 0:08:33.840 he walked Travis Bazzana with one out in the fourth. 0:08:34.250 --> 0:08:36.910 And Bazzana was dancing off first, trying to distract him. 0:08:37.630 --> 0:08:42.380 Burke was using up his... Throws to first and Buzana 0:08:42.420 --> 0:08:45.620 twice had chances to run without, or I guess with 0:08:45.679 --> 0:08:49.900 less of a worry of a pickoff move. And that's 0:08:49.920 --> 0:08:51.860 kind of when it looked a little bit touchy that 0:08:51.900 --> 0:08:54.729 it would be a continuation of the problems that Anthony 0:08:54.760 --> 0:08:56.610 Kaye had in the first and Sean Newcomb had here 0:08:56.650 --> 0:08:59.850 and there. Although Newcomb at least contained his issues to 0:08:59.890 --> 0:09:02.780 the first inning as well. But then after he got 0:09:02.900 --> 0:09:06.450 out of the inning, it really seemed like, you know, 0:09:06.750 --> 0:09:09.660 the fastball started gaining velocity, started hitting like 95, 96, 0:09:09.630 --> 0:09:14.450 as opposed to 92, 93. The curveball had sharpness. So 0:09:14.490 --> 0:09:16.910 it seemed like he warmed up into his outing and 0:09:16.950 --> 0:09:18.790 it almost worked in his favor in the sense that, 0:09:18.809 --> 0:09:23.150 you know, his first time through, it was somewhat diminished stuff. 0:09:23.190 --> 0:09:25.030 And then second time through was a better version of 0:09:25.070 --> 0:09:27.500 himself to where the times through the order penalty might 0:09:27.530 --> 0:09:30.520 not have taken that much of an effect. So, you know, 0:09:30.600 --> 0:09:32.860 when he, by the time he departed the game, like 0:09:32.880 --> 0:09:36.650 there was one, you know, Stephen Kwan line drive to 0:09:36.710 --> 0:09:39.130 left field that Sam Antonacci almost misplayed, but it was 0:09:39.170 --> 0:09:41.250 like a decent swing by Kwan, but it was also 0:09:41.270 --> 0:09:43.190 a little bit defensive and trying to hit how he 0:09:43.210 --> 0:09:45.850 was pitched because they weren't driving the ball off him. 0:09:45.950 --> 0:09:49.040 And then he chased the louders fly, you know, line 0:09:49.059 --> 0:09:51.360 drive dropped in front of Antonacci, but like neither of 0:09:51.400 --> 0:09:54.180 those hits at the end were convincingly struck and they 0:09:54.200 --> 0:09:57.000 were opposite field. So it seemed like, you know, we've 0:09:57.020 --> 0:10:00.859 seen the White Sox have to, abandoned. approach to really 0:10:01.250 --> 0:10:03.960 tag him and just try to hope to get some 0:10:04.000 --> 0:10:05.820 jabs in and see if it opens anything up. And 0:10:05.840 --> 0:10:08.000 it seems like the guardians were finally getting to that 0:10:08.059 --> 0:10:09.940 point where like, if they weren't striking out, they're just 0:10:09.960 --> 0:10:13.140 hitting harmless fly balls to center field, the big part 0:10:13.160 --> 0:10:14.520 of the park and just seeing a lot of, you know, 0:10:14.540 --> 0:10:19.059 kind of head shaking or, you know, heads hanging as 0:10:19.080 --> 0:10:22.349 they run to first base. So yeah, the way Burke 0:10:22.550 --> 0:10:26.010 entered and the way he finished were almost two different pitchers. 0:10:26.490 --> 0:10:30.069 And that was a relief in multiple ways, like relief 0:10:30.110 --> 0:10:32.510 in the sense that he was a reliever providing relief, 0:10:32.590 --> 0:10:36.290 but also just given the shaky start of the game 0:10:36.330 --> 0:10:38.270 and given that Burke, you know, looked a little bit 0:10:38.290 --> 0:10:41.100 wobbly to see him stabilize and kind of come into 0:10:41.120 --> 0:10:44.400 this form where he is, you know, I don't know 0:10:44.420 --> 0:10:45.720 if we'll get an opener next time out with the 0:10:45.740 --> 0:10:48.760 way he pitched. You might not want to, but you're 0:10:48.780 --> 0:10:50.880 just messing up a start for him. If he's going 0:10:50.900 --> 0:10:54.679 to pitch that well, he might've earned the first pitch 0:10:54.700 --> 0:10:56.380 of the game the next time he takes the mound. 0:10:57.300 --> 0:11:03.160 But yeah, it was really heartening to watch and very impressive. 0:11:03.740 --> 0:11:07.140 So let's talk about the decision of replacing Sean Burke 0:11:07.160 --> 0:11:10.309 in the eighth inning with Grant Taylor. For me, Jim, 0:11:10.390 --> 0:11:13.290 I felt like you could have rode Burke the rest 0:11:13.330 --> 0:11:16.790 of the way. And there's no harm in doing so 0:11:16.870 --> 0:11:21.830 because you really used Grant Taylor a lot in game one, 0:11:21.850 --> 0:11:26.770 won four innings. And I can understand the argument of like, well, 0:11:26.809 --> 0:11:29.910 Taylor's your best pitcher, so use him. But as you 0:11:29.950 --> 0:11:33.870 wrote in previous outings where Taylor has gone that far, 0:11:33.990 --> 0:11:36.350 even though it was only 42 pitches, he has reported 0:11:36.370 --> 0:11:38.290 sort of, he is not on his a game. The 0:11:38.360 --> 0:11:41.219 next time he goes out, he could use some extra 0:11:41.260 --> 0:11:43.439 time off. So that's why I was like feeling the 0:11:43.480 --> 0:11:45.880 way that Sean Burke was pitching, just let the big 0:11:45.920 --> 0:11:48.160 dog eat, let him take the rest of the game 0:11:48.240 --> 0:11:51.099 for you. Cause I didn't see that he was ever 0:11:51.140 --> 0:11:54.240 in danger against Cleveland's hitters. But how about you? Did 0:11:54.280 --> 0:11:56.420 you like the move by the white socks to replace 0:11:56.490 --> 0:11:57.179 Burke with Taylor? 0:11:58.540 --> 0:12:03.900 I didn't, but I understand it. Reverse engineering, I guess, 0:12:04.700 --> 0:12:07.020 how it might have gone wrong if Burke ends up 0:12:07.090 --> 0:12:10.069 giving that drive to Joe Adele and you say, oh, 0:12:10.110 --> 0:12:13.349 you got too greedy. Five and a third relief of 0:12:13.429 --> 0:12:15.750 Burke was great and you tried to go too far. 0:12:16.550 --> 0:12:18.470 On the other hand, given that Taylor, they pushed him 0:12:18.510 --> 0:12:22.820 to a career-long outing just two days earlier, not really 0:12:22.880 --> 0:12:27.890 knowing how he's going to respond, I think... Had Adele 0:12:27.970 --> 0:12:31.489 blown up Burke, I would have defended Venable in the 0:12:31.530 --> 0:12:35.730 recap or the day after post, just saying, yeah, he 0:12:35.770 --> 0:12:38.709 was dealing, and there wasn't a sign that they were 0:12:38.770 --> 0:12:41.150 really getting to him. Maybe you could say that the 0:12:41.230 --> 0:12:43.050 opposite field line drives were the start of it, but 0:12:43.070 --> 0:12:45.150 I still think I would have liked that right-on-right matchup 0:12:45.190 --> 0:12:48.250 against Adele just fine. At least one more batter. 0:12:49.250 --> 0:12:49.890 Taylor just. 0:12:52.110 --> 0:12:56.250 I think he's still probably the best option given... Nobody 0:12:56.630 --> 0:12:59.360 knew exactly what he might look like. But I think 0:12:59.500 --> 0:13:01.780 now that you know, now that you know how he 0:13:01.800 --> 0:13:05.580 looks after pushing him to a career long outing, you know, 0:13:05.600 --> 0:13:08.340 maybe you start to evaluate different options for that ninth inning. 0:13:08.900 --> 0:13:10.720 I think you could say that Venable touched the stove 0:13:10.780 --> 0:13:13.260 and got his hand off before like a blister formed. 0:13:13.380 --> 0:13:15.230 But just like, don't do it again. You kind of 0:13:15.250 --> 0:13:15.949 learned your lesson there. 0:13:16.330 --> 0:13:18.610 Yeah, they were on him. It wasn't like Taylor was 0:13:18.690 --> 0:13:22.910 throwing poorly. Cleveland just had a great game plan and 0:13:22.929 --> 0:13:24.849 they knew that Taylor was going to attack them, attack 0:13:24.870 --> 0:13:27.840 them early. And they went after the first pitch, you know, 0:13:27.880 --> 0:13:30.620 the fastballs and even the breaking pitches as well. This 0:13:30.679 --> 0:13:32.440 time that they were, they were on them. They were 0:13:32.500 --> 0:13:35.660 not going to get to two strikes against Grant Taylor 0:13:35.780 --> 0:13:38.140 and they made some really hard contact. So we'll see 0:13:38.179 --> 0:13:41.410 what happens on Wednesday for the white socks and, and 0:13:41.450 --> 0:13:43.890 how they use Grant Taylor. I'm assuming they're going to 0:13:43.910 --> 0:13:45.750 try to use Grant Taylor. If they have the lead 0:13:45.790 --> 0:13:48.559 and have a chance to sweep Jim, the Cleveland guardians 0:13:48.620 --> 0:13:51.140 on Wednesday that they will use Grant Taylor again. It 0:13:51.840 --> 0:13:54.829 would be interesting to see on how he recovers, but 0:13:54.870 --> 0:13:57.410 maybe to your point, it'd be nice to have a 0:13:57.450 --> 0:14:00.050 backup plan and how they want to plan on closing 0:14:00.090 --> 0:14:02.690 game three. There's more to talk about as far as 0:14:02.710 --> 0:14:06.510 to this post game, but I appreciate Jim hopping on, 0:14:06.550 --> 0:14:08.950 on the first half of this post game show. And 0:14:09.010 --> 0:14:12.550 we'll be back to pre-gaming for game three, Jim Margulis, 0:14:12.870 --> 0:14:15.150 one more win away for the white Sox and reaching 0:14:15.170 --> 0:14:16.170 the championship series. 0:14:17.100 --> 0:14:19.190 Yeah, I got to hop off to put a kid 0:14:19.230 --> 0:14:20.910 to bed. I told him that I have to go 0:14:20.930 --> 0:14:22.950 on the computer and talk to Josh, and that's how 0:14:22.990 --> 0:14:24.170 he understands the podcast. 0:14:25.210 --> 0:14:25.630 Excellent. 0:14:26.330 --> 0:14:31.220 Excellent. Well, take care, Mini Margulis. And Jim, we'll chat 0:14:31.280 --> 0:14:33.200 on Wednesday. It is going to be a very festive 0:14:33.220 --> 0:14:36.360 day in Bridgeport. But coming up next, we'll talk about 0:14:36.400 --> 0:14:39.200 Miguel Vargas. Also check out the box score. Share some 0:14:39.220 --> 0:14:41.250 of the comments that you guys have as well in 0:14:41.280 --> 0:14:44.110 YouTube on your thoughts and take a look ahead. to 0:14:44.130 --> 0:14:46.290 Game 3 for the Chicago White Sox as they end 0:14:46.330 --> 0:14:49.530 up winning 4-3 after a quick word from our sponsors. 0:14:54.460 --> 0:14:56.880 The MLB postseason has arrived, and if you want to 0:14:56.920 --> 0:15:00.740 see the action in person, you need SeatGeek. 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So for all those that have visited 0:17:33.340 --> 0:17:36.419 Remova for Games 1 and 2, I'm glad that you 0:17:36.460 --> 0:17:41.100 have enjoyed the experience. The Chicago White Sox, guys, are 0:17:41.119 --> 0:17:43.040 4-0 in this postseason. 0:17:43.400 --> 0:17:43.620 Just. 0:17:44.780 --> 0:17:48.379 Absolutely wild. And it was mentioned in the comments section earlier. 0:17:48.460 --> 0:17:51.619 Is this a team of destiny? Maybe it's too soon. 0:17:52.420 --> 0:17:57.189 Maybe the blessing from the Pope is pretty divine intervention 0:17:57.710 --> 0:18:01.470 for this White Sox team. But they have they look 0:18:01.530 --> 0:18:05.419 great against Houston. And they are figuring out how to 0:18:05.460 --> 0:18:07.790 win in Cleveland. And we talked about it leading up 0:18:07.850 --> 0:18:10.430 to this series that the White Sox were not going 0:18:10.470 --> 0:18:13.330 to be intimidated by the Guardians in Cleveland. They had 0:18:13.410 --> 0:18:16.270 proven that they could win in Cleveland this year. Even 0:18:16.290 --> 0:18:19.800 though they ended up going 3-4, still they were able 0:18:19.859 --> 0:18:22.840 to almost nullify the home field advantage the Guardians had 0:18:23.100 --> 0:18:26.480 over against the White Sox. And this game started off 0:18:26.560 --> 0:18:30.060 like so many bad White Sox games in Cleveland, right? 0:18:30.760 --> 0:18:35.140 Starting pitcher can't find the strike zone. Weak contact all 0:18:35.340 --> 0:18:38.980 over like Stephen Kwan's grounder. I don't even think reached 0:18:38.980 --> 0:18:43.230 85 mile per hour exit velocity that squirted through right 0:18:43.310 --> 0:18:48.449 by Chase Mydroth. High choppers can't get double plays because 0:18:48.530 --> 0:18:51.290 it just takes a huge bounce off the infield and 0:18:51.369 --> 0:18:55.240 just buys enough time. And then a slow grounder hit 0:18:55.660 --> 0:18:58.139 to your pitcher with the bases loaded. Can't make the 0:18:58.180 --> 0:19:00.400 throw to home. And when they throw it at first base, 0:19:00.440 --> 0:19:03.820 it gets away. And an unearned run scores. And that's 0:19:03.859 --> 0:19:06.700 how Cleveland took a 2-0 lead. And we have seen 0:19:06.740 --> 0:19:10.820 those games just completely unravel for the Chicago White Sox 0:19:10.960 --> 0:19:14.129 over the years. And it becomes a laugher. But not today. 0:19:14.910 --> 0:19:18.689 And they continue to show it throughout the 2026 season. 0:19:18.750 --> 0:19:21.030 This is what we mean by the resilience of this 0:19:21.109 --> 0:19:24.210 White Sox team. Sean Newcomb did not look good in 0:19:24.230 --> 0:19:27.510 that first inning replacing Anthony Kaye. But he was able 0:19:27.550 --> 0:19:30.230 to turn it around in the second inning and shut 0:19:30.270 --> 0:19:33.139 down Cleveland, a scoreless inning in the second, before handing 0:19:33.160 --> 0:19:35.940 the ball off to Sean Burke. And I thought that 0:19:35.980 --> 0:19:38.659 was really big for Sean Newcomb because he needs moments 0:19:38.680 --> 0:19:41.119 to build up some confidence. It's a good thing that 0:19:41.140 --> 0:19:43.830 he's a veteran because I think a rookie pitcher, if 0:19:43.890 --> 0:19:45.830 Noah Schultz made that throwing error, you don't know what 0:19:45.850 --> 0:19:48.790 you get in the second inning. But for the White 0:19:48.830 --> 0:19:53.020 Sox pitching staff, to keep Cleveland at bay and just 0:19:53.119 --> 0:19:55.620 buy enough time for this White Sox offense to come 0:19:55.700 --> 0:19:58.560 through and have that big inning again in the sixth 0:19:58.619 --> 0:20:03.120 inning to finally get some momentum going against Gavin Williams... 0:20:03.300 --> 0:20:06.480 And they know this Guardians bullpen. The Guardians have a 0:20:06.520 --> 0:20:08.730 good bullpen, but the White Sox hitters have been doing 0:20:08.750 --> 0:20:12.430 a great job against Cleveland's bullpen this season, in my opinion. 0:20:12.490 --> 0:20:15.030 To have that big moment from Brady Montgomery and to 0:20:15.109 --> 0:20:17.330 tack on another run, that ended up being a huge 0:20:17.390 --> 0:20:21.750 run by Chase Mydroth. Hunter Gaddis, his slider has been 0:20:21.830 --> 0:20:25.230 devastating to right-handed batters, and the White Sox are on it. 0:20:25.720 --> 0:20:27.520 They're looking for the slider. They know how to make 0:20:27.560 --> 0:20:29.699 good contact against the slider. They know how to be 0:20:29.740 --> 0:20:33.300 successful against Hunter Gaddis' slider. So I don't know how 0:20:33.380 --> 0:20:37.500 Cleveland uses Hunter Gattis moving forward because they need to 0:20:37.540 --> 0:20:40.540 now win three straight games against the White Sox. And 0:20:40.580 --> 0:20:43.139 I just don't see it happening. So if you're a 0:20:43.160 --> 0:20:46.040 White Sox fan right now, just absolutely losing your mind, 0:20:46.140 --> 0:20:50.200 you should. For everything that White Sox fans have gone 0:20:50.290 --> 0:20:55.910 through the last three years, over 300 losses to have 0:20:55.990 --> 0:20:58.950 this team get into the postseason, even though they lost 0:20:59.030 --> 0:21:03.040 division and September didn't go to plan. They are 4-0 0:21:03.260 --> 0:21:05.800 in the postseason, and they are just one more win 0:21:05.840 --> 0:21:09.780 away from going to the American League Championship Series. And 0:21:10.100 --> 0:21:13.709 this neighborhood in the south side of Chicago is going 0:21:13.770 --> 0:21:17.429 to be hopping on Wednesday. So the White Sox are 0:21:17.470 --> 0:21:20.010 going to open up the parking lots early. So go 0:21:20.050 --> 0:21:23.030 to Whitesox.com to get the final details. I was told, 0:21:23.070 --> 0:21:25.910 I think, four hours before first pitch. So parking lots 0:21:25.950 --> 0:21:29.150 could be open at like 11 a.m. You may need 0:21:29.210 --> 0:21:30.730 to get to the parking lots if you have a 0:21:30.770 --> 0:21:34.280 parking pass at that time. Get ready to tailgate. Get 0:21:34.320 --> 0:21:37.379 ready to pregame. If you don't have tickets to the game, 0:21:37.619 --> 0:21:39.700