The Houston Astros will host the Chicago White Sox in the AL Wild Card series. The Astros slipped into the playoffs on the last day of the regular season, winning the AL West with an 81-81 record. Now, the Astros are announcing their roster for the AL Wild Card Series, with one surprising name, per […]
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How to watch White Sox vs. Astros AL Wild Card Game 1 at Daikin Park: first pitch at 4:00 p.m. CT on NBCSN and Peacock.
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A new season is about to begin and, for the Astros, it’s a chance to prove they still belong at the postseason party after all these years. White Sox Radio PBP man Len Kasper joined us exclusively at The Crawfish Boxes to discuss this week’s Wild Card Matchup. Q) How awesome is this moment for […]
Good morning! Playoff baseball begins today with the Philadelphia Phillies vs. the Atlanta Braves and Chicago Cubs vs. San Diego Padres in NL Wild Card Game 1. On the AL Wild Card side, the Boston Red Sox take on the New York Yankees and the Chicago White Sox match up against the Houston Astros. Which […]
For the first time since 2021, the Chicago White Sox are postseason-bound. Like in 2021, they’ve drawn the Houston Astros in the first round. Unlike the first go-around, these two teams are playing in a best-of-three series, not the American League Division Series. A lot’s changed for both organizations in the five years since that […]
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Both Chicago teams are in the playoffs for the first time since the shortened 2020 season. As Jon Morosi of MLB Network points out, Tuesday is just the ninth time ever that the White Sox and Cubs have played a postseason game on the same day. 1. Luzardo to start Game 1 The Phillies will […]
The ChiSox are back in the postseason after three straight 100-loss seasons. Here is the team's all‑time postseason starting lineup
In Game 1 of the White Sox’s Wild Card Series against Oakland during the 2020 postseason, Rick Renteria rolled out Lucas Giolito, who would go on to finish seventh in the American League Cy Young voting. In Game 1 of the White Sox’s Divisional Series against Houston during the 2021 postseason, Tony La Russa went…
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Baseball is booming in the Windy City. In 2026, both the Chicago Cubs and Chicago White Sox qualified for the postseason — with both teams making it by virtue of the Wild Card. The Cubs finished the 2026 regular season with 89 victories, while the White Sox, despite losing their hold over the AL Central, […]
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James Fegan reports Hagen Smith will open White Sox AL Wild Card Game 1 vs. the Astros in a bullpen game Tuesday at 4 p.m. CT in Houston.
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The Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros reached the postseason through different routes. The White Sox went 84-78, two years after losing 121 games. The Astros won the American League West crown at 81-81, becoming the first division champion without a winning record. Yet the Astros won five of seven meetings between the clubs this […]
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The Houston Astros needed all 162 games to get here. They finished 81-81, won the American League West by one game, and now host the Chicago White Sox in a best-of-three Wild Card Series. Their record will matter little once Game 1 begins Tuesday, but it does explain why Houston cannot afford many quiet nights […]
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The Houston Astros are preparing for their American League Wild Card series against the Chicago White Sox. The Astros clinched the playoffs on the final day of the regular season, finishing the year at 81-81, but winning the AL West. As the Astros prepare for Game 1 of the series, manager Joe Espada is giving […]
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The White Sox turned in a precocious season to make the playoffs ahead of schedule. Their reward? Facing the Houston Astros, the AL's perennial final boss.
While surprising, it was easy to comprehend the White Sox as a top-flight unit when Munetaka Murakami and Colson Montgomery were on 45-homer paces during the first half. It was a little harder to understand how they maintained their grip on the American League runs lead when both sluggers slumped after the break, Sam Antonacci went homerless over the final 50-plus games, and Braden Montgomery eventually looked like a rookie.
It became a little bit easier to understand after the final regular...
As we await the Cubs playing starting tomorrow in a Wild Card series against the Padres, let’s take a look back at the team’s long Modern Era postseason history. That history dates to 1906, when the team lost the World Series to the White Sox after winning a record 116 games during the regular season […]
If the Chicago White Sox do these things, they should move on to the ALDS.
When Tim Anderson returned to Rate Field on Sept. 17, he came back looking for closure. “It’s closing the door the way I wanted to and nobody else,” Anderson said before a ceremony honoring his Chicago White Sox career. He said he was happy and at peace. After eight seasons in Chicago, Anderson returned as […]
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Yes, the White Sox did end up snatching defeat out of the jaws of victory by falling from the No. 2 seed into the No. 6 and final Wild Card spot at the end of the season, and their punishment is extreme: Having to spend additional time in Texas. Worse, due to the compressed nature […]
It is October-y enough to be October, even though October is still days away, which means it's time to find out how many of you weirdos can hold a grudge that isn't yours to hold. The Houston Astros, American League West champions at 81-81, are officially the worst team ever to make baseball's postseason after edging out two other teams that also would have been the worst teams ever to make baseball's postseason. Now you can all get fever-blistered all over again about Carlos Beltran's crimes ...
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The Chicago White Sox finish the 2026 season at 84-78 and now prepare for their Wild Card matchup against Houston. Josh Nelson and Jim Margalus share their thoughts on how the 2026 regular season went. Why it was the best kind of surprise, why there could be some regret about not winning the division, and why no White Sox fan can take for granted what this season has provided.
Then, in the Wild Card preview, who will be the White Sox X-Factor? Can the White Sox keep Yordan ...
Heading into the 2026 Major League Baseball season, the New York Mets, Seattle Mariners and Toronto Blue Jays looked like three of the biggest challengers to the Dodgers dynasty. Meanwhile the Tampa Bay Rays were supposed to finish in dead last in the AL East and a fourth consecutive season with at least 100 losses felt like a real possibility for the Chicago White Sox.
1902 For the second game of a doubleheader at Sportsman’s Park, the Browns and White Sox used the last day of the season to throw all non-pitchers in their game. White Sox left fielder Sam Mertes got the 10-4 win, beating St. Louis left fielder Jesse Burkett. First baseman Frank Isbell was the “opener” for […]
There’s a new worst record to go to the postseason, but at least it isn’t a sub-.500 one. The Houston Astros handled business today in West Sacramento against the Athletics, 9-0. With the victory, the Astros are AL West Champions and will host the Chicago White Sox in the AL Wild Card Round beginning Tuesday […]
As teams like the Cubs, Padres, Red Sox, Guardians and White Sox clinched their spots in the Major League Baseball playoffs on seemingly an every-day basis, the Philadelphia Phillies were seemingly stuck in quicksand. For four consecutive days, the Phillies’ magic number did not move. It was stuck on two as they kept on losing […]
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