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Cleveland Guardians vs Chicago White Sox (5 Oct): preview, form, head-to-head and how to watch

MLB, Monday, 5 October 2026: Cleveland Guardians vs Chicago White Sox. Standings, recent form, head-to-head record and TV listings.

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Cleveland Guardians vs Chicago White Sox (5 Oct): preview, form, head-to-head and how to watch

Key facts

Competition
MLB
Round
ALDS - Game 2
Date
Monday, 5 October 2026
Start time (UTC)
21:00
Venue
Progressive Field, Cleveland
TV / streaming
TBS (United States), truTV (United States)

Match overview

On Monday, 5 October 2026, Cleveland Guardians welcome Chicago White Sox for a MLB game set to start at 21:00 UTC. The game is listed as "ALDS - Game 2" in MLB.

The match is scheduled to be played at Progressive Field in Cleveland. All times on this page are shown in UTC; the match page converts the start time to your local time zone.

Where the teams stand

The table shows Cleveland Guardians in 2nd place (85 wins and 77 defeats from 162 matches) and Chicago White Sox in 6th place (84 wins and 78 defeats from 162 matches).

Cleveland Guardians have scored 678 runs and conceded 667 runs in the league, a difference of +11. Chicago White Sox have scored 776 runs and conceded 720 runs in the league, a difference of +56.

Where the teams stand
#TeamPWLGFGAGDW-L
1Tampa Bay Rays1629864736650+8698-64
2Cleveland Guardians1628577678667+1185-77
3Houston Astros1628181734766-3281-81
4New York Yankees1619368739601+13893-68
5Boston Red Sox1628775689611+7887-75
6Chicago White Sox1628478776720+5684-78

Recent form

Cleveland Guardians: 3 wins and 2 defeats in their last 5 matches (W-W-W-L-L), scoring 26 runs and conceding 20 runs.

Chicago White Sox: 4 wins and 1 defeat in their last 5 matches (L-W-W-W-W), scoring 26 runs and conceding 17 runs. Chicago White Sox have won 4 matches in a row.

Recent form
TeamDateOpponentH/AScoreResult
Cleveland Guardians3 OctChicago White SoxH0-3L
Cleveland Guardians27 SeptKansas City RoyalsA2-3L
Cleveland Guardians26 SeptKansas City RoyalsA11-5W
Cleveland Guardians25 SeptKansas City RoyalsA12-9W
Cleveland Guardians24 SeptBoston Red SoxA1-0W
Chicago White Sox3 OctCleveland GuardiansA3-0W
Chicago White Sox30 SeptHouston AstrosA7-3W
Chicago White Sox29 SeptHouston AstrosA6-3W
Chicago White Sox27 SeptColorado RockiesH4-2W
Chicago White Sox26 SeptColorado RockiesH6-9L

Head-to-head

Across 5 meetings in our records, the tally is 3 wins for Cleveland Guardians and 2 wins for Chicago White Sox. The most recent meeting came on Saturday, 3 October 2026: Cleveland Guardians 0-3 Chicago White Sox.

Across 5 meetings, the sides have produced 40 runs, an average of 8 per game.

Head-to-head
DateHomeScoreAway
3 OctCleveland Guardians0-3Chicago White Sox
16 SeptCleveland Guardians6-3Chicago White Sox
15 SeptCleveland Guardians7-6Chicago White Sox
14 SeptCleveland Guardians3-7Chicago White Sox
14 SeptCleveland Guardians3-2Chicago White Sox

Key numbers to watch

In their recent matches Cleveland Guardians averaged 5.2 runs scored and 4 conceded per game, while Chicago White Sox averaged 5.2 scored and 3.4 conceded.

Chicago White Sox have been harder to score against, conceding 3.4 runs per game over the same spell.

How to watch

Broadcast listings stored for this match: TBS (United States) and truTV (United States).

Rights differ from country to country, so check your local listings before the start.

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