White Sox 2-0 in ALDS as Crochet trade trio delivers — SkimNews
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- The White Sox won Game 2 of the ALDS 4-3 over the Cleveland Guardians, taking a 2-0 series lead and improving to 4-0 in the postseason, with all four wins coming on the road
- Chase Meidroth, Braden Montgomery, and Kyle Teel — the three position players the White Sox received in the 2024 Garrett Crochet trade with the Red Sox — went a combined 4-for-12 with 3 RBI, scoring or driving in all four White Sox runs
- Montgomery delivered the decisive hit, a two-out, two-run double in the sixth inning that flipped a 2-1 deficit into a 3-2 lead, with Meidroth following with a single that scored an insurance run
- The White Sox are now one win from their first ALCS appearance since the 2005 World Series, with the team having lost a modern-record 121 games in the season preceding the Crochet trade
- The Guardians have mustered just three runs on seven hits through two ALDS games, with their biggest offensive play being a Sean Newcomb throwing error; Cleveland ranked 24th in runs and 27th in home runs during the regular season
- The Guardians are 2-8 in their last 10 postseason games dating back to 2024 and face elimination in Game 3, while the Tampa Bay Rays lead the New York Yankees 1-0 in the other ALDS
Why it matters: The Crochet trade, made after a modern-record 121-loss 2024 season, is one win from delivering an ALCS berth for a White Sox franchise that hasn't reached that round since 2005. For Cleveland, the offensive drought (.174/.277/.295 league-wide Division Series slashline notwithstanding) extends a familiar pattern: 2-8 in their last 10 postseason games, with the team now one loss from another October exit.
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