CLEVELAND, OHIO — José Ramírez hit a two-run homer in the fourth inning and four Cleveland pitchers allowed three hits as the Guardians beat the Chicago White Sox 2-0 in Game 5 of their American League Division Series on Saturday night at Progressive Field, according to MLB's official box score.
Cleveland lost the first two games of the series and won the next three. The Guardians open the best-of-seven American League Championship Series at Tampa Bay on Monday, Oct. 12, at 8 p.m. ET.
Gavin Williams struck out 12 and allowed one hit over 5 2/3 innings for the win. Erik Sabrowski and Hunter Gaddis bridged to Cade Smith, who got the final five outs, four by strikeout, for the save. Guardians pitchers struck out 21.
Sean Burke took the loss for Chicago, allowing two runs on four hits in five innings. A crowd of 36,889 watched the game, which took 2 hours, 36 minutes.
Down 0-2, Cleveland needed three. It got them.
Source: MLB.com
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