Guardians advance to ALCS with Game 5 win over White Sox: José Ramírez, Gavin Williams set date with Rays

They came back in the regular season to win the AL Central, and now they've come back in the postseason to win the ALDS. The Cleveland Guardians are ALCS-bound thanks to their Game 5 win over the Chicago White Sox at rainy Progressive Field on Saturday (CLE 2, CWS 0). The Guardians are the seventh team in the Wild Card era (since 1995) to come back from down 0-2 in a best-of-five series.

"Anytime you go down 0-2, you can sulk, you can pout," Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said prior to Game 5. "And I feel the emotions. It's frustrating, obviously, but it doesn't do myself or anyone good to feel sorry for myself or feel bad for us. We're still in it. We still have a chance."

The Guardians dropped Games 1 and 2 at home before the offense woke up at Rate Field in Chicago. They scored nine runs in Game 3 and another nine runs in Game 4. In Game 5, the Guardians scored just enough to complete the series comeback. They are the first team to erase an 0-2 Division Series deficit since the New York Yankees against Cleveland in the 2017 ALDS.

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