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• #WHITE SOX MAGIC NUMBER TODAY SERIES#

The reigning World Series champion Los Angeles Dodgers are favored to take the title again in 2021 with +325 odds, according to PointsBet. Who has the best odds to win the World Series?

7 and Game 1 of the 2021 World Series is scheduled for Tuesday, Oct. The postseason will kick off with the American League Wild Card Game, followed by the National League Wild Card Game on Wednesday, Oct. 5, after the regular season ends on Sunday, Oct.

The 2021 postseason will begin on Tuesday, Oct. Texas Rangers - ELIMINATED When does the MLB 2021 postseason begin? Here is a breakdown of each MLB team’s magic number for the 2021 postseason, as of the games played on Oct. The magic number can also decrease by one every time your team’s closest competitor (in the race to win the division or make the Wild Card Game) loses. Therefore, every time your team wins, its magic number gets smaller by one. Magic number = Team A's games remaining + 1 - (losses by Team B - losses by Team A) The magic number reflects the combination of wins needed by a given team (Team A) and losses by the team’s closest competitor (Team B) to clinch. The Royals will counter with RHP Ian Kennedy (11-9, 3.62).These MLB Teams Have Clinched a 2022 Playoff Berth White Sox: LHP Chris Sale (15-8, 3.03) will take the ball in the opener of a weekend series in Kansas City on Friday night. Rookie RHP Michael Fulmer (10-6, 2.76) is scheduled to start for the visitors. Indians: RHP Corey Kluber (16-9, 3.05) will bid for his third win in as many starts against the Tigers this season on Friday. White Sox: INF/DH Justin Morneau (neck stiffness) sat out a third consecutive game as a precautionary measure. OF Lonnie Chisenhall (abdominal discomfort) was a late scratch. He has been on the disabled list since July 18 because of a dislocated right shoulder. White Sox magic number The White Sox are only three games back of the Guardians in the AL Central but they are in third place and have an uphill battle for the rest of the season. He was struck by a pitch Wednesday in a rehab assignment with Double-A Akron.

Indians: C Yan Gomes could be activated and start on Friday pending the test results on his right wrist. Since 1996, Michael Brantley (2013) is the only Indians player to achieve the feat. But I think it's more (about) his mechanics and just the timing that he has right now."Ĭleveland INF Francisco Lindor struck out in a pinch-hit role and remained 22 hits short of 200 this season. "Whether it was playing the outfield or not, there could be a correlation to that. "His swings are better," manager Robin Ventura said. That was the lone run off Clevinger, who allowed three hits and one walk in four innings. It was the sixth homer and 22nd RBI in his last 17 games. He was 0-5 with a 10.75 earned-run average in his previous eight appearances.Īfter a rocky third, Shields mowed down nine consecutive batters before Carlos Santana reached on an infield hit in the sixth.Ĭleveland counterpart Mike Clevinger retired seven batters in a row before Abreu led off the fourth with a homer for a 1-1 tie. Sanchez followed with a bloop single to right-center.ĭavid Robertson (5-3) pitched a scoreless inning to earn the victory.Ĭhicago starter James Shields gave up one run on three hits and three walks in six innings, and remained winless in his last nine starts. The first-place Indians remained six games ahead of the Detroit Tigers in the AL Central.Īfter Omar Narvaez led off the ninth with a single off Bryan Shaw (2-5), pinch-runner Leury Garcia stole second while Avisail Garcia struck out. The White Sox took three of four games in the series to conclude a 6-4 homestead against three playoff hopefuls.