The Cleveland Guardians (85-77, 41-40 home) have rallied from an 0-2 deficit to force a deciding Game 5 with the Chicago White Sox (84-78, 36-45 away) in the ALDS. The AL Central rivals will meet in the winner-take-all finale on Saturday, October 10th, in Cleveland. First pitch is slated for 8:00 pm ET.

The opening White Sox/Guardians Game 5 odds favor Cleveland by a not-insignificant margin.

At prediction market Kalshi, the Guardians are trading at 60¢ to advance, which is equivalent of -150 American odds in traditional sportsbook terms. The White Sox come back at 43¢ (or +133).

The runline and run total have yet to be posted.

Despite only five teams remaining, both Cleveland and Chicago remain afterthoughts in the World Series odds ; the Guardians are trading at 7¢ and White Sox at 3.3¢.

The most-likely pitching matchup in Game 5 is Sean Burke for the White Sox against Gavin Williams for the Guardians. Both logged five(-plus) innings in Game 2. Williams also pitched the final three outs of Game 4 on Thursday, throwing 19 pitches. That may limit his longevity in Game 5 but shouldn’t prevent him from starting given that Friday is a travel day.

Williams went 5.0 innings in Game 2, allowing four hits and two earned runs with a scintillating 11 strikeouts .

Burke went 5.1 innings following opener Anthony Kay (who lasted just 0.1 IP) and Sean Newcomb (2.0 IP). He allowed just one run on one hit with six punchouts.

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