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MLB · October 8, 2026

Cleveland Guardians vs Chicago White Sox Final — October 8, 2026

Cleveland Guardians

84-77

Starting pitcher Parker Messick Probable

FINAL

Chicago White Sox

84-78

Starting pitcher Hagen Smith Probable

Thursday, October 8 · 8:00 PM ET

CLEStarting pitchersseason to dateCHW

2.56

ERA

1.29

14th3.07

FIP

2.35

186.1

Innings

28.0

Starts

CLEOffense2026 regular season to dateCHW

24th4.19

R/G

4.795th

CLEDefenseCHW

8th4.13

RA/G

4.4414th

CLETeamCHW

13th+0.06

Run diff/G

+0.359th

CLESeason ratingCHW

16th-0.04

Margin rtg

+0.2711th

24th-0.10

SOS

-0.0823rd

84-77

Regular-season record

84-78

CLELast 10 gamesCHW

Game by game

8-2

Last 10

7-3

+21

Net

+22

Top third of the leagueMiddle thirdBottom thirdBar = league rank (full = 1st)

Injuries & restkey injuries · rest and travel

CLERest & travelCHW

308 mi495 km

Travel to the game

Home

−1 hclock change vs home

Time-zone change

Home

CLEKey injuriesCHW

None listed

Players out or limited

Luis Castillo SP15-day IL

About these numbers

Probable starters as listed by MLB, captured October 8, 5:40 p.m. ET. Season pitching line before game time; FIP rank among the 188 pitchers with at least 10 starts (1st = lowest).

2026 regular season to date, captured before kickoff. League rank in small type (30 teams); the gold side ranks higher. Bars show rank, longest = 1st. Source: Gridiron & Wine public Analytics tables.

Margin of each of the last 10 games this season, oldest to newest (gold = won). Hover a bar for the score margin.

Distance is straight-line from each team's home arena; time-zone change is at game time. Rest counts days since each team's previous game.

No key players listed.

Key players only. Injury report and probable pitchers as of October 8, 10:10 a.m. ET.

The pre-game matchup

The Guardians (84-77) visited the White Sox (84-78) on Thursday, October 8 at 8:00 PM ET.

The Guardians score 4.19 runs per game (24th of 30) and allow 4.13 (8th). The White Sox score 4.79 runs per game (5th of 30) and allow 4.44 (14th).

Written from the numbers available before kickoff.

Result

Final score and result vs the closing line

Cleveland Guardians 9, Chicago White Sox 5

Cleveland Guardians won by 4.

Market

Closing line and line movement

Run line

OpenWhite Sox +1.5 (-180)
Guardians -1.5 (+147)

Close—

Total

Open7.5 (o -104 / u -118)

Close—

Moneyline

OpenGuardians -115 51%
White Sox -105 49%

Close—

Consensus of US sportsbooks. Open = first line after both teams' previous games; Close = consensus at kickoff. Percentages are the moneyline's no-vig market-implied chances.

Matchup

Head-to-head

The teams have met 52 times since 2023: the Guardians won 30 and the White Sox 22.

Date	Score	Line	Total
Sep 16, 2026	White Sox 3, Guardians 6 Guardians won
Sep 15, 2026	White Sox 6, Guardians 7 Guardians won
Sep 14, 2026	White Sox 7, Guardians 3 White Sox won
Aug 9, 2026	Guardians 3, White Sox 5 White Sox won
Aug 8, 2026	Guardians 3, White Sox 6 White Sox won

Meetings since 2023, most recent first. Line and total are the consensus closing numbers where line history is available.

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