It’s a full day of Major League Baseball action on Wednesday with all eight teams left fighting for the World Series all play. In the American League, both the Chicago White Sox and Tampa Bay Rays enter today with a chance to punch their tickets to the Championship Series.
In Game 2 on Monday, the White Sox came from behind with a three-run sixth inning in their 4-3 win over Cleveland. Chicago head home after facing Parker Messick and Gavin Williams with a 2-0 series lead.
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Cleveland Guardians (0-2) vs. Chicago White Sox (2-0)
4:00 PM ET – Rate Field – TBS/HBO Max
RHP Daniel Espino (0-0, 4.11 ERA) vs LHP Sean Newcomb (2-5, 3.09 ERA)
Both teams will go with an opener on Wednesday in a pivotal Game 3. Espino retired two batters in Game 1, he allowed a hit and walk. His longest outing of the season is two innings. Newcomb is coming off two scoreless innings as the opener for the White Sox on Monday. The former first round pick was used as an opener six times in the regular season and pitched 90 innings this season.
Slugger Munetaka Murakami has been the White Sox offensive star in the series with a home run and three RBIs. Miguel Vargas has been on base six times with two hits and four walks.
On the Cleveland side, Chase Delauter is the only Guardian with multiple hits, and he’s mustered just two singles.
White Sox Lineup
- Sam Antonacci – DH
- Miguel Vargas – 3B
- Munetaka Murakami – 1B
- Kyle Teel – C
- Chase Meidroth – 2B
- Tristan Peters – CF
- Randal Grichuk – LF
- Braden Montgomery – RF
- Colson Montgomery – SS
Starting Pitcher: Sean Newcomb
Guardians Lineup
- Steven Kwan – CF
- José Ramírez – 3B
- Chase DeLauter – RF
- Jo Adell – DH
- Nathaniel Lowe – 1B
- Angel Martínez – LF
- Travis Bazzana – 2B
- Patrick Bailey – C
- Brayan Rocchio – SS
Starting Pitcher: Daniel Espino
Tampa Bay Rays (2-0) vs. New York Yankees (0-2)
8:00 PM ET – Yankee Stadium – TBS/HBO MAX
RHP Nick Martinez (15-6, 3.10 ERA) vs LHP Max Fried (5-5, 2.80 ERA)
On Monday, the Rays were one of the rare teams to solve Cam Schlittler in 2026 with a 5-2 win putting them potentially one game away from the ALCS. The matchup on Wednesday is right-hander Nick Martinez against lefty Max Fried. Martinez hasn’t pitched yet this postseason. Fried was sharp in a Wild Series win over the Red Sox with six innings of one-run ball.
Jonathan Aranda has led the Rays’ offense with three hits in the series and the teams only home run. Junior Caminero has two hits and two walks coming off a regular season campaign that put him firmly in the MVP conversation.
On the Yankees side, they only have five hits in the series including two solo homers by Ben Rice. Austin Wells has two of the other hits, but made a key baserunning mistake in Game 1.
Yankees Lineup
Starting Pitcher: Max Fried
Rays Lineup
Starting Pitcher: Nick Martinez
The National League side is also in action on Wednesday at 6:00 p.m. ET with the Dodgers playing in Atlanta with a 2-1 series lead and then the Brewers and Padres at 10:00 p.m. ET with Milwaukee hoping to close out the series.
