Chicago White Sox · 2026 AL Wild Card Series
October 1, 2026. Guaranteed Rate Field. The White Sox swept the Houston Astros out of the postseason in Game 2, winning 7-3 to advance to the ALDS. South Side baseball is going to October — again.
The White Sox took a 6-3 lead in the previous game and followed it up with a more comprehensive win. Chicago's offense came through early — a lead they never surrendered — and the bullpen held the Astros to three runs as the White Sox captured the series in the minimum two games. The South Side hadn't advanced this deep in October since 2005, when the team swept its way to a World Series title.
The White Sox enter the ALDS against the Cleveland Guardians. Games 1 and 2 are in Cleveland, with the series shifting to Chicago for Games 3 through 5. Game 1 is Saturday, October 3 at 1:00 PM ET on TBS.
Every White Sox fan who watched October 1 remembers where they were. This is the game that sent the South Side to the ALDS — the kind of night you want documented properly. Field & Ink's hand-lettered scorecards record every at-bat exactly as it happened: every pitch sequence, every key hit, every out that built the margin. It's $29, instant digital download, sized to frame or print from home.
The White Sox 2005 World Series sweep is already in the catalog. So is the 1917 World Series, the last time the franchise won back-to-back in October. But this game — the 2026 Wild Card clincher — is from this week. That's a different kind of thing.
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Get It on Etsy →Chicago's 2005 run is the last time the franchise won the World Series — a four-game sweep over the Houston Astros that might have been the most dominant October performance in the modern era. That scorecard, from World Series Game 4 on October 26, 2005, is in the catalog. So is the 2005 ALDS Game 3 (the Paul Konerko slam), the 2005 ALCS Game 5, and now the 2026 Wild Card clincher.
If the White Sox go deeper — through the Guardians, through the LCS, to the Series — every one of those games is going in the catalog. A fan who got the 2005 WS4 scorecard when it was just the most recent title has a decade of October history on one wall. Imagine what 2026 could add.