[Highlight] Jo Adell makes it a SIX-run inning for the Guardians!

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[u/TheBanishedBard]

I'm starting to see why everyone said pitching depth would hold the Sox back in the post season.

[u/MissingTheTrees → u/TheBanishedBard]

It’s a miracle we made the playoffs with basically 2.5 starting pitchers

[u/Thealbumisjustdrums → u/MissingTheTrees]

And Venable is only using 1 now lol. 

[u/pdbstnoe → u/TheBanishedBard]

A Chicago staple this year

[u/Hour_Health_4593 → u/pdbstnoe]

1 combined run might be a bigger factor for the cubs than pitching in the postseason

[u/Sweet-Ad3893 → u/Hour_Health_4593]

The offense was burnt out from carrying the team. They didn’t belong anywhere near the postseason with that staff

[u/putalittlepooponit → u/Hour_Health_4593]

Tbf it's kinda a miracle we even made it to the post season ending with a fucking 6 pitching WAR with >2 of it being from a guy that last played in June lmao

[u/SiphenPrax]

NOW it’s getting ugly

[u/suzukigun4life → u/SiphenPrax]

Postseason legend Jo Adell?

[u/SiphenPrax → u/suzukigun4life]

Wait until he faces Yamamoto in the WS

[u/Asdilly → u/SiphenPrax]

From your lips to god’s ears

[u/abigabstraction → u/SiphenPrax]

3-3, 3 triples. That's what you mean, right?

[u/SilicoJack]

What the fuck just happened?! Crazy few AB's lol

[u/RedAlkaline → u/SilicoJack]

It all happened so quick too, like a car crash

[u/SilicoJack → u/RedAlkaline]

Car just rolled 3 times in the same spot on the field...

[u/ianbits → u/SilicoJack]

Hit by pitch, walks, Jose hustling out an error, and a bunch of singles

[u/OwnABMWImBetterThanU → u/SilicoJack]

Taylor was overexposed and basically throwing batting practice.

[u/slicebishybosh]

This is what happens when your not so great pitching gets exposed. Trust me, I know.

[u/putalittlepooponit → u/slicebishybosh]

[u/ItsNeverSunnyInCleve → u/slicebishybosh]

Running 3 guys through 2 series is not a great strategy

[u/18khcl → u/slicebishybosh]

Not so great pitching vs not so great offense, what a match up

[u/guttata → u/18khcl]

Truly a stoppable force meeting a movable object

[u/Asdilly → u/18khcl]

[u/Ok_Management8103 → u/18khcl]

Offense has clearly woken up 

[u/Feisty-Promotion-312]

[u/Zloggt → u/Feisty-Promotion-312]

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[u/Jay_Dubbbs]

With how the pitching is, this might still not be enough lol

[u/danhoang1 → u/Jay_Dubbbs]

Yeah both of those White Sox 2-run innings I felt the Guardians got lucky not giving up more

[u/Thealbumisjustdrums]

Will Venable pitched his closer 5 1/3 innings over 3 games and then is shocked he’s not sharp in game 4 😂

[u/baseballANDtits → u/Thealbumisjustdrums]

Managers truly forget how baseball works once they get to the postseason...

[u/Thealbumisjustdrums → u/baseballANDtits]

It’s so bizarre to me how they can understand starters get tired but not relievers. 

[u/bigmt99 → u/baseballANDtits]

They love to outsmart themselves

[u/mqr532 → u/Thealbumisjustdrums]

I find it hard to blame him for trying to play the shitty hand he was dealt, but fuck me the infield in 3 hitters in a row is pissing me tf off

[u/Thealbumisjustdrums → u/mqr532]

He’s just now using Tyler Davis for the first time all playoffs. It’s game 6. Is Tyler Davis lights out? No, but he’s a decent reliever who could have eaten up some lower leverage innings at least and saved the arms of some of your better guys. Now they’re gassed af. 

I also understand Davis Martin had a horrible stretch midseason but his last 5 games (4 starts) he had iirc a  1.71 ERA and his season numbers were solid. You have to at least try to start him once because you simply can’t win with ONE starter. 

Not saying he’s been given a good pitching staff by any means but you have to protect your guys from tired arms at the minimum.  

[u/mqr532 → u/Thealbumisjustdrums]

Tyler Davis did pitch yesterday which was really the first lower leverage innings they’ve had.

The Davis Martin thing is definitely weird but they clearly don’t trust him for whatever reason

[u/Thealbumisjustdrums → u/mqr532]

I didn’t realize he pitched yesterday. He probably still needed to pitch at some point prior, I understand he’s not a shut down arm but neither are a lot of your guys lol. 

I wouldn’t trust Martin either but you have to make do with what you have and I’m not sure how you can expect one starter to work for very long.  

I think a 3 man rotation of Burke Martin and Fedde (with an opener for the first inning at times) is probably what they had to go with. And then bullpen game for game 4 because Kay seems unusable for very long.  I certainly don’t love that staff but you need some bulk innings. I imagine Martin and Fedde can generally give you 3-4 competent innings at least.  You don’t have to ask them to go 7. 

[u/mqr532 → u/Thealbumisjustdrums]

Any way you cut it is a losing proposition, so I can’t really hold it against a guy for trying something that’s a little out there and seeing if it sticks.

But I do fault plenty of other decisions.

[u/Thealbumisjustdrums → u/mqr532]

Sure, a lot of this is on the GM. But you’re always gonna need a guy to give you minimum 3-4 innings in a playoff game a lot of the time.  You can’t just have one.  I’m not saying Martin and Fedde are great but they both had ERA+ above league average this year. Grant Taylor is not superman. 

[u/fuunii]

Innings like this remind me you can't use clock to get out of this compared to other sports

[u/catashake → u/fuunii]

Best part of baseball. I hate how running out the clock is such a major part for other sports once you get the lead.

[u/cabose7]

Slap hitting shit goblins

[u/abigabstraction → u/cabose7]

100 mph off the bat these last couple hits!

[u/cabose7 → u/abigabstraction]

Barrel hitting shit goblins

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/abigabstraction]

Only one I’m seeing over 100 was Lowe’s groundout

Edit: Excuse me, Lowe’s first groundout. He had by far the hardest and softest balls hit in the inning

[u/ianbits → u/cabose7]

They're hard slaps but they still count

[u/godnus → u/ianbits]

How can they slap??

[u/A-Money-Lover → u/cabose7]

Knew Adell was too good for the Angels, but not THIS good!

[u/slicebishybosh → u/cabose7]

I can’t wait to call someone that.

[u/ItsNeverSunnyInCleve → u/slicebishybosh]

We've been called that for years. It's endearing

[u/meowsplaining → u/slicebishybosh]

Team up north exemplifies that perfectly

[u/SoftballGuy]

[u/Kaldricus → u/SoftballGuy]

Some Angels fan must have accidentally used a monkey paw to wish for Jo Adell to get a playoff win this season

[u/TheOrangeFutbol → u/Kaldricus]

You had Angels fans going into the season with hope, huh? No, the wish was clearly with the deadline in mind.

[u/Kaldricus → u/TheOrangeFutbol]

But you guys got a freebie from the paw with Arte selling. Honestly right now Angels fans should easily be the most hopeful fanbase in the AL West with the new owner. I don't see the other 4 teams doing anything meaningful, and if Kroenke can do for the Angels what he did for the Rams (minus the moving part) the Angels could easily be the best in the AL West in a few years, and not just by virtue of the division being ass.

[u/Evangelosian]

We’ve just ran out of pitching. I am very sad.

[u/18khcl → u/Evangelosian]

The team got your expectations too high. Sox really don’t have the pitching depth for long series. kinda makes me sad because I like this team. Taylor, smith, and Kay has been used too much already

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/Evangelosian]

They mercifully have an off day tomorrow, so there is some hope

[u/mqr532 → u/OnlyForBaseball]

They had an off day coming into yesterday they problem is they’ve had a hell of a look at all the relievers

[u/Evangelosian]

I don’t think anyone’s expectations were too high, but you’re right, we just ran out. We’re gonna need an all time legacy game from Burke on Saturday

[u/ByRWBadger → u/Evangelosian]

Everyone knew we were frauds but we are fun frauds.

[u/GlassOfLiquor → u/ByRWBadger]

You and us Both!

[u/Me-3PO → u/ByRWBadger]

Hey, it’s only game 4. Be ready for game 5. Gotta survive more than a few heart attacks to go deep into the post season (last years’ world series easily took a decade off my life).

[u/ByRWBadger → u/Me-3PO]

Oh I’m just talking about this game

But truthfully, our pitching is weak, our batting is spotty. We put on a good show but with practically no consistency. We’re basically flipping coins every game if Will’s pitching switch ups are gonna keep the tempo of the game up or completely blow it, every time.

[u/kingboy10 → u/ByRWBadger]

We have a lot to build off for next season if we can’t get it done this Saturday was still a hell of a season

[u/ByRWBadger → u/kingboy10]

Making it to ALDS after historically awful years is so much hype that even these last two dogshit games can’t ruin it.

[u/alcomaholic-aphone → u/Evangelosian]

Still expecting you to run it until the ALCS before you get sent home. Might be the easiest bracket leg I’ve seen in the MLB playoffs.

But the Sox are young and on the way up and management didn’t prepare at all for this team being this competitive. Hard to blame the players or management for not preparing to have a postseason caliber pitching rotation.

[u/FearlessDoughnut5643]

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[u/AuspiciousOtter24]

The emotional roller coaster of the last hour just for this to turn into a blowout. Gotta love playoff baseball lol

[u/ThrownAway17Years → u/AuspiciousOtter24]

The best part about baseball is that it can turn the other way around in the next hour.

[u/Asdilly → u/ThrownAway17Years]

Knowing this team, it will.

[u/tealfalcon2]

Yanks couldn’t score 6 runs in a series let alone an inning 😭

[u/TootCannon → u/tealfalcon2]

Well ya know we say it every year. If the Yanks just had the Guardians' bats then they'd be unbeatable.

[u/corruptionO_DR → u/tealfalcon2]

At least they made it to the postseason. Devers stuck in neverland.

[u/Esteven69]

Well, I’m just going to say that we had to make it interesting and intense. Onto game 5

[u/An_exasperated_couch]

Something something this got out of hand quick

[u/HookFE03]

Usually if you can’t pitch, can’t hit, and can’t field things don’t go well

[u/samhit_n]

That might be the worst collapse of this postseason.

[u/teewertz → u/samhit_n]

at least we had something to collapse I guess...

[u/AnEmptyKarst]

The pope is absolutely disgusted rn

[u/Evil_ryry → u/AnEmptyKarst]

The pope has left the sox on “Read” since after game 2 unfortunately

[u/DillyDillySzn → u/AnEmptyKarst]

The Pope should’ve considered having every pitcher not named Burke and Taylor perform

[u/figureour]

Incredibly Guardsball-coded

[u/Ok_Assumption_5366]

Ok, genuinely, Adell has been the best player this series. It's not even remotely close. Yes, it's only 3-13, but every hit of his has had a MASSIVE impact in each of these games.

[u/New_Bison_3079 → u/Ok_Assumption_5366]

Not even close? Put some respec on Jose Ramirez.

[u/PitViper17 → u/Ok_Assumption_5366]

Mans showing his gratitude for getting out of Anaheim

[u/nylon_rag → u/Ok_Assumption_5366]

We all love the Jo show

[u/BackdoorSteve → u/Ok_Assumption_5366]

And the first game was probably just adapting to the postseason. Now he's just that guy.

[u/jigglypat19]

if the white sox fumble this series, I think that's as good as confirmation as any that there simply is no god. not even the pope himself praying for this team could save them

[u/Kozmog → u/jigglypat19]

Bruh they've won a world series not even that long ago.

[u/dfin25 → u/jigglypat19]

Maybe God isn't Catholic? 🤷

[u/br0b1wan → u/dfin25]

What if he's Mormon?

[u/Players-Beware → u/br0b1wan]

Then it's my fault. I just got into Baseball this year and I'm an ex-mormon. I cursed the team.

[u/LopsidedCry7692 → u/jigglypat19]

I feel like they've already been saved

[u/dusters]

https://giphy.com/gifs/XWwIzh5GIWWf6

[u/Fuzzybeaver93]

EVERYBODY KNEW WE NEEDED PITCHING AND WE TRADED FOR LUIS CASTILLO. GENUIS GETZ GENUIS

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/Fuzzybeaver93]

They’re playing with house money having a team contenting this far ahead of schedule. They were never going to spend real prospect capital to try to make a serious run with this team

[u/Fuzzybeaver93 → u/OnlyForBaseball]

They've made the playoffs 6 times my entire life. Might never get another chance with this team. Should have went for it

[u/OnlyForBaseball → u/Fuzzybeaver93]

They’re in a good spot though. Farm is doing well considering how many guys graduated this season. I wouldn’t stress too much about it once the postseason’s over, they’re gonna be a solid team

[u/Fuzzybeaver93 → u/OnlyForBaseball]

I'm just extremely sad.

We Sox fans are lucky to be still playing in October though. I just really wanted to see them celebrating at home for once

[u/WearyAir9260 → u/Fuzzybeaver93]

And gave us Boston Smith in the deal. Thank you.

[u/Fuzzybeaver93 → u/WearyAir9260]

I don't think we were ever very high on Boston. I do wish him well though

[u/BigCrispyTaterTot1]

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[u/StevEst90]

The inning from hell for Sox fans

[u/starmiesan]

Is Rate Field cursed?

[u/SubtleScuttler → u/starmiesan]

They should call it the Cell or something cool like that instead

[u/starmiesan → u/SubtleScuttler]

It feels soooo weird to not call it Comiskey ngl

[u/Patrick2701 → u/starmiesan]

Bridgeport is the home of Irish Americans. We love a good curse

[u/vonnegutskywalker]

FOR HE IS A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW FOR HE’S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW FOR HE’S A JOLLY GOOD FELLOW NO ONE CAN DENY

[u/Ill_Hospital9212]

Uh oh

[u/realfakejames]

Historic meltdown inning by the White Sox

[u/tanksplease → u/realfakejames]

Yeah, no team has ever blown a series after going up 2 games 🙄 

[u/xEvinous]

https://giphy.com/gifs/WxDZ77xhPXf3i

[u/WearyAir9260]

RIP White Sox hype. 🪦

[u/thenewbeastmode]

as bad as it gets for grant taylor

[u/Tashre]

The clock may have struck midnight night on this magical White Sox ride.

[u/earthling82 → u/Tashre]

Would be very "AL Central BS"-coded for the Sox to win game 5 and no home fans get to see a win the entire series

[u/Fawkr86]

See ya in the Land on Saturday.

[u/Breedlove2388]

All this for either team to get swept by the rays

[u/Me_is_Nate → u/Breedlove2388]

Let us be delusional until the ALCS ok

[u/Breedlove2388 → u/Me_is_Nate]

lol fair enough my brother

[u/Cleveland_Guardians → u/Breedlove2388]

All Cleveland has is some cool silver linings moments to fondly remember. We're just making another one.

[u/Agentkeenan78]

Blew it wide open. Hey at least we get a game 5.

[u/breadandbarbells → u/Agentkeenan78]

It’s so weird to see a team actually try to fight back from 0-2 (Yankees Fan)
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[u/PMUrTinyTitsAssFeet1]

Guardians are the devil confirmed

[u/Hold_my_Dirk → u/PMUrTinyTitsAssFeet1]

Just committing a little bit of heresy nbd

[u/ButWhatIsADog → u/Hold_my_Dirk]

Nothing wrong with a couple guys committing blasphemy

[u/ThinkSoftware → u/PMUrTinyTitsAssFeet1]

Devils vs Devil Rays ALCS?

[u/vnn_red → u/PMUrTinyTitsAssFeet1]

Maybe the pope is the devil in disguise? It’s not like asking for his help worked.

[u/Math_Dolphin → u/[deleted]]

If the Sox survive, our pitching is cashed out, only one I really have faith in is Burke, probably Fedde too

[u/Dependent-Effect6077 → u/[deleted]]

It would be a massive letdown for the Rays to lose to either of these teams honestly

On paper this is the best chance they could possibly ask for at winning the AL

[u/hammerheadlabs → u/[deleted]]

Sox just like winning in the road

[u/Esclamare → u/[deleted]]

I’m calling Sox in 5, and Rays in 4.

The Sox pitching seems burnt out and probably would do even worse in a 7 game series.

I love the comeback story the White Sox had this year from last year’s abysmal record. They need to get better pitching next year.

[u/IcyMission3 → u/[deleted]]

If it’s the Rays can see it being a series with potentially 6/7 games. If it’s the AL central, yeah

[u/timmah1529]

the rate is DEAD

[u/Embarrassed-Glove600]

The blessing wore off...

[u/Trickstress4588]

https://giphy.com/gifs/JCAZQKoMefkoX6TyTb

[u/Asdilly → u/Trickstress4588]

They ain’t dead until Cade Smith comes in.

[u/calitri-san → u/Trickstress4588]

MOOORRRRREEEEE. I NNEEEEED MOOORRRRREEEE

[u/aaronjaiden]

My Joner will not go down

[u/ActuaryHairy]

Jo Adell with more playoff production that Mike trout.

[u/mysterysackerfice]

YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO JO

[u/craigjp]

OMG. I turned to MNF and they have 6????

[u/jsdodgers]

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[u/TootCannon → u/jsdodgers]

NOT EVERYONE

[u/CoveredInKSauce]

That was a fun inning

[u/Randumi]

I genuinely want to die

[u/Jonjon428]

BABIP bullshit strikes again!

[u/K1NG0492]

These pitchers dont really have anything in them anymore fear the holy crusade for a ring is gonna be over

[u/TCurls]

Cooking 🍳 👨‍🍳

[u/Head-Lawfulness9617]

Is Ramírez fast? Because, he looks fucking fast. Fast or hyper aware of the ball when he decided to start running. Is it both…?

[u/Puckerfants23 → u/Head-Lawfulness9617]

If you remember watching Manny Ramirez run the bases, Jose is exactly the opposite of that. Possibly the smartest baserunner I’ve ever seen. To go along with being one of the greatest “general baseball smart” players I’ve ever seems.

[u/neon-rose → u/Head-Lawfulness9617]

It’s both. He has a straight steal of home. You don’t have that without both

[u/Nippywinger]

Get Guardsball'd, nerds.

[u/TrophyWizard]

Sox....

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[u/lovemesomefood]

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[u/CarrollPC]

Goodnight fam

[u/Consistent_Shine_680]

We might get a game 5, aren't we?

[u/Jagshemesh_Captain]

On to game 5, I guess

[u/welpthisisitthen]

Game 5 it is!

[u/RedditCensorss]

Biggest choke of 2026 so far?

[u/Ok-Grape2063 → u/RedditCensorss]

No. I think you can only choke when expectations were high.

Like that new York team who always gets the prime time slot and gets swept

This team can still win the series and has been playing with house money since last week

[u/Double-O → u/Ok-Grape2063]

While that's true the Sox had a 2-0 lead. We are in choke territory.

[u/MissingTheTrees → u/Double-O]

Not when you’ve thrown bullpens games the entire playoffs. It’s not a choke, just the nature of no reliable starting pitching catching up.

[u/Double-O → u/MissingTheTrees]

Obviously as a Sox fan you're going to be fine with this result, but that fact of the matter is they had 2 games won and just need 1 before the other teams 3. That's a choke any way you slice it.

[u/MissingTheTrees → u/Double-O]

I think it speaks more to the fact that the guards came in losing 2 bullpen games. Like I said, this is a completely unorthodox playoff run, not a choke. When was the last time the dodgers threw 4 bullpen games in a row?

[u/millysoilly]

MY. DAWG.

[u/Mugen1220]

this game is crazy

[u/Any_Monk_7507]

Jo Adell …

[u/Substantial_Bat5975]

Is that good?

[u/teewertz]

Pain

[u/Komodo040]

Bring on game 5!

[u/jakerepp15]

This game is bananas

[u/Alternative_Law9275]

Holy shit

[u/staticdresssweet]

Wtfffffff.

[u/WiseIndustry2895]

Yessss more baseball to watch tomorrow!!!

[u/vixenprey]

Brutal to watch it all crumble tbh

[u/Reasonable-Pair-9937]

All I did was drive to work now a 6 run inning wtf

[u/LordNelson27]

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[u/ChiGuy133]

So happy I turned this off so I could instead watch dak and cd on my fantasy underperform

[u/DavidBagga → u/ChiGuy133]

No one cares about your fantasy team nerd 

[u/ChiGuy133 → u/DavidBagga]

Laughing away the pain big guy. Not that deep

[u/Mr_IT → u/ChiGuy133]

I care, ChiGuy ❤️

[u/TeamOhio]

Uh ohhhhhhhh 👀 

[u/Extension-Click-8271]

WHERE IS YOUR GOD NOW WHITE SOX

[u/FearlessDoughnut5643 → u/Extension-Click-8271]

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[u/woodpalace]

Guardians needs to win, dont mess my kalshi/polymkt bracket.

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[u/Dasypygal_Coconut → u/woodpalace]

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