Guardians advance to ALCS with Game 5 win over White Sox: José Ramírez, Gavin Williams lead series comeback

Gavin Williams dominated the Chicago hitters and José Ramírez provided all the offense the Guardians needed to win on Saturday They came back in the regular season to win the AL Central, and now they've come back in the postseason to win the ALDS. The Cleveland Guardians are ALCS-bound thanks to their Game 5 win over the Chicago White Sox at rainy Progressive Field on Saturday (CLE 2, CWS 0). The Guardians are the seventh team in the Wild Card era (since 1995) to come back from down 0-2 in a best-of-five series. "Very few people go wire to wire with phenomenal seasons," Guardians manager Stephen Vogt said after Game 5.

"You're going to go through ups and downs. You're going to have some times where you struggle as a starter. You're going to have some games where you just don't have it, but you learn from those and you understand, 'OK, what did I feel, what went wrong, how do I make sure that doesn't happen in a big moment?' And that's why you play 162 games. That's why you stick with guys. That's why you believe in guys and give them opportunities. And man, we had so many guys step up over the last five games. It's incredible." The Guardians dropped Games 1 and 2 at home before