White Sox sweep Astros, win first playoff series since 2005

sportsOct 1, 202633512

The Chicago White Sox completed a sweep of the Houston Astros with a 7-3 win that eliminated Houston from the postseason and gave Chicago its first playoff series victory since 2005. The White Sox built a big first inning and Chase Meidroth hit a three-run homer that powered the offense. Houston starter Hunter Brown lasted 0.2 innings, allowing four runs as everything unraveled for the Astros in the game. Erick Fedde was handed the ball to close the game and celebrated finishing the victory for the team. Owner Jerry Reinsdorf joked he might convert to Catholicism after the series win and received a letter from the Pope. With the sweep the White Sox advance to the American League Division Series and their next games will air on TBS and truTV rather than Peacock.

Ken Tremendous

@kentremendous.bsky.social

Acceptable World Series Title Winners: 1. Padres 2. Brewers 3. Rays 4. Guardians 5. White Sox 6. Braves 7. Dodgers [large gap] [chasm] [black hole] [endless gaping maw] 8. no one

1805h ago

Widespread Moral Panic8

Padres? The team whose star got suspended for PEDs and whose other "star" does interviews in Let's Go Brandon tees? Nah

rsanwald.bsky.social2

I feel like you forgot someone…

ΜΜΠ🇬🇷2

Braves could be higher without the chop and should be below the Dodgers as long as they keep it

Drew Misemer is too damn busy...1

The White Sox are not last! WOOO!

Alexandro Zatarain1

It's only right since your pfp's the San Diego Chicken. Welcome to the Friarhood 🫡

Catherine Bannister1

#5 is the only acceptable in my book

Quoting this

David🇵🇸2

I appreciate where he is coming from here, but you can go ahead and insert that gulf after number five

Jim Margalus

@soxmachine.com

The 2026 White Sox will get a postseason game at home, and that should be something to behold.

399h ago

Stephen Nelson

@stephennelson.bsky.social

Dad sending emotional and fired up texts about the Sox have been the best part of the 2026 baseball season. First is from after the postseason clinch. Second is from tonight. Vintage Pops 😂

Text from my dad about the White Sox, from after they clinched a postseason berth: "they havent won anything yet but its already one of my favkrite Sox teams of my lifetime."

499h ago

Stephen Nelson29

Another reminder that it’s all relative, right? The Dodgers have been to the post more years consecutively (14, w/ 13 division titles) than the White Sox have been in their entire history (12). Some seemingly insignificant wins/accomplishments mean a helluva lot to a helluva lot.

janice v - division series edition2

stephen, I’m so excited!!! we are not used to…what do you call this feeling? hope?

darealsakimae.bsky.social2

Pulling for them in the AL so we can get more Murakami celebration interviews

Asinwreck1

We are with you and your father, Stephen. On to Cleveland!

Sara Sanchez1

I love everything about this.

James Fegan

@jrfegan.bsky.social

Poetic justice in Erick Fedde, a bright spot of the nightmarish 2024 season, getting to close out a White Sox postseason victory. “I’m so glad they chose me with the ball and to give the team the win this whole fan base deserved" chicago.suntimes.com/white-sox/20...

347h ago

Spooky Blaylock 🎃🕷️

@velodus.bsky.social

I'm gonna have to reconsider my disbelief in Catholicism if we wind up with a White Sox-Padres world series

345h ago

kwisatz haderade (#FreeSkylar)

@booksandbows.bsky.social

best MLB postseason outcomes for narrative, storytelling, and avoidance of rewarding evil imo: - padres - brewers - white sox - guardians hate the rest of them for various reasons so fuck em

265h ago

john j. kim

@jkimpictures.bsky.social

White Sox advance to American League Division Series pictures: www.chicagotribune.com/2026/09/30/a...

White Sox players, coaches and staff gather for a group photograph after a 7-3 win over the Astros in Game 2 of the wild-card series to advance to the American League Division Series on Sept. 30, 2026, in Houston. (John J. Kim/Chicago Tribune)

179h ago

Seattle Sports

@seattlesports710.bsky.social

The White Sox used a big first inning and a three-run homer from Chase Meidroth to propel themselves to a 7-3 win over the Astros to sweep their AL Wild Card Series. sports.mynorthwest.com/mlb/seattle-...

179h ago

Mike Praznowski

@praz.bsky.social

Go Padres the rest of the way in the NL. Go White Sox the rest of the way in the AL.

135h ago

brooke bikes mke

@brookebikesmke.bsky.social

I learned about this from the radio broadcast of today’s White Sox/Astros game, and I’m obsessed.

129h ago

Trooper Galactus

@troopergalactus.bsky.social

Cubs Fans: I watched MY team shit the bed last night. Did YOUR team shit the bed last night? White Sox Fans: My team was knockout drunk on the floor after celebrating their postseason series win. Cubs Fans: Oh.

Kirk Van Houten “I sleep in a race car” Simpsons meme

75h ago

Andrew Zahler

@andrewzahler.bsky.social

More White Sox baseball. Less Astros baseball. What's not to like?

99h ago

wcbosox.bsky.social

@wcbosox.bsky.social

So happy for the White Sox and all the ex-Red Sox on that team. Genuinely happy. And it has the bonus of sending the Astros packing with their tails between their legs!

59h ago

Raymond Norman

@raymondnorman.bsky.social

White Sox sweep Astros once more to claim 1st playoff series win since 2005 WS www.mlb.com/news/white-s...

39h ago

Drew Misemer is too damn busy...

@dmisemer.bsky.social

Cubs swept? Red Sox swept? Astros swept? White Sox vs Cleveland? My god, this has been a week, and I'm loving it. The hater in me is living it up.

35h ago

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White Sox sweep Astros, win first playoff series since 2005

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