守护者 2 比 0 完封白袜抢五晋级美联冠军赛，周一客战光芒；国联酿酒人对道奇明日开打
美西时间 10 月 10 日晚，克利夫兰守护者队在主场 Progressive Field 以 2 比 0 击败芝加哥白袜队，赢下美联分区系列赛（ALDS）抢五大战，总比分 3 比 2 晋级美联冠军赛。守护者队在主场连输前两场、被逼到悬崖边后，连续在芝加哥客场扳回两城，回到主场一战定胜负，成为自 1995 年分区系列赛改制以来第八支在 0 比 2 落后局面下完成逆转的球队。
全场唯一的得分来自第四局下半：球星何塞·拉米雷斯（José Ramírez）从白袜先发投手肖恩·伯克（Sean Burke）手中轰出一记两分本垒打。这记击球的击球点距离地面仅 0.74 英尺，是自 2008 年开启击球追踪时代以来，大联盟全垒打中最低的击球点。这是拉米雷斯本届季后赛的第二支全垒打，他在球队的三场胜利中一共贡献了 7 分打点。
投手战同样载入史册：守护者先发加文·威廉姆斯（Gavin Williams）带着无安打比赛投进第六局，二出局满垒时退场，全场球迷起立鼓掌致意；左投埃里克·萨布罗夫斯基（Erik Sabrowski）临危受命，三振白袜重炮手村上宗隆（Munetaka Murakami）化解满垒危机。全场比赛守护者投手群共三振白袜打者 21 次，创下九局制季后赛单场三振新纪录——而此前的纪录正是本系列赛第三场创下的 19 次。终结者凯德·史密斯（Cade Smith）第八局提前登板，拿下五个出局数完成救援。
守护者队将在美联冠军赛（ALCS）对阵坦帕湾光芒队，七战四胜制，首战定于周一（10 月 12 日）在坦帕打响。光芒队此前以 3 比 2 淘汰了纽约扬基队。值得一提的是，克利夫兰上一次夺得世界大赛冠军还是 1948 年，是全联盟冠军荒最长的球队。
国联方面，冠军赛对阵同样尘埃落定：常规赛 103 胜 59 负、大联盟战绩第一的密尔沃基酿酒人队（3 比 1 淘汰圣迭戈教士队）将对阵 100 胜 62 负的洛杉矶道奇队（3 比 1 淘汰亚特兰大勇士队）。国联冠军赛首战将于周日（10 月 11 日）晚 7 点在密尔沃基 American Family Field 开打，第二场在周一晚 4 点进行，随后移师洛杉矶道奇体育场。
Guardians Blank White Sox 2-0 in ALDS Game 5, Advance to ALCS vs. Rays; Brewers-Dodgers NLCS Starts Sunday
On the night of October 10 (PT), the Cleveland Guardians blanked the Chicago White Sox 2-0 at Progressive Field to win a winner-take-all Game 5 of the American League Division Series, taking the series 3-2 and advancing to the American League Championship Series. After dropping the first two games at home, Cleveland won Games 3 and 4 on Chicago's South Side and closed it out at home, becoming just the eighth team since the Division Series was introduced in 1995 to rally from a 2-0 deficit in a best-of-five series.
The game's only runs came in the bottom of the fourth, when star José Ramírez golfed a two-run homer off White Sox starter Sean Burke. The pitch was just 0.74 feet off the ground — the lowest pitch ever hit for a home run in the pitch-tracking era (since 2008). It was Ramírez's second homer of the postseason, and he drove in seven runs across the team's three wins.
The pitching was historic, too. Starter Gavin Williams carried a no-hitter into the sixth before departing with the bases loaded and two outs to a standing ovation; left-hander Erik Sabrowski then struck out White Sox slugger Munetaka Murakami to escape the jam. Guardians pitchers struck out 21 White Sox batters, setting a single-game postseason record for a nine-inning game — breaking the previous mark of 19, which they had set in Game 3 of this same series. Closer Cade Smith entered in the eighth and recorded a five-out save.
Cleveland will face the Tampa Bay Rays in the best-of-seven ALCS, with Game 1 set for Monday, October 12 in Tampa. The Rays eliminated the New York Yankees 3-2. Notably, Cleveland has not won a World Series since 1948 — the longest championship drought in the majors.
In the National League, the Championship Series matchup is also set: the Milwaukee Brewers (103-59, the best record in baseball), who beat the San Diego Padres 3-1, will host the Los Angeles Dodgers (100-62), who beat the Atlanta Braves 3-1. NLCS Game 1 is Sunday, October 11 at 7 p.m. at American Family Field in Milwaukee, with Game 2 Monday at 4 p.m. before the series shifts to Dodger Stadium in Los Angeles.
图片来源：图：克利夫兰守护者主场Progressive Field比赛日全景。摄影：Erik Drost，CC BY 2.0，来源：Wikimedia Commons
