{"id":902645,"date":"2026-09-23T15:18:14","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:18:14","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/902645\/"},"modified":"2026-09-23T15:18:14","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T15:18:14","slug":"mlb-playoff-chances-both-chicago-white-sox-cubs-could-clinch-postseason-spots-wednesday","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/902645\/","title":{"rendered":"MLB Playoff chances: Both Chicago White Sox, Cubs could clinch postseason spots Wednesday"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"jxTEW Poyse ouIFx uieav lqtkC HkWF HfYhe kGyAC \">White Sox have magic number of 2 for wildcard spot; Cubs magic number at 1<\/p>\n<p>Live streaming newscasts, breaking news, weather &amp; original, local programming.<\/p>\n<p>ByABC7 Chicago Digital Team  <img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"WLS logo\" class=\"awXxV NDJZt sJeUN IJwXl CfkUa EknAv NwgWd \" data-testid=\"prism-image\" draggable=\"false\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/origin-wls.png\"\/><\/p>\n<p>Wednesday, September 23, 2026 2:23PM<\/p>\n<p>Follow ABC7 on Google<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao MvWXB TjIXL aGjvy ebVHC \">The Chicago White Sox and the Chicago Cubs both have a chance to clinch a spot in the postseason Wednesday with five games remaining in the regular season.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">In order to clinch a wild card spot Wednesday, the White Sox need to defeat the Kansas City Royals and have the Texas Rangers lose to the New York Mets. The White Sox are three games ahead of the Rangers and own the tiebreaker.<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"zZygg UbGlr iFzkS qdXbA WCDhQ DbOXS tqUtK GpWVU iJYzE \" data-testid=\"prism-linkbase\" href=\"https:\/\/abc7chicago.com\/watch\/live\/11064984\/\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">The White Sox remain in contention for the AL Central Division lead. The Sox currently remain one game behind the Cleveland Guardians and own the tiebreaker, giving the Sox the division win of both teams finish with the same record.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC TjIXL aGjvy \">Meanwhile, a Cubs win over the Miami Marlines or a loss by the Arizona Diamondbacks would see the Cubs clinch a wild card spot. The Cubs are eliminated from contention for the NL Central Division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"EkqkG IGXmU nlgHS yuUao lqtkC eTIW sUzSN \">If both teams make the playoffs, it will be the first time since 2020. It would be just the fourth overall occurrence, happening in 2008 as well as the 1906 World Series, where the White Sox defeated the Cubs.<br class=\" \"\/><\/p>\n<p>Copyright \u00a9 2026 WLS-TV. All Rights Reserved.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"White Sox have magic number of 2 for wildcard spot; Cubs magic number at 1 Live streaming newscasts,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":902646,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[558],"tags":[470806,64,63,591,85],"class_list":["post-902645","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-mlb","tag-470806","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-mlb","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902645","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=902645"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/902645\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/902646"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=902645"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=902645"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=902645"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}