Manager Stephen Vogt announced Williams as the starter on Friday afternoon as the series shifts back to Cleveland for a winner-take-all final game on Saturday night (8 p.m. ET\/ 5 p.m. PT on Sportsnet and Sportsnet+).<\/p>\n
“It\u2019s a Game 5, win or go home. Gavin wants the ball. We want him to have the ball, and it’s his game,” Vogt said, according to Bob Nightengale of USA Today<\/a>. “And the game will tell us when it’s time to move on, or maybe he takes it the whole way. We don’t know. We gotta get there and find out.”<\/p>\n Williams relieved closer Cade Smith in the ninth inning of Game 4 and allowed one hit on 18 pitches to record the final three outs of a 9-5 win.<\/p>\n Williams also started Game 2 of the series, when he allowed two runs on four hits with 11 strikeouts in five innings. During the regular season, he had an AL-leading 248 strikeouts with a 3.76 ERA over 32 starts.<\/p>\n The White Sox will counter with right-hander Sean Burke<\/a>, who pitched 5.1 innings out of the bullpen in Game 2. He is coming off a season in which he made 27 starts and had a career-high 185 strikeouts with a 3.34 ERA.<\/p>\n