Chicago White Sox next game, TV channel, schedule and season stats

When the White Sox play next

The next Chicago White Sox game is against the Cleveland Guardians in the AL Division Series, on Wed, Oct 7 at 4:00 PM ET, at Rate Field. For that game neither club has named a starting pitcher yet.

The White Sox closed the 2026 regular season at 84-78, 2nd in the American League Central, 1 game behind the leader. They are still alive in the AL Division Series, where the series stands CWS 2, CLE 0.

How to watch White Sox games

The home broadcast of the next White Sox game is listed on TBS / HBO MAX and TruTV. Postseason games are national broadcasts, so the White Sox game is on the same channel everywhere in the country and local networks do not carry it.

On radio, the White Sox call is on ESPN Chicago WMVP 1000 AM and ESPN Radio. For fans in the car or at work, the radio call of White Sox games follows the same schedule as the TV broadcast.

Where the next 12 White Sox games air

Every listed White Sox game right now is a national broadcast, so it airs on the same channel across the country and is not on the local network. Out-of-market fans can stream regular-season White Sox games on MLB.TV, but games shown on local TV in their own area and national exclusives are blacked out there.

Upcoming White Sox schedule

The White Sox have 12 games listed next, and they divide into 5 at Rate Field and 7 on the road. The next game is also the next home game. TV channels in the table are the ones MLB lists today, and empty slots fill in as networks announce their White Sox picks.

The White Sox season in numbers

Record

84-78

Division

2 of 5

Run diff.

+56

Expected wins

87

Home

48-33

Road

36-45

Across 162 games the White Sox scored 776 times and allowed 720 runs, a run differential of +56. That works out to 4.79 runs scored and 4.44 allowed per game, against a league average of 4.48 for each side. Based on those runs, a typical team would have won about 87 games, so the White Sox finished 3 wins below that mark. That is close enough to say the White Sox record reflects how well they actually played.

At home the White Sox went 48-33, on the road 36-45. That home edge is wider than most, so the ballpark matters more than usual when the White Sox are priced at home. Against left-handed starters they were 23-27, against right-handers 61-51, and they closed the regular season 7-3 over the last ten games, winning the final game.

Recent form: the last 10 games

In their last 10 regular-season games the White Sox went 7-3, scoring 6.5 and allowing 4.3 runs per game. 6 of those 10 games finished above 9 total runs, 1 was decided by a single run, and the widest margin was 9-1 away at KC. The chart plots each of those White Sox games, runs scored above the line and runs allowed below it.

The White Sox in the first inning

The first inning stayed scoreless in 44.4% of White Sox games, compared with 49.4% across the league. The White Sox scored in the first inning 32.7% of the time and allowed a first-inning run in 34% of games. That places the White Sox among the clubs where the first inning is most often busy. The NRFI Lab puts the White Sox next to every other team and starter on the same split.

How to read the White Sox numbers

Reading these White Sox numbers before a game: the run differential and expected wins say more about team quality than the raw record, the home and road split shows how much Rate Field helps, and the last-ten totals show whether recent White Sox games have run high or low. For White Sox totals, the over/under guide explains the market step by step, and the odds calculator turns any price into an implied probability. None of these White Sox figures predicts a single game, and no bet is ever a sure thing.

Rate Field, home of the White Sox

The Chicago White Sox play their home games at Rate Field in Chicago, IL, at an elevation of 595 feet. Games there averaged 8.98 total runs, an index of 1.00 against the league average, close to neutral. At Rate Field, wind direction and temperature change how far the ball carries, so the game-day forecast matters. The ballpark scoring page ranks all 30 parks.

White Sox injured list

7 players are on the White Sox injured list: Brooks Baldwin (LF, IL 60-Day), Jordan Leasure (P, IL 60-Day), Ky Bush (P, IL 60-Day), Luis Castillo (P, IL 15-Day), Mike Vasil (P, IL 60-Day), Prelander Berroa (P, IL 60-Day), plus 1 more. The list comes from the White Sox 40-man roster and refreshes every morning.