Meidroth blasts White Sox through, Phillies survive in MLB playoffs
Chase Meidroth's three-run homer sent the Chicago White Sox into the second round of the Major League Baseball playoffs Wednesday while an Alec Bohm 10th-inning home run kept the Phillies alive at Atlanta.In the dramatic 10th, Bohm blasted a two-out homer for the winning run.
Alec Bohm's game-winning 10th-inning home run sent the Philadelphia Phillies into an MLB playoff series against the Atlanta Braves, 4-3, while Chicago White Sox pitcher Chase Meidroth sent the team to the second round of the playoffs with a three-run homer against the Houston Astros, 7-3. The White Sox, who had lost 100 games in three previous years, reached the postseason after a best-of-three series and now face Cleveland in the American League division series.
Meanwhile, the Phillies' victory leveled their National League wildcard series against the Braves, 1-1, with the deciding game on Thursday. The Phillies' series winner will face MLB champion Los Angeles Dodgers in a best-of-five series starting Saturday.
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