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Bailey comes up big twice -- after starting game on bench

A late-game heroics display from Cleveland Guardians pinch-hitter **Bo Bies** propelled the team to a dramatic 9–5 comeback victory over the Chicago White Sox in Game 4 of the ALDS, keeping their postseason hopes alive after entering the game off the bench in the fifth inning. Bies delivered two clutch hits, including a Statcast-measured 376-foot homer to right-center that cut the deficit to 2–1 and sparked the Guardians' offense.

His second contribution came in the sixth, when he drove in a run with an RBI single off White Sox ace Grant Taylor, sparking a six-hitter rally that sealed Cleveland’s lead for good. The win forces a Game 5 showdown at Progressive Field on Saturday, with Bies becoming just the fifth player in MLB postseason history to record multiple RBIs in a game he did not start since RBIs became an official stat in 1920.

Manager Stephen Vogt praised the team’s resilience, noting how they answered when it mattered most. Bies, who finished 2-for-3 with two RBIs and two runs scored, called the performance ‘a lot of fun,’ highlighting his homer and José Ramírez’s two-run shot as key turning points.

The Guardians now join an elite group of franchises by scoring nine or more runs in consecutive postseason games while facing elimination, underscoring their refusal to fold under pressure despite entering Thursday’s game as a long shot off the bench.

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