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MLB Playoffs: Each Time Teams Have Overcame A Division Series 0-2 Deficit

The Cleveland Guardians are on the verge of joining an exclusive club in MLB postseason history after overcoming a 0-2 deficit to even their American League Division Series against the Chicago White Sox. The Guardians traveled to Chicago and rallied with back-to-back wins, scoring nine runs in each game—first a 9-3 victory on Wednesday, then a 9-5 win on Thursday fueled by a six-run sixth inning.

The series now heads back to Cleveland for a winner-take-all Game 5 on Saturday, where the victor will advance to face the Tampa Bay Rays in the ALCS. Only seven teams since 1995 have pulled off a similar comeback from a 0-2 hole in a best-of-five series, with the Guardians previously failing to do so in 1999 and 2017, when they blew 2-0 leads to the Boston Red Sox and New York Yankees, respectively.

Historically, teams that win Games 3 and 4 after falling behind 2-0 have a near-even chance of taking Game 5, though home-field advantage has been a close split in these high-stakes matchups.

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