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Chicago White Sox vs Cleveland Guardians Starting Lineups — October 3, 2026
Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.
1:00 PM ET · Progressive FieldFinal lineups locked · Oct 3, 11:00 AM ETStats updated Oct 13, 5:02 PM ET
Lineup strength vs today's starter
Weighted by batting-order spot. Season rates are regressed toward league average before they enter the model.
CWS.737
+12 ptsOPS edge
CLE
.725
Even matchup
Power
Season HR
148vs116
Discipline
Adj. OBP
.320vs.327
Top of order
Slots 1–4
.807vs.732
Bottom of order
Slots 7–9
.690vs.718
CWS wins 4 of 9 batting-order slots · CLE wins 5
CWSSlotCLE
Chase Meidroth.759
1.730Steven Kwan
Randal Grichuk.838
2.693José Ramírez
Miguel Vargas.822
3.805Chase DeLauter
Munetaka Murakami.809
4.702Jo Adell
Tommy Pham.645
5.748Angel Martínez
Brenton Doyle.663
6.691David Fry
Kyle Teel.706
7.739Travis Bazzana
Braden Montgomery.674
8.707Austin Hedges
Colson Montgomery.690
9.706Brayan Rocchio
6 of 9 Chicago White Sox hitters have the platoon advantage vs Parker Messick (6 of 9 for Cleveland Guardians)
Chicago White Sox
- Strong top of the order
- Platoon advantage in 6 of 9 spots
- Real power throughout the lineup
Cleveland Guardians
- Platoon advantage in 6 of 9 spots