Guardians fall to 2nd in AL Central without playing a game — and the 9-game sprint to October just got harder

The Guardians fell out of first place without even playing — now they must finish one game better than the White Sox just to win the AL Central. CLEVELAND, Ohio — On Friday’s Cleveland Baseball Talk Podcast, Joe Noga and Paul Hoynes break down the Guardians’ final nine games after Chicago’s win over Detroit pushed the White Sox back atop the AL Central via the head-to-head tiebreaker.