ABC7 Chicago is now streaming 24\/7. Click here to watch<\/a><\/p>\nThe Cubs are on the road Friday, but the White Sox are back home Friday.<\/p>\n
The South Side team has a game Friday night against the Colorado Rockies.<\/p>\n
“I’m excited, the White Sox are gonna go to the World Series!” White Sox season ticket holder Gabriel Silva said.<\/p>\n
The White Sox are back on the South Side after clinching a spot in the playoffs.<\/p>\n
“The first game back since they clinched the playoff birth, so should be exciting,” Jeremy Saldivar, who is going to Friday’s game, said.<\/p>\n
The Cubs clinched too, making it the fourth time in history both teams have made the postseason at the same time.<\/p>\n
Gabriel Silva is already a Sox season ticket holder. His brother, Javier, wanted to join him for Friday’s game so they could celebrate together.<\/p>\n
Javier said they’re all sold out, but he was able to snag a standing ticket.<\/p>\n
“We’ve got to see the Sox,” Javier Silva said. “We’re in the playoffs. We made it. After what we’ve been through last year and we made it the playoffs yeah.”<\/p>\n
The Cubs are in Boston for a series against the Red Sox. It’s the second straight year the Cubs made the postseason.<\/p>\n
The Sox are now the first team in Major League Baseball history to make the playoffs after consecutive 100-loss seasons.<\/p>\n
The Saldivar family, visiting from Texas, snapped photos in front of Rate Field, ahead of Friday’s game.<\/p>\n
“We stadium hop so this is stadium number 15 for us,” Jeremy Saldivar said.<\/p>\n
“He loves baseball and just being able to bring the kids out and start a tradition with them is fun,” Kristen Saldivar said.<\/p>\n
The team also has another goal in sight. The Sox want to win the American League Central title. If that happens, they could skip the Wild Card round entirely.<\/p>\n
So, what’ll it take?<\/p>\n
The Sox must win one more game than the Cleveland Guardians, over the next three, to win the division.<\/p>\n
Fans think they can pull it off.<\/p>\n
The Sox game begins at 6:40 p.m.<\/p>\n
The wild card games will be played next week and tickets are going fast.<\/p>\n
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