Tracking White Sox AL Central and Wild Card Standings, Playoff Odds

The Guardians beat the White Sox 8-2 Wednesday to win this week's three-game series on the South Side. Cleveland is inching closer to securing the AL Central. The White Sides are still mathematically alive in division and wild card races.

The White Sox are six games back in the AL Central.

Orioles are four games behind the White Sox in the AL Central.

The White Sox are 5 1/2 games back in the AL Central.

Guardians are 11-7 and they won on a tiebreaker.

The White Sox are 2-4 against Blue Jays, 4-2 vs. Mariners, 5-3 vs Rays, 2.5 vs Orioles. Head-to-head record will serve as the first tiebreaker this season.

The Guardians' magic number to clinch the division is seven. The White Sox's elimination number in the wild card race is nine.

The Guardians have a 96.8 percent chance to win the AL Central, compared to the White Sox's 3.2 percent. The White Sox have 2.9 percent of clinching a wild card spot.

Guardians play 13 games, White Sox play one, Mariners play 14, including games against A's, Royals, Rangers, and Tigers.