The @CleGuardians struck out 75 White Sox batters over 45.0 innings in the five-game series. That is the most strikeouts over any five consecutive nine-inning games against any opponent in MLB's modern era, regular season or postseason. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2109121885862830294

Gavin Williams of the @CleGuardians is the first pitcher to strike out 24 batters and finish a game as a reliever in the same postseason series in MLB history. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2109119042296426498

Braden Atkinson of @BeaverFootball is the fourth FBS player this century to have back-to-back games with 400+ passing yards, 5+ passing touchdowns and 0 interceptions, joining Dillon Gabriel (2020, UCF), Joe Burrow (2019, LSU) and Jared Goff (20… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2109107913771851834

The White Sox are seeking their first ever win in a winner-take-all game. Chicago is the only MLB team without a win in this situation. The Guardians are 2-9 (.182) in winner-take-all games, the worst record in MLB history among teams that have … 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2109015598092939549

Isaac Brown recorded 2 rush TDs of 68+ yards against FSU. Brown is one of five active FBS players to record two rush TDs of 68+ yards in a single game and the only one to do so this season. It is Brown's third such rushing TD of the year, the mo… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2108769767960023123

Tomorrow's showdown between @GeorgiaFootball and @AlabamaFTBL will be their 11th meeting since 2000 where both teams ranked inside the AP Top 10 - the most of any head-to-head series this century. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2108636123912151198

Over the last 2 games, White Sox hitters have struck out 31 times and White Sox pitchers have issued 17 walks. No other MLB team in the modern era has had that many strikeouts at the plate and that many walks on the mound over a 2-game span (re… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2108432040106528848

Since QB starts were first tracked in 1950, only one QB has done the following in each of his first 2 NFL starts: completed 70% of his passes thrown a TD pass rushed for 20+ yards That one QB is Jalon Daniels. He was undrafted. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2108416341539696825

Dak Prescott is 13-7 all-time on Thursdays, one win shy of Tom Brady for the most by any QB in NFL history. The Cowboys' 45 wins are one shy of tying the Lions for the most ever, while the Bucs' five wins on Thursday are tied for the fewest of … 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2108295895309865184

Garrett Mitchell is the only MLB player in the wild card era (since 1995) to rob a potential game-tying or go-ahead HR in the 8th inning or later of a postseason game. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2108088211830345910

The Padres went 0-for-21 at the plate to end the season. That's the longest hitless drought by a National League team to end a postseason all-time. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2108077307692810406

Bryan Baker of @RaysBaseball is the only MLB pitcher to save every game of a 3+ game sweep in the postseason while not allowing a single hit (since saves became official in 1969). 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2108042467945935000

The Braves went 1-for-23 (.043) with runners in scoring position in the series against the Dodgers. That's the second-lowest batting average with RISP in a postseason series in MLB history (min. 20 AB with RISP), behind only the Dodgers in the … 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2108003476475085266

The White Sox are the fourth team in MLB history to begin a postseason with four straight wins and six or fewer hits allowed in each game - 1966 Orioles, 1996, Braves, 1998 Yankees - all eventual World Series winners. No team has ever started a … 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2107888486506230191

This is the first time in MLB history 2 Japanese-born pitchers earned wins in the postseason on the same day (Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Yuki Matsui). 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2107700370508026365

Michael King of the @Padres is the only MLB pitcher to start a postseason game and then notch a 6+ out save within the next 2 days (since saves became official in 1969). 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2107699707065553311

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the only pitcher in MLB history to earn the win in 5 straight postseason appearances while not allowing more than 1 run or 1 walk in any of them. All 5 have come on the road. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2107644843405226443

Since pitches were first tracked in 1988, Yoshinobu Yamamoto is the only MLB pitcher to have a postseason start on the road with: 7.0+ innings pitched 10+ strikeouts no more than 1 walk under 100 pitches 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2107638582919795039

Kiké Hernández is the only player in MLB history to have at least 10.0% of his career homers (reg & post) come in the postseason (min. 100 total homers). 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2107627582078239120

Yoshinobu Yamamoto is 7-1 in his 10 career postseason appearances. The only other pitchers in MLB history with at least seven wins and no more than one loss in their first 10 postseason games are Orlando “El Duque” Hernandez (8-0) and Jim Palm… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2107508561383457054

The @AtlantaFalcons are the only team in NFL history to have a 2-game span with: 80+ points 800+ total yards 8+ rushing TDs no more than 1 turnover no more than 1 sack allowed 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2107353951201108209

The Yankees are the first MLB team to have more players commit an error (4) than they had get a hit (3) in a postseason game since the Reds did it when they were no-hit by Roy Halladay on October 6, 2010. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2107315903910101366

The @whitesox are the only MLB team in the modern era to have their bullpen pitch 5.0+ innings, strike out 5+ batters & earn the win in 4 consecutive games (reg or post). 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2107278424066982220

Cam Schlittler has 24 strikeouts and 1 walk allowed through 3 career postseason starts. The only other pitcher with 20 or more Ks and no more than 1 walk through his first 3 playoff starts all-time is Schoolboy Rowe (20 K, 0 BB) in 1934-1935. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2107118330918424877

Jared Goff is the only QB in NFL history to have 1200+ passing yards and no turnovers through 4 games of a season and yet not have a winning record. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2106990320760086843

Didier Fuentes of the @Braves retired 11 consecutive batters Sunday. That's the longest streak by a reliever 21 or younger in a postseason game in MLB history. No reliever 21 or younger has had a streak that long in a regular-season game since… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2106968161861951992

Jackson Chourio is the second MLB player to deliver a postseason walkoff hit with his team trailing & with a pitcher who led his league in saves during the regular season on the mound (since saves became official in 1969). The other was Kirk Gi… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2106908148108054611

The Vikings are the second NFL team in the last 90 years to win 3 straight games in a season while scoring 1 or fewer scrimmage touchdowns across the 3 games. The other team was the Steelers in 1994 Weeks 10-12. 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2106886948321472779

Deonte Banks' 98-yard interception return for a touchdown is the second-longest touchdown with 00:00 left on the clock since the NFL/AFL merger, behind Brock Marion's 100-yard return to end the game on January 6, 2002, between the Dolphins and B… 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2106847376082374898

Last 3 players to have 9+ receiving touchdowns through their first five career FBS games - Jesse Legree, @BeaverFootball 2026 Michael Crabtree, Texas Tech 2007 Randy Moss, Marshall 1997 🐦 https://x.com/OptaSTATS/status/2106755334618640821