Ramirez provides walk-off heroics to send Indians to playoffs
The Cleveland Indians punched their ticket to the postseason for the fourth time in five years by beating the Chicago White Sox in walk-off fashion on Tuesday night.
American League MVP candidate Jose Ramirez hit a three-run homer to lift the team to a 5-3 victory.
JRam made his MVP statement. #Walkoff
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The Indians failed to make it to the playoffs in 2019 after a three-year stretch of winning the AL Central.
Cleveland becomes the third team in the division to officially qualify for the playoffs alongside the first-place White Sox and Minnesota Twins.
Seeding for the Junior Circuit is yet to be decided. Cleveland currently sits as the top wild-card team and seventh seed.
The first round of the playoffs is set to begin Sept. 29 with three-game series.
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