The Chicago White Sox have clinched a spot in the MLB Playoffs, but they can still capture the American League Central, currently sitting one game back of the C

Both Chicago baseball teams locked up playoff berths Thursday, but the Cubs and White Sox still don’t know whom or where they’ll play when the postseason begins next week.

José Quintana returns to the South Side for what could be his final career start, with his former team chasing an AL Central title.

It was a charmed all-around day for the city of Chicago. Just as the White Sox were securing a postseason pass, the Cubs were tying up a 2-1 win over the Marlins, clinching a wild-card spot of their own in the NL playoffs. Both Chicago teams reached the postseason for the fourth time after 1906, 2008 and 2020.

KANSAS CITY, Mo. — Chicago's Colson Montgomery tied Mark Reynolds' season record for strikeouts on Thursday, whiffing in the third inning for his 223rd in a game that Chicago was leading comfortably on its way to clinching a postseason berth.

The Chicago White Sox are on the verge of securing a postseason berth, but they’ll have to move forward without Luis Castillo. Chicago announced Thursday that it placed Castillo on the 15-day injured list with a right shoulder impingement before its series finale against the Kansas City Royals.

The Cubs took the field Wednesday night with a chance to clinch their spot in the National League postseason field. They headed back into the clubhouse with uncertainty still hovering overhead, even as a trip to the playoffs remained the probable outcome.