The season is over for UConn Huskies baseball alum Anthony Kay.

Kay, a pitcher with the Chicago White Sox, saw his season end on Saturday night as the White Sox fell 2-0 against the Cleveland Guardians in Game 5 of the American League Division Series.

As noted by Sarah Langs of MLB.com, the Guardians are just 11th team in baseball history to lose the first two games of a best-of-five series and win the series. They are the first team to do it since the 2017 New York Yankees.

The Guardians pitching staff struck out 21 White Sox' hitters and Jose Ramirez provided all the offense with a two-run homer in the fourth inning.

The Guardians will now play the Tampa Bay Rays in the American League Championship Series.

For Kay and the White Sox, it's the end of a magical season. Chicago lost 100 games or more in each of the last three campaigns and ended up making the playoffs for the first time since 2021. While blowing a 2-0 lead will not be easy to sit on all offseason, the White Sox can be proud of what they accomplished. With a young nucleus in place, the team looks primed for another run in 2027, and Kay will be a part of it too.

He's under contract for one more year.

Now 31 years old, Kay is a six-year veteran of the majors, having pitched with the New York Mets, Toronto Blue Jays, Chicago Cubs and White Sox. After appearing in just 44 games from 2019-23, Kay spent the 2024-25 seasons in Japan before returning to the big leagues in 2026. With Chicago, he went 10-9 in 33 games (31 starts), posting a 4.44 ERA.

He struck out 129 batters in 158.0 innings, but his fastball made substantial gains, and he was able to hit in the mid-to-upper 90s. He appeared in four playoff games during this run, but struggled. He gave up three earned runs in 2.2 innings, which is an ERA of 10.13. Of course, it's a small sample size. He walked three batters and hit one more.

Kay spent two years at UConn before becoming a first round pick (No. 31) of the Mets in the 2016 MLB Draft.

In 2015, Kay went 8-5 with a 2.14 ERA, striking out 85 batters in 92.2 innings. In 2016, he went 9-2 with a 2.65 ERA, striking out 111 hitters in 119.0 innings. Hitters hit only .213 against him for his career.

He was a Second-Team All-American in 2016 and was also the American Conference Pitcher of the Year.