Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros

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Chicago White Sox

72-65, 31-38 Away

Final
3 - 6

Houston Astros

70-68, 34-35 Home

Velázquez hits 2-run homer and Smith adds 2-run double as Astros surge past White Sox, 6-3

Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros: Game Highlights

It was the fourth victory in five games for the Astros, who remained two games ahead of second-place Texas in the AL West.

Houston led by one with one out in the fifth when starter Anthony Kay (9-7) walked Christian Walker with the bases loaded to make it 4-2.

Trevor Richards replaced Kay with two outs and Smith doubled to left field, sending home two more runners to make it 6-2.

Colson Montgomery hit his 29th homer to cut it to 6-3 in the seventh. But the AL Central leaders couldn’t muster any offense after that as they lost their second straight.

The Astros took a 1-0 lead when Nick Allen scored as Yordan Alvarez grounded into a forceout in the third.

Montgomery doubled to right in the fourth and the White Sox tied it on a single by Chase Meidroth. Munetaka Murakami drew a bases-loaded walk with two outs to put Chicago up 2-1.

Smith tripled with two outs in the bottom half before Velázquez homered off the wall above the seats in left field to give Houston a 3-2 lead.

Astros starter Peter Lambert allowed three hits and two runs while tying a career high with five walks in 4 2/3 innings.

Enyel De Los Santos (3-3) walked consecutive batters to load the bases with two outs in the sixth before Bennett Sousa took over and retired pinch-hitter Randal Grichuk to end the threat.

Bryan Abreu got three outs for his eighth save.

Kay yielded six hits and six runs in 4 2/3 innings.

Up next RHP Sean Burke (7-6, 3.32 ERA) will start for the White Sox when the series continues Tuesday night. The Astros hadn't announced their starter.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Doyle struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Meidroth walked.
	9th Inning	C. Montgomery struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	B. Montgomery lined out to left.
	9th Inning	Abreu relieved Okert
	8th Inning	Vázquez grounded out to shortstop.

Statistics

CHW		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
7	Ground Balls	8
11	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	8
0	Stolen Bases	0
10	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	6
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
23	Runners Left On Base	17
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
1	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	17
0	Caught Stealing	0
188	Pitches	139
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
9	Total Bases	14
44	Plate Appearances	36
162.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
2	Extra Base Hits	3
4.5	Runs Created	4.4
.152	Batting Average	.242
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.273	Slugging Percentage	.424
.424	Secondary Average	.273
.364	On Base Percentage	.306
.636	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.730
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
4.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	4.8
22.0	Batter Rating	39.5
33.0	At Bats Per Home Run	33.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.27	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.86
.121	Isolated Power	.182
0.91	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.38
.227	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
.273	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.030
6.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.5
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
72.0	MLB Rating	85.5
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0