Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros

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Chicago White Sox

73-65, 32-38 Away

Final
5 - 1

Houston Astros

70-69, 34-36 Home

The White Sox beat the Astros 5-1 behind Colson Montgomery’s 2 RBIs

Sean Burke (8-6) allowed one hit and walked four with six strikeouts in 5 2/3 scoreless innings for the win after walking a career-high eight in just three innings in his last start.

Houston's loss, combined with Texas' 8-5 win over the Athletics, cut the Astros' lead over the Rangers in the AL West to one game.

The White Sox had runners on first and second with two outs in the fifth when Andrew Benintendi’s RBI single to right field made it 1-0. Montgomery followed with a double to score two more and push the lead to 3-0.

Chicago got another big hit with two on and two out in the seventh when Grichuk’s double made it 5-0. The White Sox had a chance to add to the lead after that, but Cam Smith robbed Tristan Peters of a homer with a leaping catch in right field to end the inning.

The Astros had just two hits — both by Taylor Trammell — when Isaac Paredes homered to left field with two outs in the eighth inning to cut the lead to 5-1.

Burke walked the first two batters before walking Trammell with two outs in the second. But he didn’t allow a hit until Trammell doubled with one out in the fifth inning.

Houston’s Ronel Blanco yielded three hits and walked three in four scoreless innings after being recalled from Triple-A Sugar Land on Tuesday. Kai-Wei Teng (5-7) allowed three hits and three runs in two innings for the loss.

Up Next White Sox RHP Davis Martin (9-6, 4.32 ERA) will come off the injured list to start against Astros RHP Hayden Wesneski (4-1, 3.86 ERA) when the series continues Wednesday night.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Smith grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Trammell struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Diaz struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Taylor relieved Hicks
	9th Inning	Doyle struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	C. Montgomery strikes out on automatic strike.

Statistics

CHW		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
5	Ground Balls	5
9	Strikeouts	12
5	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
8	Hits	3
0	Stolen Bases	1
7	Walks	6
0	Catcher Interference	0
5	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
34	At Bats	30
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
22	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
1	Game Winning RBIs	0
0	Intentional Walks	0
3	Doubles	1
20	Fly Balls	13
0	Caught Stealing	0
182	Pitches	160
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	1
11	Total Bases	7
42	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
3	Extra Base Hits	2
5.1	Runs Created	2.0
.235	Batting Average	.100
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.324	Slugging Percentage	.233
.294	Secondary Average	.367
.381	On Base Percentage	.250
.704	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.483
0.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.4
5.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.0
34.0	Batter Rating	13.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	30.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.33	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.44
.088	Isolated Power	.133
0.78	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.50
.167	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.167
.059	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.267
10.0	Runs Produced	2.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.5	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.1
81.3	MLB Rating	63.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0