Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros

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Chicago White Sox

73-66, 32-39 Away

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Houston Astros

71-69, 35-36 Home

Nelson Velázquez's 2-run single in the 8th inning gives Astros 2-0 win over White Sox

With one out in the eighth, Yordan Alvarez singled and Isaac Paredes walked before Jose Altuve was hit by a pitch to load the bases. Pinch-runner Nick Allen was thrown out at home trying to score on a grounder by Daulton Varsho back to Sean Newcomb (2-4) before Velázquez laced his single into left-center field.

Wesneski allowed one hit with five strikeouts over seven shutout innings. He has allowed one run and five hits over his last three starts, a span of 17 innings. A.J. Blubaugh (5-2) gave up two hits in the eighth before Josh Hader pitched the ninth for his 22nd save.

Wesneski retired 14 of the last 15 batters he faced, including 12 straight between a one-out walk to Sam Antonacci in the third and a one-out walk to Braden Montgomery in the seventh.

Davis Martin scattered five hits with three strikeouts over 5 2/3 scoreless innings in his first start since Aug. 13. Martin, who had been on the 15-day injured list with a right middle finger blister, was activated before the game.

The White Sox had several chances to score in the eighth, but came up empty. Tristan Peters hit a leadoff triple, but was thrown out at home two batters later while trying to score on a groundout by Antonacci to shortstop Jeremy Peña. Munetaka Murakami singled to load the bases with one out, but Miguel Vargas grounded into a double play to end the inning.

Up next RHP Luis Castillo (4-10, 5.31 ERA) starts Thursday for the White Sox opposite RHP Hunter Brown (4-3, 3.33 ERA) for the Astros in the finale of the four-game series.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	C. Montgomery popped out to third.
	9th Inning	Grichuk struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Grichuk hit for B. Montgomery
	9th Inning	Pham grounded out to shortstop.
	9th Inning	Hader relieved Blubaugh
	9th Inning	Meyers in left field.

Statistics

CHW		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	12
6	Strikeouts	5
0	Runs Batted In	2
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
3	Hits	7
1	Stolen Bases	1
3	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	2
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
29	At Bats	31
0	Home Runs	0
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
15	Runners Left On Base	19
1	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	14
0	Caught Stealing	0
119	Pitches	128
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	2
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
5	Total Bases	8
33	Plate Appearances	35
0.0	Projected Home Runs	0.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
0.6	Runs Created	3.0
.103	Batting Average	.226
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.172	Slugging Percentage	.258
.207	Secondary Average	.161
.212	On Base Percentage	.314
.385	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.572
1.1	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
0.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
6.5	Batter Rating	18.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	0.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
3.61	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.66
.069	Isolated Power	.032
0.50	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.091	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.086
.103	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.065
0.0	Runs Produced	4.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.3
0.1	Balls In Play Average	0.3
60.3	MLB Rating	72.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0