Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros

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Chicago White Sox

73-67, 32-40 Away

Final
2 - 6

Houston Astros

72-69, 36-36 Home

Astros beat the White Sox 6-2 as Jose Altuve homers and Daulton Varsho triples

Chicago White Sox vs. Houston Astros: Game Highlights

The Astros lead the AL West by 2 1/2 games over the second-place Rangers after winning three of four games in this series against the AL Central leaders.

The game was tied and the Astros had runners on first and second with one out in the third after Luis Castillo hit Yordan Alvarez on the shoulder with a pitch.

Isaac Paredes smashed an RBI double off the left-field wall to put the Astros on top. There were two outs in the inning when Varsho's triple scored two more and push the lead to 5-2.

An RBI single by Christian Walker made it 6-2.

Castillo (4-11) yielded six hits and six runs in just four innings in the loss.

Hunter Brown (5-3) allowed six hits and two runs with seven strikeouts in six innings for his second straight win.

Miguel Vargas and Chase Meidroth had two hits each for the White Sox, who went 2 for 8 with runners in scoring position to lose for the fourth time in five games.

Paredes walked with two outs in the first before Altuve’s shot to the seats in left field gave Houston an early lead.

The White Sox had runners on first and third with two outs in the second when Jake Rogers singled to cut the lead to 2-1. Sam Antonacci followed with an RBI single on a grounder to left field to tie it.

Up next Chicago RHP Erick Fedde (7-8, 4.16 ERA) starts against RHP Zebby Matthews (9-8, 4.58) on Friday night in the opener of a three-games series against Minnesota.

Houston RHP Cristian Javier (1-5, 6.45) opposes RHP Merrill Kelly (9-12, 5.08) on Friday night in the first of three games against the Diamondbacks.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Grichuk struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Meidroth singled to center.
	9th Inning	C. Montgomery grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	B. Montgomery grounded out to first.
	9th Inning	Blubaugh relieved Abreu
	9th Inning	Allen at second base.

Statistics

CHW		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	1
13	Ground Balls	9
10	Strikeouts	5
2	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
7	Hits	8
2	Stolen Bases	0
2	Walks	3
0	Catcher Interference	0
2	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	0
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
33	At Bats	32
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
14	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	1
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	1
0	Doubles	3
10	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
131	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	1
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	16
35	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	5
1.6	Runs Created	5.5
.212	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.212	Slugging Percentage	.500
.121	Secondary Average	.344
.257	On Base Percentage	.333
.469	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.833
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.5
1.6	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	6.2
17.0	Batter Rating	43.5
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	32.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.74	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.44
.000	Isolated Power	.250
0.20	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.60
.057	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.083
-.091	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.094
4.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
69.0	MLB Rating	88.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0