Houston has three shots at the invading Chicago White Sox.
The Chicago White Sox visit the Houston Astros for three games starting tonight.
GameTimes and Starting Pitchers
Tuesday, 7:10PM CT: Shane Smith (2-3, 3.45) vs. Lance McCullers, Jr. (1-1, 4.44)
Wednesday, 7:10PM CT: Sean Burke (3-6, 4.03) vs. Ryan Gusto (3-3, 4.78)
Thursday, 7:10PM CT: Davis Martin (2-6, 3.62) vs. Framber Valdez (6-4, 3.07)
The White Sox and the Astros have faced off 96 times in history, with Houston owning a 51-45 edge in regular season play (and a 3-5 record in the postseason, but lets not get too deep into that).
Last season the Astros were 4-2 against the Sox, but Chicago won two-of-three earlier this season versus Houston. In Houston’s most recent win against them, an 8-3 decision on May 3, Hunter Brown (5-1, 1.67) struck out nine over six innings, earning a Quality Start by allowing three runs on four hits and three walks. Jake Meyers (1, 2) had a four-extra base hit, seven-RBI game, going deep twice.
Incredible. A lot of hard work [is] paying off. Just grateful that it showed up today kind of all together. It was a lot of fun. — Meyers
Houston just completed a six-game road trip, winning two-of-three each against the Pittsburgh Pirates and the Cleveland Guardians. In Houston’s latest win, on Saturday, they needed 10 innings to defeat Cleveland by a 5-3 final score. Josh Hader (2-0, 1.29) earned the win, and Bennett Sousa pitched a hitless 10th for his first save. Hunter Brown struck out nine over 5 1⁄3 innings, walking five and allowing one run on four hits. Yainer Diaz (8) hit a home, and was the only Astros player to finish with more than one hit.
It took everyone, it took every pitch, every at-bat for us to win this game. Another series win on the road with a chance to sweep tomorrow against a really good team. — Joe Espada
The White Sox just completed a seven-game homestand, going 4-3. They lost their most recent game, 7-5 to the Kansas City Royals. Tyler Alexander (3-6, 5.95) took the loss in relief. while Miguel Vargas hit a two-run homer in the first. Vargas totaled three RBI on the day, but the Sox only collected four hits in total. Kansas City, meanwhile collected 16.
I always say that the good thing about baseball is you’re going to have a lot of opportunities. — Salvador Perez