Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros
Lineups
Lineups are usually announced ~90 minutes before first pitch. Check back soon.
Hitter season stats
Season-to-date lines for each hitter in the projected lineup, with a Marcel projection (Proj OPS). Season columns are 2026 to date; Proj is a forward-looking estimate, not a result.
| BATTER | 2026 SEASON | PROJ OPS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HR | RBI | K | ||
| 1 Miguel Vargas 3B · R | .236 | .341 | .471 | .812 | 24 | 67 | 90 | .720 |
| 2 Chase Meidroth 2B · R | .275 | .352 | .405 | .757 | 11 | 44 | 106 | .728 |
| 3 Colson Montgomery SS · L | .216 | .298 | .445 | .743 | 25 | 65 | 147 | .752 |
| 4 Sam Antonacci LF · L | .278 | .366 | .410 | .776 | 8 | 34 | 58 | .746 |
| 5 Andrew Benintendi DH · L | .246 | .306 | .431 | .737 | 12 | 57 | 83 | .709 |
| 6 Tristan Peters CF · L | .263 | .322 | .409 | .731 | 6 | 38 | 63 | .733 |
| 7 Munetaka Murakami 1B · L | .236 | .370 | .525 | .895 | 24 | 51 | 116 | .733 |
| 8 Braden Montgomery RF · S | .228 | .307 | .363 | .670 | 3 | 22 | 41 | .746 |
| 9 Luisangel Acuña SS · R | .243 | .274 | .278 | .552 | 1 | 12 | 33 | .735 |
| BATTER | 2026 SEASON | PROJ OPS | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | HR | RBI | K | ||
| 1 Christian Walker 1B · R | .240 | .315 | .460 | .775 | 22 | 65 | 112 | .723 |
| 2 Yordan Alvarez DH · L | .329 | .442 | .640 | 1.082 | 35 | 85 | 87 | .772 |
| 3 Isaac Paredes 3B · R | .249 | .346 | .412 | .758 | 15 | 60 | 68 | .749 |
| 4 Cam Smith RF · R | .217 | .289 | .372 | .661 | 13 | 40 | 101 | .739 |
| 5 Jose Altuve 2B · R | .244 | .305 | .398 | .703 | 13 | 34 | 80 | .731 |
| 6 Daulton Varsho CF · L | .242 | .311 | .370 | .681 | 7 | 26 | 74 | .719 |
| 7 Jeremy Peña SS · R | .311 | .369 | .509 | .878 | 13 | 37 | 56 | .736 |
| 8 Yainer Diaz C · R | .260 | .284 | .414 | .698 | 8 | 27 | 35 | .738 |
| 9 Christian Vázquez C · R | .218 | .272 | .330 | .602 | 5 | 23 | 41 | .681 |
Manager comparison
Bullpen availability
- Available 3
- Limited 3
- Rest required 1
- Inactive 0
- Available 7
- Limited 0
- Rest required 0
- Inactive 0
Recent form
Season series: 1-2 with CWS listed first across 3 prior meetings.
Pitching & bullpen preview
Probable starters and each bullpen's availability load in the sections above — the White Sox and Astros staffs going in.
Once the game ends, a full pitching and bullpen breakdown appears here: starter lines, the relief sequence and each arm's role, pitch counts, and where the game turned.
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How RunsLeft analyzes games
Standard content on this page comes from the MLB Stats API. The pitching analysis describes how the game was pitched — the starter's line, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role (opener, bulk, setup, closer), pitch counts as a fatigue signal, and the leverage context where the game turned. Reliever roles are inferred from how the manager used each arm up to that date. It describes structure and constraints; it does not grade the manager.