Chicago White Sox vs Houston Astros
Game Highlights
Scoring summary
| INN | BATTER | PLAY | SCORE |
|---|---|---|---|
| T5 | Andrew Benintendi | Andrew Benintendi singles on a line drive to right fielder Cam Smith. Sam Antonacci scores. Miguel Vargas to 3rd. | CWS 1, HOU 0 |
| T5 | Colson Montgomery | Colson Montgomery doubles (22) on a line drive to right fielder Cam Smith. Miguel Vargas scores. Andrew Benintendi scores. | CWS 3, HOU 0 |
| T7 | Randal Grichuk | Randal Grichuk doubles (21) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Cam Smith. Munetaka Murakami scores. Colson Montgomery scores. | CWS 5, HOU 0 |
| B8 | Isaac Paredes | Isaac Paredes homers (18) on a fly ball to left field. | CWS 5, HOU 1 |
Box score
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 5 |
| HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 |
Pitching & bullpen
How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.
Sean Burke started for White Sox, leaving with a 3–0 lead. Out of the bullpen, Jordan Hicks took the roughest line.
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Sean Burke
Starter
5.2
104
0
6
W
Pitch-by-pitch: what Sean Burke threw
CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 55% 4.7 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 36 35% 2 5 9 17 3 Cutter 21 20% 2 4 5 7 3 Knuckle Curve 19 18% 1 4 4 9 1 Sinker 15 14% 2 1 4 3 5 Slider 13 13% 3 1 7 2 0 - Bryan Hudson Middle 1.1 17 0 2 HLD inherited 1, stranded 1
- Jordan Hicks Middle 1.0 25 1 2
- Grant Taylor Middle 1.0 14 0 2
Ronel Blanco started for Astros, leaving with the game tied 0–0. Out of the bullpen, Kai-Wei Teng took the roughest line.
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Ronel Blanco
Starter
4.0
88
0
3
Pitch-by-pitch: what Ronel Blanco threw
CSW 22% 1st-pitch strike 53% 5.2 pitches/PAPitch # % Whiff CS Foul Ball In play Four-Seam Fastball 31 35% 2 6 3 16 4 Slider 31 35% 3 4 9 12 3 Changeup 18 20% 3 1 5 6 3 Curveball 8 9% 0 0 4 3 1 - Kai-Wei Teng Middle 2.0 35 3 1 L
- Tatsuya Imai Reliever 3.0 59 2 5
Where the game turned
- Benintendi 1B (1)
Batting lines
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Antonacci LF | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .267 | .366 | .390 | .756 | |
| Munetaka Murakami 1B | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .215 | .358 | .489 | .847 | |
| Miguel Vargas 3B | 4 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .251 | .365 | .488 | .853 | |
| Andrew Benintendi DH | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | .247 | .306 | .426 | .732 | |
| Colson Montgomery SS | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .216 | .296 | .438 | .734 | 2B |
| Brenton Doyle CF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .212 | .264 | .300 | .564 | |
| Tristan Peters RF | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .276 | .343 | .461 | .804 | |
| Chase Meidroth 2B | 4 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .273 | .347 | .401 | .748 | 2B |
| Drew Romo C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .143 | .237 | .291 | .528 | |
| Randal Grichuk RF | 4 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 0 | 1 | .272 | .298 | .544 | .842 | 2B |
| BATTER | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS | NOTES |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jeremy Peña SS | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .281 | .336 | .477 | .813 | |
| Yordan Alvarez DH | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | .316 | .433 | .603 | 1.036 | |
| Isaac Paredes 3B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .256 | .355 | .421 | .776 | HR (18) |
| Jose Altuve 2B | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .246 | .310 | .394 | .704 | |
| Nelson Velázquez LF | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .191 | .260 | .404 | .664 | |
| Christian Walker 1B | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | .227 | .302 | .427 | .729 | |
| Yainer Diaz C | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .258 | .288 | .413 | .701 | |
| Taylor Trammell CF | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .209 | .294 | .364 | .658 | 2B, SB |
| Cam Smith RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 | .278 | .388 | .666 | |
| LaMonte Wade Jr. LF | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | .206 | .325 | .343 | .668 |
Pitching lines
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sean Burke | 5.2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 104 | 3.20 | W |
| Bryan Hudson | 1.1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 17 | 3.09 | HLD |
| Jordan Hicks | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 25 | 4.54 | |
| Grant Taylor | 1.0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 14 | 2.00 |
| PITCHER | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | NP | ERA | DEC |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ronel Blanco | 4.0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 88 | 6.59 | |
| Kai-Wei Teng | 2.0 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 35 | 4.66 | L |
| Tatsuya Imai | 3.0 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 | 59 | 5.35 |
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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.