Chicago White Sox 0, Houston Astros 2 — September 2, 2026

Game Highlights

Published September 2, 2026 · Source: MLB

Scoring summary

INN	BATTER	PLAY	SCORE
B8	Nelson Velázquez	Nelson Velázquez singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder Tristan Peters. Isaac Paredes scores. Jose Altuve scores. Daulton Varsho to 2nd.	CWS 0, HOU 2

Box score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
CWS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	0	2

Pitching & bullpen

How the game was pitched — the starters, the bullpen sequence and each arm's role, and the pitch counts behind them.

White Sox AWAY 0

Davis Martin started for White Sox, leaving with the game tied 0–0. Out of the bullpen, Sean Newcomb took the roughest line.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Davis Martin Starter 5.2 80 0 3

Pitch-by-pitch: what Davis Martin threw

CSW 24% 1st-pitch strike 57% 3.5 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Sinker	22	28%	0	1	8	7	6
Four-Seam Fastball	19	24%	3	1	3	6	6
Curveball	13	16%	2	3	1	5	2
Cutter	11	14%	3	3	1	3	1
Changeup	9	11%	1	1	4	1	2
Slider	6	8%	0	1	0	3	2

Sean Newcomb Middle 2.0 41 2 2 L inherited 1, stranded 1
Tyler Davis Middle 0.1 7 0 0 inherited 2, stranded 2

Astros HOME 2

Hayden Wesneski started for Astros, leaving with the game tied 0–0.

workload · innings pitched

Pitcher IP P R K

Hayden Wesneski Starter 7.0 90 0 5

Pitch-by-pitch: what Hayden Wesneski threw

CSW 30% 1st-pitch strike 76% 3.6 pitches/PA

Pitch	#	%	Whiff	CS	Foul	Ball	In play
Sweeper	29	32%	4	7	1	11	6
Four-Seam Fastball	18	20%	1	3	4	7	3
Cutter	18	20%	0	5	5	5	3
Changeup	13	14%	0	0	2	7	4
Sinker	12	13%	1	6	2	2	1

AJ Blubaugh Middle 1.0 15 0 0 W
Josh Hader Closer 1.0 14 0 1 SV

Where the game turned

2 runs Bottom 8th · off Newcomb

Velázquez 1B (2)

Batting lines

AWAY · CWS

BATTER	AB	H	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Sam Antonacci LF	3	0	1	0	.265	.365	.387	.752
Munetaka Murakami 1B	4	1	0	1	.215	.357	.487	.844
Miguel Vargas 3B	4	0	0	1	.249	.363	.484	.847
Tommy Pham PH	1	0	0	0	.000	.067	.000	.067
Randal Grichuk PH	1	0	0	1	.271	.296	.541	.837
Colson Montgomery SS	3	0	0	1	.215	.296	.435	.731
Chase Meidroth 2B	3	0	0	0	.271	.345	.399	.744
Tristan Peters CF	3	2	0	1	.279	.345	.468	.813	3B, SB
Drew Romo C	2	0	1	1	.141	.239	.288	.527
Andrew Benintendi DH	3	0	0	0	.245	.304	.423	.727
Braden Montgomery RF	2	0	1	0	.223	.313	.352	.665

HOME · HOU

BATTER	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	NOTES
Jeremy Peña SS	4	0	1	0	0	0	.281	.335	.475	.810
Isaac Paredes 3B	3	1	1	0	1	0	.257	.356	.420	.776
Jose Altuve 2B	3	1	0	0	0	0	.244	.310	.392	.702
Daulton Varsho CF	3	0	1	0	1	1	.228	.294	.359	.653	SB
Cam Smith RF	3	0	1	0	1	2	.213	.280	.388	.668
Christian Walker 1B	2	0	0	0	0	1	.226	.301	.425	.726
Christian Vázquez C	3	0	0	0	0	0	.211	.267	.333	.600
Yordan Alvarez DH	4	0	2	0	0	0	.317	.433	.604	1.037	2B
Taylor Trammell LF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.207	.292	.361	.653
Nelson Velázquez LF	2	0	1	2	0	0	.198	.265	.407	.672
LaMonte Wade Jr. 1B	2	0	0	0	0	0	.202	.320	.337	.657

Pitching lines

AWAY · CWS

PITCHER	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	NP	ERA	DEC
Davis Martin	5.2	5	0	0	1	3	80	4.13
Sean Newcomb	2.0	2	2	2	1	2	41	2.36	L
Tyler Davis	0.1	0	0	0	1	0	7	3.90

HOME · HOU

PITCHER	IP	H	BB	K	NP	ERA	DEC
Hayden Wesneski	7.0	1	2	5	90	3.18
AJ Blubaugh	1.0	2	1	0	15	3.06	W
Josh Hader	1.0	0	0	1	14	0.72	SV

Manager comparison

AWAY · CWS

Will Venable

Lineup 6.0 R Bunts 3.4 R IBBs 3.2 R

HOME · HOU

Joe Espada

Lineup 5.5 R Bunts 2.3 R IBBs 0.7 R

Recent form

AWAY · CWS

5-5 W2 +3 run diff

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HOME · HOU

3-7 L3 -18 run diff

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Season series: 1-3 with CWS listed first across 4 prior meetings.

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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.

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