After a 4-2 loss in game one of the series, the Astros unloaded on the White Sox yesterday. Their 10-2 run was fueled by four RBI from Christian Walker. Walker went 3-4 with a hom

Isaac Paredes hit a solo homer and Jose Altuve doubled twice with two RBIs to lead the Houston Astros over the Chicago White Sox 4-3

Just one of those nights where you get hit around a little bit,” Burke said. “They hit some pitches that I made mistakes on, and they hit some pitches that I thought I made some decent pitches on.”

Not only was the hit García’s third of the game, but the win on Saturday ensures that the Rangers will take the series over the White Sox. It also moves them within a game of .500 and only six games back of the American League West leaders Houston Astros.

Chicago White Sox starter Shane Smith allowed one run in six innings during Tuesday’s 4-2 win against the Houston Astros. The rookie lowered his ERA to 2.37.

Through seven games of his return to the Houston Astros after an absence of two-plus seasons, Lance McCullers Jr. has had outings that went very well and quite badly. Tuesday night against the Chicago White Sox was one that McCullers lumped into the "weird" category.

The issue with Melton is his plate discipline. Though the outfielder cut his chase rate from 33.1 percent last season to 24.1 percent this season in Triple-A and has one of the higher bat speeds on the Astros at 73.3 mph, he will need to live up to his potential.

Pope Leo XIV, the first American pope who was elected such in early May, was quickly discovered to be a White Sox fan. It was confirmed that, when he was still known as Robert Prevost, that he had even attended Game 1 of the 2005 World Series. A game the White Sox won, as they did every matchup of the Fall Classic in a sweep of the Houston Astros.