Houston outhit the White Sox 11-10 as the Astros went 6 for 19 with runners in scoring position during a game that took 3 hours, 11 minutes. The White Sox were 2 for 9 RISP.
"That was a prime example of where the shift has helped the offense," Baker said. "Especially, like I said in spring training, it's going to help the left-handed hitters. It helped Tucker. It helped Yordan twice. Thank God for that, that they changed the rules.""We'll see how it plays out the rest of the series and rest of the season," Tucker said.
Héctor Neris relieved Ryne Stanek with two on in the eighth, and Neris struck out Elvis Andrus to end the inning.Eloy Jiménez hit an RBI single with two outs in the ninth, but Neris struck out Yoán Moncada for his first save this season. "I like the way we played," Chicago manager Pedro Grifol said. "Obviously, the outcome is not what we want, but I like the way we played. If we play like that, we're going to be alright. I like the way we pitched, it just comes down to, the ball bounced in their direction today really."
Tucker and McCormick hit back-to-back RBI singles in the first off Lucas Giolito, who allowed three runs - two earned- and five hits in five innings with six strikeouts. He was charged a ball for a pitch timer violation in the first inning while facing Tucker.Moncada homered in the second, and Zavala's home run in the fourth put Chicago ahead 3-2. Jeremy Peña tied the score with an RBI double in the bottom half.
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