Major League Baseball
BOXSCORE
| RECAP
Houston 4,
Chi. White Sox 3
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, July 5, 2018
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Angel Hernandez, 3B - Bill Miller
Attendance: 34955
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature: Indoors
Umpires: Home - Todd Tichenor, 1B - Alan Porter, 2B - Angel Hernandez, 3B - Bill Miller
Attendance: 34955
Final Scoring Summary
| Final | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E |
| Chi. White Sox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 0 |
| Houston | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 0 |
Chi. White Sox
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| Yoan Moncada | 2B | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .230 |
| Yolmer Sanchez | 3B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .257 |
| Jose Abreu | 1B | 4 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .265 |
| Avisail Garcia | RF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | .280 |
| Daniel Palka | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 1 | .230 |
| Matt Davidson | DH | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .232 |
| Omar Narvaez | C | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .263 |
| Leury Garcia | CF-SS | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0 | .280 |
| Tim Anderson | SS | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .251 |
| Adam Engel | CF | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 |
| Totals | 31 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 0 | 11 | 5 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Yolmer Sanchez (17) | |||||||||
| HR - Omar Narvaez (2), Leury Garcia (3) | |||||||||
| TB - Yoan Moncada, Yolmer Sanchez 2, Jose Abreu, Omar Narvaez 5, Leury Garcia 4 | |||||||||
| RBI - Yolmer Sanchez (40), Omar Narvaez (11), Leury Garcia (17) | |||||||||
| 2-Out RBI - Yolmer Sanchez (18) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - Yolmer Sanchez (23), Jose Abreu (16) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Daniel Palka (5) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 2 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Tim Anderson (20, 2nd off Devenski/Stassi) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Carlos Rodon | 6.0 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 4.29 |
| Juan Minaya | 1.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 3.71 |
| Xavier Cedeno (H 3) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.75 |
| Bruce Rondon (H 5) | 0.1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 7.62 |
| Joakim Soria (L 0-3; BS 3) | 0.1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 3.00 |
| Pitches-Strikes - Carlos Rodon 109-58, Juan Minaya 28-20, Xavier Cedeno 1-1, Bruce Rondon 6-4, Joakim Soria 27-16 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Carlos Rodon 6-2, Juan Minaya 2-1, Xavier Cedeno 1-0, Bruce Rondon 0-0, Joakim Soria 0-0 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Carlos Rodon 27, Juan Minaya 5, Xavier Cedeno 1, Bruce Rondon 1, Joakim Soria 6 | ||||||||
| Inherited Runners-Scored - Xavier Cedeno 1-0, Bruce Rondon 1-0 | ||||||||
Houston
| Hitters | Pos | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | K | LOB | Avg |
| George Springer | RF | 5 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 2 | .250 |
| Alex Bregman | SS | 4 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | .278 |
| Jose Altuve | 2B | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | .332 |
| Yuli Gurriel | 3B | 3 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0 | .300 |
| Evan Gattis | DH | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5 | .245 |
| Josh Reddick | LF | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | .266 |
| Tyler White | 1B | 2 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .250 |
| Max Stassi | C | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .252 |
| Tony Kemp | PH | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | .301 |
| Jake Marisnick | CF | 3 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | .191 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | PH | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .230 |
| Totals | 31 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 17 | ||
| Batting | |||||||||
| 2B - Alex Bregman (28) | |||||||||
| HR - Jose Altuve (8) | |||||||||
| TB - George Springer, Alex Bregman 2, Jose Altuve 4, Yuli Gurriel 2, Tyler White, Jake Marisnick, Marwin Gonzalez | |||||||||
| RBI - George Springer (43), Jose Altuve 2 (43), Yuli Gurriel (40) | |||||||||
| Runners left in scoring position, 2 out - George Springer (33), Evan Gattis (23), Tyler White (2) | |||||||||
| GIDP - Evan Gattis (8), Jake Marisnick (2) | |||||||||
| Team LOB - 11 | |||||||||
| Baserunning | |||||||||
| SB - Yuli Gurriel (3, 2nd off Minaya/Narvaez) | |||||||||
| Fielding | |||||||||
| Outfield Assists - George Springer (Narvaez at 2nd) | |||||||||
| Pitchers | IP | H | R | ER | BB | K | HR | ERA |
| Justin Verlander | 7.0 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 10 | 1 | 2.15 |
| Chris Devenski | 1.0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1.78 |
| Joe Smith (W 3-1) | 1.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 5.23 |
| HBP - Tim Anderson (by Devenski) | ||||||||
| Pitches-Strikes - Justin Verlander 107-74, Chris Devenski 15-9, Joe Smith 8-5 | ||||||||
| Ground Balls-Fly Balls - Justin Verlander 2-4, Chris Devenski 0-1, Joe Smith 1-1 | ||||||||
| Batters Faced - Justin Verlander 24, Chris Devenski 5, Joe Smith 3 | ||||||||