![]() Robert got a good pitch to hit, put it in the seats. On the offensive, side, we didn’t do much. “I thought he had good stuff,” manager Pedro Grifol said. The White Sox lost again after dropping three of four at Kansas City. Kopech threw 94 pitches and just 48 strikes while setting a career high with six walks and hitting a batter. 218 and still seeking his first homer after signing a $58.5 million, three-year contract.Ĭhicago’s Luis Robert hit a solo homer in the second. “But at the same time, for me, the mindset I have is that OK, the win's done and now I'm on to the next one.'”Ībreu, who won an MVP award and made three All-Star teams over nine seasons in Chicago before joining with the World Series champions last winter, was 1 for 5 with a single in the seventh. “Is it nice to look at it as an individual thing? Yeah,” he said. Teammates showered him with a cold mixture of “a lot of different stuff” that he thought included beer and soap after his first win. The 28-year-old right-hander went 6 2/3 innings in this one, allowing just one run and one walk. Yordan Alvarez homered in his second straight game when he led off the ninth with a long drive to right.įrance (1-0) was terrific again after throwing five scoreless innings against Seattle last week in his major league debut. The Astros scored two more in the sixth on back-to-back RBI doubles by Martín Maldonado and Mauricio Dubón against Gregory Santos. He also got Houston’s first hit when he chased Chicago starter Michael Kopech (1-4) with an RBI double in the fifth, making it 2-1. Kyle Tucker walked and scored in the fourth. ![]() The White Sox honored Abreu with a pregame video tribute, and he responded by popping out of the dugout and pumping his fist as the crowd cheered before jogging toward the clubhouse. But that means I’m gonna have a good outing. I said, ‘Look, you kicked my butt in this. “But every time I would get destroyed, I would have a good outing. “Every time I would play cards, he would destroy me,” he said. That actually left him with a good feeling.įrance said he took a few beatings at cards from pitcher Austin Davis at Triple-A Sugar Land and always seemed to pitch well afterward. And he came away with his first major league win.įrance pitched three-hit ball into the seventh inning in his second outing, José Abreu got a warm reception in his return to Chicago and the Houston Astros beat the White Sox 5-1 on Friday night.įrance took a beating at the card table from pitcher Matt Gage as the teams waited out more than a two-hour delay at the start. Once he stepped on the mound, he got the results he wanted. France passed the time during the lengthy rain delay playing cards and taking a beating. Michael Brantley also had a two-out RBI when he singled up the middle to score Chas McCormick in the sixth inning.īrantley added another run with an RBI single in the eighth that put the Astros up 7-1.Īltuve, in the face of the boos he faced all day, hit a three-run home run in the ninth to turn it into a rout.CHICAGO - J.P. ![]() Later in the inning, Alex Bregman came through with another of those two-out hits, doubling to left-center to score two more runs and give the Astros a 5-1 lead. Martin Maldonado added to the lead with his first hit of the series – he was 0-for-12 before the at-bat – when he drove in Kyle Tucker, who had singled and stole second and third base. The first of those ice-in-the-vein knocks came from – who else? – Carlos Correa, who gave the Astros a 2-1 lead when he delivered a bases loaded double with two outs in the third inning. With runners in scoring position and two outs, Astros hitters went 4-for-8 with two doubles, a home run and eight RBIs. The Oakland A’s of the 1970s did it five times and the 1990s Atlanta Braves did it eight times.Īfter falling behind 1-0 early against the White Sox, the Astros came through with several clutch hits. ![]() The Astros are just the third franchise to make it to five straight league championship series. The series begins with Game 1 Friday night at Minute Maid Park. The Astros advance to their fifth straight American League Championship Series, this time facing the Red Sox, who eliminated the Rays in four games. ![]()
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