White Sox Reportedly Beat Astros 6-3 in Wild Card Opener

The Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros 6-3 in Game 1 of their American League Wild Card Series on Tuesday, according to a postgame account, taking the opening game on the road in Houston. Chicago built an early lead and held off a late Astros push. The result has not been independently corroborated in the supplied reporting. The White Sox took control in the first inning, when Houston starter AJ Blubaugh issued three walks and allowed an RBI before being removed with the inning still underway. Munetaka Murakami brought home Sam Antonacci on a sacrifice fly for the game’s first run. Chicago added two runs in the second, with Antonacci driving in both, then extended its advantage with a Colson Montgomery solo home run in the fourth and a Chase Meidroth RBI in the fifth. Houston remained scoreless until Nelson Velazquez hit a two-run homer in the fifth, cutting Chicago’s lead to 5-2. A wild pitch in the seventh allowed Murakami to score and put the White Sox ahead 6-2. José Altuve drove in a run with a two-out infield single, trimming the deficit to three. The Astros kept Chicago from scoring in the ninth and had a chance to rally in the bottom half.