Game Thread: White Sox (30-94) @ Astros (66-56) – Aug 18, 2024 1:10 PM

Astros (66-56)	White Sox (30-94)

First Pitch: 1:10 PM at Minute Maid Park

Team	Starter	TV	Radio
White Sox	Ky Bush (0-1, 5.19 ERA)	NBCSCH	WMVP
Astros	Framber Valdez (12-5, 3.38 ERA)	SCHN	KBME, TUDN/KLAT (ES)

MLB	Fangraphs	Reddit Stream	Discord
Gameday	Game Graph	Live Comments	/r/baseball Discord

Line Score – Game Over

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E	LOB
CWS	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	1	3
HOU	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	1		2	5	0	6

Box Score

HOU		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
DH	Altuve	3	1	2	1	1	0	.301
SS	Peña	3	0	1	0	1	0	.277
C	Diaz, Y	4	1	2	1	0	0	.298
CF	Meyers	3	0	0	0	1	0	.231
3B	Whitcomb	4	0	0	0	0	3	.286
1B	Dezenzo	3	0	0	0	0	2	.161
2B	Dubón	2	0	0	0	1	1	.253
LF	McCormick	2	0	0	0	1	0	.193
RF	León	3	0	0	0	0	1	.100

HOU	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Valdez, F	7.0	3	0	0	1	9	82-57	3.20
Abreu, B	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	11-9	2.71
Hader	1.0	0	0	0	0	2	11-7	3.42

CWS		AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	BA
SS	Lopez, N	4	0	1	0	0	2	.242
CF	Robert Jr.	4	0	0	0	0	3	.209
LF	Benintendi	4	0	1	0	0	1	.216
1B	Vaughn	2	0	0	0	1	2	.242
C	Lee, K	3	0	0	0	0	1	.214
3B	Vargas, M	3	0	0	0	0	0	.183
2B	Sosa, L	3	0	1	0	0	0	.215
RF	Fletcher, Do	3	0	0	0	0	2	.209
LF	Julks	2	0	0	0	0	1	.225
PH	Sheets	1	0	0	0	0	1	.234
P	Brebbia	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000

CWS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	P-S	ERA
Bush	6.0	4	1	1	3	5	87-54	3.68
Anderson, J	1.0	0	0	0	1	1	13-7	4.38
Brebbia	1.0	1	1	1	1	1	19-10	5.79

Scoring Plays

Inning	Event	Score
B6	Yainer Diaz homers (13) on a fly ball to left center field.	1-0
B8	Jose Altuve homers (16) on a fly ball to left field.	2-0

Highlights

Description	Length
Probable pitchers for White Sox at Astros – August 18, 2024	0:06
Bullpen availability for Houston, August 18 vs White Sox	0:07
Bullpen availability for Chicago, August 18 vs Astros	0:07
Bench availability for Houston, August 18 vs White Sox	0:07
Fielding alignment for Chicago, August 18 vs Astros	0:11
Fielding alignment for Houston, August 18 vs White Sox	0:11
Bench availability for Chicago, August 18 vs Astros	0:07
Starting lineups for White Sox at Astros – August 18, 2024	0:09
The distance behind Yainer Diaz's home run	0:13
Breaking down Ky Bush's pitches	0:04
Ky Bush's outing against the Astros	0:23
An animated look at Yainer Diaz's home run	0:11
Breaking down Framber Valdez's pitches	0:04
Framber Valdez's outing against the White Sox	0:22
Jose Altuve: Home Run Statcast Analysis	0:13
Analyzing Jose Altuve's home run through bat tracking	0:11
Framber Valdez ends the 1st winning with his 3rd K	0:08
Dominic Fletcher robs a home run	0:30
Ky Bush strikes out Shay Whitcomb	0:07
Yainer Diaz's solo home run (13)	0:29
Ky Bush's strong outing	0:58
Jose Altuve's solo home run (16)	0:37
Framber Valdez's dominant outing	1:45
Andrew Benintendi lines out to right fielder Pedro León.	0:13

Decisions

Winning Pitcher	Losing Pitcher	Save
Valdez, F (13-5, 3.20 ERA)	Bush (0-2, 3.68 ERA)	Hader (27 SV, 3.42 ERA)

Attendance	Weather	Wind
	73°F, Roof Closed	0 mph, None

HP	1B	2B	3B
Erich Bacchus	Laz Diaz	Tripp Gibson	Mike Estabrook

Game ended at 3:18 PM.

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