Chicago White Sox

AL Wild Card · Game 1 · Best of 3

YES!

Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros

84-78 6 – 3

81-81

Final · Tue, Sep 29

Series: CHW lead 1-0

Game Details

Daikin Park (Houston) · 34,011 fans · NBCSN, Peacock View tournament bracket →

Recap

White Sox strike first in AL wild card, beating Astros 6-3 in Game 1

Colson Montgomery hit a solo homer and Sam Antonacci drove in two runs to lead the Chicago White Sox over the Houston Astros 6-3 in Game 1 of an AL Wild Card Series on Tuesday.

Recap via ESPN

Daikin Park · Houston

Line Score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHW	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	6	11	1
HOU	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	6	1

Win Probability · Chicago White Sox

first pitchnow: 100%

Game Leaders

Chicago White Sox

Colson Montgomery · 1-3, HR, 1 RBI, 1 RBatting
Jordan Hicks · 1.1 IP, 0 ER, 1 K (W, 1-0)Pitching

Houston Astros

Nelson Velazquez · 1-3, HR, 2 RBI, 1 RBatting
AJ Blubaugh · 0.2 IP, 0 ER, 0 K (L, 0-1)Pitching

2026 American League Central Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Cleveland	85	77	.525	-	L1
Chicago	84	78	.519	1	W1
Minnesota	77	85	.475	8	W1
Detroit	76	86	.469	9	L1
Kansas City	69	93	.426	16	W1

2026 American League West Standings

Team	W	L	PCT	GB	Strk
Houston	81	81	.500	-	W2
Texas	80	82	.494	1	L1
Seattle	76	86	.469	5	W2
Athletics	64	98	.395	17	L2
Los Angeles	62	100	.383	19	L2

Scoring

Bot 8th

BER Peña scored, Altuve safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Vargas, Alvarez to second. Chicago White Sox challenged: call on the field was upheld.6–3

Top 7th

WP Murakami scored on Sousa wild pitch, Grichuk to third.6–2

Bot 5th

HR Velázquez homered to left (388 feet), Spence scored.5–2

Top 5th

1B Meidroth reached on infield single to shortstop, Murakami scored, B. Montgomery to second, Peters to third.5–0

Top 4th

HR C. Montgomery homered to center (432 feet).4–0

Top 2nd

1B Antonacci singled to left, B. Montgomery scored and Meidroth scored, C. Montgomery to second.3–0

Top 1st

SF Murakami hit sacrifice fly to right, Antonacci scored.1–0

Team Stats

Chicago White SoxHouston Astros

Batting

11 Hits 6

1 Home Runs 1

4 Walks 2

8 Strikeouts 7

0 Stolen Bases 0

20 Left on Base 14

Pitching & Fielding

150 Pitches Thrown 155

1 Errors 1

0 Double Plays 0

Box Score

Chicago White Sox ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
S. AntonacciLF	3	1	1	2	0	1	0	.333	22	.600	.333
B. DoyleCF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	.000
K. TeelC	5	0	1	0	0	0	0	.200	21	.200	.200
M. Vargas3B	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	20	.200	.000
M. Murakami1B	3	2	1	1	0	1	2	.333	17	.400	.333
A. BenintendiDH	1	0	0	0	0	1	1	.000	8	.500	.000
R. GrichukDH	3	0	2	0	0	0	0	.667	6	.667	.667
L. AcunaDH	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	0	.000	.000
T. PetersLF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	14	.250	.250
B. MontgomeryRF	4	1	2	0	0	0	2	.500	13	.500	.500
C. Meidroth2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	0	.500	15	.500	.500
C. MontgomerySS	3	1	1	1	1	0	1	.333	19	.500	1.333
Team	34	6	11	5	1	4	8		155

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
H. Smith	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	0	38-28	0.00
J. Hicks(W, 1-0)	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	0	17-11	0.00
S. Newcomb	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	1	19-12	18.00
D. Sandlin(H, 1)	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	0	22-13	0.00
G. Taylor	2.1	2	1	0	1	5	0	54-35	0.00
Team	9.0	6	3	2	2	7	1	150-99

Houston Astros ▾

Batting

Player	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	K	AVG	#P	OBP	SLG
J. PenaSS	4	1	1	0	0	0	0	.250	11	.250	.250
Y. AlvarezDH	4	0	1	0	0	0	0	.250	10	.250	.250
I. Paredes3B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	14	.250	.250
J. Altuve2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	15	.000	.000
Y. DiazC	4	0	0	0	0	0	2	.000	26	.000	.000
C. Walker1B	2	0	0	0	0	2	0	.000	19	.500	.000
L. SpenceCF	4	1	1	0	0	0	2	.250	19	.250	.250
C. SmithRF	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.250	18	.250	.250
T. TrammellLF	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.000	1	.000	.000
N. VelazquezLF	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	.333	17	.333	1.333
Team	33	3	6	2	1	2	7		150

Pitching

Player	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	PC-ST	ERA
A. Blubaugh(L, 0-1)	0.2	0	1	0	3	0	0	27-13	0.00
B. King	0.1	4	2	2	0	1	0	22-15	54.00
M. Ullola	3.0	1	1	1	0	4	1	31-26	3.00
J. Hendrickson	1.2	3	1	1	1	0	0	37-22	5.40
L. VanWey	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	0	3-3	0.00
B. Sousa	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	0	13-10	9.00
B. Abreu	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	11-7	0.00
J. Hader	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	0	11-10	0.00
Team	9.0	11	6	5	4	8	1	155-106