Chi. White Sox 4, Houston 0
When: 8:10 PM ET, Thursday, May 23, 2019
Where: Minute Maid Park, Houston, Texas
Temperature:
Indoors
Umpires:
Home -
Brian O'Nora, 1B -
James Hoye, 2B -
Mark Ripperger, 3B -
Jeffrey Kellogg
Attendance:
26073
By Field Level Media
Lucas Giolito continued his exceptional pitching by twirling a four-hit shutout, and rookie Eloy Jimenez homered for the third time in two games as the visiting Chicago White Sox earned a four-game series split against the Houston Astros with a 4-0 win Thursday.
Giolito (6-1) has won five straight decisions and four straight starts. He easily handcuffed the high-scoring Astros on four hits -- all singles -- and one walk while setting a season high with nine strikeouts. Giolito threw 107 pitches, 82 for strikes.
Giolito allowed a hit to the first batter he faced in the bottom of the first inning, but he revised that miscue when Michael Brantley grounded into an inning-ending double play that erased Josh Reddick.
Brantley subsequently recorded singles in the fourth and sixth innings, but even after Giolito allowed a leadoff single to Max Stassi in the eighth, the right-hander recovered to retire the ensuing three batters before quickly retiring the side in order in the ninth.
The White Sox, meanwhile, made short work of Astros rookie right-hander Corbin Martin (1-1).
After scuffling through four innings in his second career start on Saturday at Boston, Martin recorded only 10 outs in his first home outing since winning his big-league debut against Texas on May 12. He surrendered four runs (three earned) on six hits and a walk while striking out three.
In the third inning, Yolmer Sanchez doubled, Charlie Tilson walked, and Yoan Moncada hit a run-scoring double.
Tim Anderson followed with an RBI single. Martin compounded matters with a throwing error that enabled Moncada to score the third run of the inning, on a wild pickoff attempt at first base.
Three batters into the fourth inning, Martin was pulled, but not until he surrendered a leadoff home run to Jimenez, the left fielder's sixth on the season. Jimenez homered twice on Wednesday in a 9-4 White Sox victory.
--Field Level Media
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. White Sox |
|
Houston |
Lucas Giolito
|
Player |
Corbin Martin |
Win |
W/L |
Loss |
9.0 |
IP |
3.1 |
9 |
Strikeouts |
3 |
4 |
Hits |
6 |
0.00 |
ERA |
8.10 |
Team Stats Summary
Team |
Hits |
HR |
TB |
Avg |
LOB |
K |
RBI |
BB |
SB |
Errors |
Chi. White Sox
|
11 |
1 |
16 |
.289 |
22 |
11 |
3 |
3 |
1 |
0 |
Houston
|
4 |
0 |
4 |
.133 |
12 |
9 |
0 |
1 |
0 |
1 |