HOU 21, CWS 5 | Aug 18, 2022 | The Best Box Score

Thursday, August 18, 2022•Guaranteed Rate Field•81°F, Partly Cloudy

HOU

Astros

CWS

White Sox

Final

WIN

Luis Garcia

LOSS

Lucas Giolito

The Astros cruised past the White Sox 21-5 in a dominant performance.

★Kyle Tucker4-for-6, 3 RBI

★Alex Bregman2 HR, 6 RBI

★Yuli Gurriel3-for-5, 2 RBI

Key Moment

Top 8: Chas McCormick homers (12) on a fly ball to right center field. Jeremy Pena scores. Christian Vazquez scores.

Weather: 81°F, Partly CloudyWind: 4 mph, VariesFirst pitch: 6:10 PM UTCT: 3:53Att: 24,407Venue: Guaranteed Rate Field

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87.0%D

26 missed calls

+9.6% HOU

No run favor

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
HOU	0	1	3	6	0	2	1	4	4	21	25	0
CWS	0	0	0	0	3	1	1

Game 661446 • Sources: MLB + Statcast

Batting

Houston Astros

Away

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Mauricio Dubón2B	1	0	0	0	0	0	.218/.263/.328	82.3	.087	.085
Yuli Gurriel1B	5	3	3	2	1	1	.248/.295/.383	104.4	.473	.451
Jake MeyersCF	2	0	0	0	0	1	.213/.252/.315	84.3	.088	.081
Alex Bregman3B	6	4	4	6	0	1	.264/.367/.472	103.9	.484	.808
Kyle TuckerRF	6	2	4	3	0	1	.256/.339/.470	104	.682	.638
J.J. MatijevicDH	2	1	1	0	0	0	.200/.254/.345	86.3	.262	.240
Jeremy PeñaSS	5	2	2	0	1	1	.251/.294/.421	101.5	.490	.452
Christian VázquezC	6	3	4	2	0	0	.289/.329/.425	103.7	.529	.617
Chas McCormickLF	6	2	3	5	0	2	.238/.323/.426	105.1	.327	.596
Bench
Jose Altuve2B	5	2	2	1	1	0	.279/.369/.501	103.8	.422	.541
Yordan AlvarezLF	3	1	1	1	1	2	.297/.401/.616
Totals	51	21	25	21	4	9	-	-	-	-

HR:Mancini (2nd off Giolito, 0 on, 1 out); Bregman (4th off Velasquez, 1 on, 1 out); Bregman (6th off Velasquez, 1 on, 2 out); McCormick (8th off Ruiz, 2 on, 2 out)

2B:Bregman 2; Gurriel; Peña; Alvarez

TB:42

RBI:Mancini; Tucker 3; Bregman 6; Gurriel 2; Altuve; McCormick 5; Vázquez 2; Alvarez

SB:Bregman

GIDP:Dubón

Team LOB:7

Chicago White Sox

Home

Batters	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG/OBP/SLG	maxEV	xBA	xwOBA
Yasmani Grandal1B	0	0	0	0	0	0	.201/.307/.258	-	-	-

Pitching

Houston Astros

Away

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Luis GarciaW	5.0	7	3	3	4	4	1	97-64	85.8	4.09
Phil Maton	1.0	2	1	1	2	0	0	26-15	84.6	3.99
Will Smith	1.0	1	1	1	2	1	0	27-13	88.5	4.53
Bryan Abreu	1.0	0	0	0	0	3	0	14-10	94	2.34
Rafael Montero	1.0	1	0	0	0	2	0	13-11	94.2	2.59
Totals	9.0	11	5	5	8	10	1	177-113	-	-

Pitches-strikes:Garcia 97-64; Maton 26-15; Smith 27-13; Abreu 14-10; Montero 13-11

Groundouts-flyouts:Garcia 4-6; Maton 1-1; Smith 0-2; Abreu 0-0; Montero 1-0

Chicago White Sox

Home

Pitchers	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	HR	P-S	Velo	ERA
Lucas GiolitoL	3.0	8	7	7	1	5	1	85-55	87.2	5.34

Top 2 • HOU

1-0

Trey Mancini homers (14) on a fly ball to right field.

EV: 97.7 mph💣 363 ftLA: 31°

Top 3 • HOU

4-0

Kyle Tucker singles on a sharp line drive to center fielder AJ Pollock, deflected by shortstop Romy Gonzalez. Alex Bregman scores.

EV: 102.6 mph225 ftLA: 9°

3-0

Alex Bregman doubles (31) on a line drive to center fielder AJ Pollock. Jose Altuve scores. Yuli Gurriel scores.

EV: 92.4 mph294 ftLA: 18°

Top 4 • HOU

10-0

Alex Bregman homers (17) on a fly ball to left field. Yordan Alvarez scores.

EV: 103.9 mph💣 401 ftLA: 30°

8-0

Yordan Alvarez doubles (16) on a sharp line drive to right fielder Gavin Sheets. Jose Altuve scores.

EV: 110.1 mph363 ftLA: 19°

7-0

Yuli Gurriel grounds out, shortstop Romy Gonzalez to first baseman Andrew Vaughn. Chas McCormick scores. Jose Altuve to 3rd.

EV: 95.4 mph15 ftLA: -8°

6-0

Jose Altuve singles on a ground ball to center fielder AJ Pollock. Christian Vazquez scores. Chas McCormick to 3rd. Jose Altuve to 2nd. Fielding error by center fielder AJ Pollock.

EV: 93.7 mph145 ftLA: 9°

5-0

Chas McCormick singles on a ground ball to shortstop Romy Gonzalez, deflected by third baseman Yoan Moncada. Jeremy Pena scores. Christian Vazquez to 2nd.

EV: 74.7 mph14 ftLA: -7°

Bot 5 • CWS

10-3

Yoan Moncada homers (7) on a fly ball to right center field. Andrew Vaughn scores. Eloy Jimenez scores.

EV: 98.5 mph💣 379 ftLA: 24°

Top 6 • HOU

12-3

Alex Bregman homers (18) on a fly ball to left field. Yuli Gurriel scores.

EV: 101.6 mph💣 380 ftLA: 37°

Bot 6 • CWS

12-4

Andrew Vaughn grounds into a double play, third baseman Alex Bregman to first baseman Yuli Gurriel. Seby Zavala scores. Romy Gonzalez out at 3rd. AJ Pollock to 2nd. Andrew Vaughn out at 1st.

EV: 68.9 mph5 ftLA: -27°

Top 7 • HOU

13-4

Yuli Gurriel singles on a ground ball to left fielder Eloy Jimenez. Christian Vazquez scores. Jose Altuve to 2nd.

EV: 95.8 mph135 ftLA: 6°

Bot 7 • CWS

13-5

Romy Gonzalez out on a sacrifice fly to center fielder Jake Meyers. Yoan Moncada scores.

EV: 94.0 mph294 ftLA: 43°

Top 8 • HOU

17-5

Chas McCormick homers (12) on a fly ball to right center field. Jeremy Pena scores. Christian Vazquez scores.

EV: 105.1 mph💣 381 ftLA: 25°

14-5

Christian Vazquez singles on a line drive to right fielder Gavin Sheets. Kyle Tucker scores. Jeremy Pena to 3rd.

EV: 98.2 mph143 ftLA: 7°

Top 9 • HOU

21-5

Chas McCormick singles on a ground ball to left fielder Andrew Vaughn, deflected by third baseman Yoan Moncada. J.J. Matijevic scores. Jeremy Pena to 3rd. Christian Vazquez to 2nd.

EV: 75.3 mph13 ftLA: -16°

20-5

Christian Vazquez singles on a line drive to right fielder Gavin Sheets. Kyle Tucker scores. J.J. Matijevic to 3rd. Jeremy Pena to 2nd.

EV: 87.4 mph309 ftLA: 25°

19-5

Kyle Tucker singles on a sharp ground ball to right fielder Gavin Sheets. Yuli Gurriel scores. Alex Bregman scores.

EV: 104.0 mph102 ftLA: 6°

Bench
AJ PollockCF	4	0	1	0	1	0	.240/.290/.368	101.6	.363	.364
Eloy JiménezLF	2	1	1	0	2	1	.310/.362/.456	86.2	.184	.166
José AbreuDH	4	0	0	0	0	2	.306/.381/.463	99.5	.148	.238
Lucas GiolitoP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
Vince VelasquezP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-
José RuizP							.000/.000/.000	-	-	-

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