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White Sox at Astros, Postseason Game 1: September 29, 2026

The Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros 6-3 at Daikin Park on September 29, 2026 (2026 Postseason Game 1). This was the first game of the series; after it, the White Sox led 1-0.

Final · Played September 29, 2026 · Updated October 14, 2026 at 9:27 PM ET · StatsNext box-score records

Most hits: Braden Montgomery and Chase Meidroth and Randal Grichuk (White Sox, 2 each); Cam Smith and Isaac Paredes and Jeremy Pena (Astros, 1 each). Most strikeouts: Grant Taylor (White Sox, 5); Miguel Ullola (Astros, 4).

Line score

Team123456789Final
Chicago White Sox1201101006
Houston Astros0000200103

Team comparison

Team statsCHWHOU
Hits116
Errors11

What stood out

  • Hits: White Sox 11, Astros 6.
  • The White Sox's biggest edge came in the 2nd inning (2-0).

Player lines

  • Andrew Benintendi (CHW DH): 1 AB, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 0 TB
  • Braden Montgomery (CHW RF): 4 AB, 2 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 SB, 2 TB
  • Brenton Doyle (CHW CF): 0 AB, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 TB
  • Chase Meidroth (CHW 2B): 4 AB, 2 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 2 TB
  • Colson Montgomery (CHW SS): 3 AB, 1 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 1 RBI, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 4 TB
  • Grant Taylor (CHW RP): 2.1 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 1 BB, 5 K, 0 HR, 54 PIT
  • Hagen Smith (CHW SP): 3.0 IP, 2 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 38 PIT
  • Jordan Hicks (CHW RP): 1.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 17 PIT
  • Kyle Teel (CHW C): 5 AB, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 1 TB
  • Luisangel Acuna (CHW SS): 0 AB, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 TB
  • Miguel Vargas (CHW 3B): 4 AB, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 1 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 0 TB
  • Munetaka Murakami (CHW 1B): 3 AB, 1 H, 2 R, 0 HR, 1 RBI, 1 BB, 2 SO, 0 SB, 1 TB
  • Randal Grichuk (CHW DH): 3 AB, 2 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 2 TB
  • Sam Antonacci (CHW LF): 3 AB, 1 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 2 RBI, 1 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 1 TB
  • Sean Newcomb (CHW RP): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 1 HR, 19 PIT
  • Tristan Peters (CHW CF): 4 AB, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 1 TB
  • AJ Blubaugh (HOU RP): 0.2 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 3 BB, 0 K, 0 HR, 27 PIT
  • Bennett Sousa (HOU RP): 1.0 IP, 2 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 13 PIT
  • Bryan Abreu (HOU RP): 1.0 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 11 PIT
  • Bryan King (HOU RP): 0.1 IP, 4 H, 2 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 22 PIT
  • Cam Smith (HOU RF): 4 AB, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 1 TB
  • Christian Walker (HOU 1B): 2 AB, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 2 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 0 TB
  • Isaac Paredes (HOU 3B): 4 AB, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 1 TB
  • Jeremy Pena (HOU SS): 4 AB, 1 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 1 TB
  • Jose Altuve (HOU 2B): 4 AB, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 0 TB
  • Josh Hader (HOU RP): 1.0 IP, 1 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 1 K, 0 HR, 11 PIT
  • Logan VanWey (HOU RP): 0.1 IP, 0 H, 0 ER, 0 BB, 0 K, 0 HR, 3 PIT
  • Lucas Spence (HOU CF): 4 AB, 1 H, 1 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 SB, 1 TB
  • Miguel Ullola (HOU RP): 3.0 IP, 1 H, 1 ER, 0 BB, 4 K, 1 HR, 31 PIT
  • Nelson Velazquez (HOU LF): 3 AB, 1 H, 1 R, 1 HR, 2 RBI, 0 BB, 1 SO, 0 SB, 4 TB
  • Taylor Trammell (HOU LF): 0 AB, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 0 TB
  • Yainer Diaz (HOU C): 4 AB, 0 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 2 SO, 0 SB, 0 TB
  • Yordan Alvarez (HOU DH): 4 AB, 1 H, 0 R, 0 HR, 0 RBI, 0 BB, 0 SO, 0 SB, 1 TB

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Head-to-head

No earlier meeting between these teams is in their stored recent results.

Full Astros vs White Sox head-to-head (15 meetings).

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