Lack of clutch hitting and another bullpen failure allowed the White Sox to come back to win once again against the Astros, as another quality start from Justin Verlander was wasted.
The White Sox struck first, getting to Verlander in the second inning. However, the damage could have been worse. The tough Jose Abreu opened the inning with a single and advanced to third on a no-out Yasmani Grandal single. After Yoan Moncada struck out Josh Harrison got an infield single that scored Abreu, followed by a Seby Zavala single to load the bases.
But Verlander got Lenyn Sosa to pop out and AJ Pollock to ground out to strand the bases loaded and limit the damage to one run.