Tonight, Wild Lance McCullers took to the mound for the Astros. No matter that his opponent, the last-place Chicago White Sox, had only won six road games before tonight. When this version of Lance shows up, bad things happen.
McCullers managed to survive five innings, but gave up four runs on four hits, but, most importantly, also four walks. He only had 51 strikes out of 96 pitches, but his six strikeouts kept the game within reach.
Maybe it would have been better if Luis Roberts Jr. hadn’t played tonight. Coming into tonight, Roberts was hitting .