Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros

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Chicago White Sox

1-1, 1-1 Away

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3 - 6

Houston Astros

1-1, 1-1 Home

Alvarez's bases-clearing double sends Astros past White Sox

Kyle Tucker hit a two-run homer in the sixth and made a spectacular catch at the wall in the seventh to rob Andrew Benintendi of extra bases and keep the World Series champion Astros within one run.

“That excited us, and the fans,” Astros manager Dusty Baker said. “Sometimes you can make a defensive play that will ignite your offense.”

Eloy Jimenez hit two RBI doubles for the White Sox, both off Astros starter Cristian Javier.

Jimenez's first double scored Tim Anderson in the first inning. In the sixth, Javier gave up three straight doubles to Benintendi, Jimenez and Joan Moncada to make it 3-0 and end his night.

“I was feeling good, but things didn’t work out for me that inning,” Javier said.

White Sox reliever Kendall Graveman (1-1) loaded the bases with two outs in the seventh on two walks and a single. Jake Diekman came on and gave up Alvarez's double to deep left-center, a drive that just eluded center fielder Luis Robert Jr. and bounced off the wall, clearing the bases.

“I’ve been there before,” Alvarez said. “I was calm and focused on looking for a good pitch to do damage with.”

Four Astros relievers each worked one scoreless inning. Seth Martinez (1-0) got the win and Rafael Montero handled the ninth for his first save.

Chicago starter Lance Lynn allowed two runs in 5 2/3 innings.

ALL IN A DAY’S REST

White Sox INF Andrew Vaughn, who hit a go-ahead two-run double in Thursday’s season-opening win, did not play. Vaughn experienced lower back issues during spring training. Gavin Sheets started at first base.

HOMETOWN HIT

Astros outfielder Corey Yulks, a Houston-area native, singled in his first at-bat and finished 1-for-4 in his major league debut.

“First hit, being part of this great organization and getting the win — it was the perfect debut,” Yulks said.

PUT A RING ON IT

Astros owner Jim Crane and his wife, Whitney, presented the team and staff with their 2022 World Series rings in a pregame ceremony.

TRAINER’S ROOM

Astros: LHP Blake Taylor, who is on the 15-day injured list with a left elbow strain, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Sugar Land.

The four-game season-opening series continues Saturday when Houston's Jose Urquidy faces Chicago's Lucas Giolito.

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Benintendi flied out to right.
	9th Inning	Robert Jr. struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Anderson singled to center.
	9th Inning	Andrus grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Montero relieved B. Abreu
	8th Inning	Maldonado flied out to left.

Statistics

CHW		HOU
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	1
12	Ground Balls	4
11	Strikeouts	8
3	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
11	Hits	7
2	Stolen Bases	2
1	Walks	7
0	Catcher Interference	0
3	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	2
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
37	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
21	Runners Left On Base	15
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
4	Doubles	1
14	Fly Balls	16
0	Caught Stealing	1
140	Pitches	145
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
15	Total Bases	11
39	Plate Appearances	36
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
4	Extra Base Hits	2
5.1	Runs Created	4.7
.297	Batting Average	.250
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.405	Slugging Percentage	.393
.189	Secondary Average	.429
.333	On Base Percentage	.417
.739	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.810
0.9	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.3
5.1	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	5.3
33.0	Batter Rating	38.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.67
3.59	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.03
.108	Isolated Power	.143
0.09	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.88
.026	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.194
-.108	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.179
6.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.4	Balls In Play Average	0.3
82.8	MLB Rating	84.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0