Major League Baseball

FINAL Tuesday, September 29, 2026
Chicago White Sox 6
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Houston Astros 3
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Match Report

White Sox strike first in AL wild card, beating Astros 6-3 in Game 1

— Colson Montgomery hit a solo homer and Sam Antonacci drove in two runs to lead the Chicago White Sox over the Houston Astros 6-3 in Game 1 of an AL Wild Card Series on Tuesday.

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Top Performers

CHW

  • Sam Antonacci · ·
  • Brenton Doyle · ·
  • Kyle Teel · ·
  • Miguel Vargas · ·

HOU

  • Jeremy Pena · ·
  • Yordan Alvarez · ·
  • Isaac Paredes · ·
  • Jose Altuve · ·

Recent Plays

  1. · 9th Inning End of the 9th inning
  2. · 9th Inning
  3. · 9th Inning Velázquez grounded out to third.
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 7 : Ball In Play
  5. · 9th Inning Walker to second on fielder's indifference.
  6. · 9th Inning Walker to second on fielder's indifference.
  7. · 9th Inning Pitch 6 : Ball 3
  8. · 9th Inning Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul

Head to Head

CHW win series 2-0

Injuries

Houston Astros

  • Mike Burrows 60-Day-IL
  • Enyel De Los Santos Out
  • Cristian Javier Out
  • Brice Matthews Out
  • Daulton Varsho Out

Chicago White Sox

  • Luis Castillo 15-Day-IL
  • Prelander Berroa 60-Day-IL
  • Ky Bush 60-Day-IL
  • Joey Bart 10-Day-IL
  • Tanner Murray 60-Day-IL

Lineups

HOU

  1. 3Jeremy PenaSS
  2. 44Yordan AlvarezDH
  3. 15Isaac Paredes3B
  4. 27Jose Altuve2B
  5. 21Yainer DiazC
  6. 8Christian Walker1B
  7. 28Lucas SpenceCF
  8. 11Cam SmithRF
  9. 26Taylor TrammellLF

CHW

  1. 17Sam AntonacciLF
  2. 8Kyle TeelC
  3. 20Miguel Vargas3B
  4. 5Munetaka Murakami1B
  5. 23Andrew BenintendiDH
  6. 29Tristan PetersLF
  7. 24Braden MontgomeryRF
  8. 10Chase Meidroth2B
  9. 12Colson MontgomerySS

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