Major League Baseball

FINAL Wednesday, September 30, 2026
Chicago White Sox 7
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Houston Astros 3
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Match Report

White Sox pounce early, finish sweep of Astros for first playoff series win since 2005

— From 100 losses to their first playoff series win in two decades, these scrappy Chicago White Sox just keep outdoing themselves.

Full story at ESPN →

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 Smith struck out swinging.
  4. · 9th Inning Pitch 8 : Strike 3 Swinging
  5. · 9th Inning Pitch 7 : Strike 2 Foul
  6. · 9th Inning Pitch 6 : Strike 2 Foul
  7. · 9th Inning Pitch 5 : Strike 2 Foul
  8. · 9th Inning Pitch 4 : 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 AlvarezLF
  3. 15Isaac ParedesDH
  4. 27Jose Altuve2B
  5. 21Yainer DiazC
  6. 8Christian Walker1B
  7. 28Lucas SpenceCF
  8. 11Cam SmithRF
  9. 20Nick Allen3B

CHW

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

MLB News

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