The Houston Astros will play the Chicago White Sox in Game 2 of their series at Guaranteed Rate Field on Tuesday night.
The Houston Astros are 75-42 this season and have won four of their last five games. Houston lost Game 1 of this series by a score of 4-2 on Monday night. The Houston pitching staff has a 3.03 ERA, a 1.10 WHIP, and a .213 opponent batting average this season. The Astros offense has scored 527 runs with a .243 batting average and a .318 on base percentage. Yordan Alvarez is batting .296 with 31 home runs and 75 RBI’s for the Astros this season. The projected starter for Houston is Justin Verlander, who is 15-3 with a 1.85 ERA and a 0.86 WHIP over 136 innings pitched this season.
The Chicago White Sox are 60-56 this season and have won four games in a row. Prior to winning Game 1 of this series, Chicago won all three games in their series against Detroit. The Chicago pitching staff has a 3.87 ERA, a 1.31 WHIP, and a .244 opponent batting average. The White Sox offense has scored 494 runs with a .259 batting average and a .313 on base percentage this year. Jose Abreu is batting .303 with 14 home runs and 56 RBI’s for the White Sox this season. The projected starter for Chicago is Dylan Cease, who is 12-5 with a 1.96 ERA and a 1.14 WHIP over 128.2 innings pitched this season.
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