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Myles Straw added three RBIs for Houston, which improved to 5-0
over the White Sox this season. Kyle Tucker finished 3-for-5
with an RBI, and Michael Brantley belted a solo home run.
Yoan Moncada drove in the lone run for the White Sox, who lost
for the first time since July 5 against the Minnesota Twins.
Chicago won its final five games before the All-Star break.
McCullers (7-2) reached double digits in strikeouts for the
first time this season. The right-hander gave up two hits and
walked two before exiting at the 94-pitch mark.
White Sox right-hander Dylan Cease (7-5) surrendered three runs
on six hits in 5 2/3 innings. He walked two and also fanned 10,
marking the fourth time this season he has tallied double-digit
strikeouts.
The White Sox opened the scoring in the bottom of the first. Tim
Anderson led off the inning with a triple and scored moments
later on Moncada's double to left field.
Houston grabbed a 2-1 lead in the third. The Astros loaded the
bases with two outs for Gurriel, who doubled to right field to
drive in Martin Maldonado from third base and Jose Altuve from
second.
Brantley's solo shot in the fifth increased the Astros' lead to
3-1. It was his sixth homer of the season.
In the seventh, Houston added four more runs to make it 7-1.
Tucker started the scoring with an infield single to bring home
Brantley. Abraham Toro was hit by a pitch with two outs to load
the bases, and Straw delivered in the next at-bat with a
bases-clearing double to right.
Before the game, the White Sox recalled right-hander Reynaldo
Lopez from Triple-A Charlotte and reinstated left-hander Aaron
Bummer from the 10-day injured list.
Both players appeared in the contest, with Bummer giving up four
runs in two-thirds of an inning and Lopez tossing two scoreless
frames.
--Field Level Media
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