Houser gets a win in his return to the majors as the White Sox beat the
Mariners 1-0
[May 21, 2025] By
JAY COHEN
CHICAGO (AP) — Adrian Houser pitched six sparkling
innings in his first major league start in a year, and the Chicago White
Sox cooled off the Seattle Mariners with a 1-0 victory on Tuesday night.
Houser allowed two hits and walked three in his first win since May 26
for the New York Mets against San Francisco. The veteran right-hander
threw 90 pitches, 56 for strikes. |
Chicago White Sox first baseman Tim Elko, left, tags out Seattle
Mariners' Julio Rodríguez, right, during the sixth inning of a baseball
game Tuesday, May 20, 2025, in Chicago. (AP Photo/David Banks) |
|
The 32-year-old Houser (1-0) signed a $1.35
million, one-year contract with Chicago earlier in the day. He
went 2-2 with a 5.03 ERA in nine games with Triple-A Round Rock
before he was released by Texas on Thursday.
Chase Meidroth, Joshua Palacios and Lenyn Sosa each had two hits
for the last-place White Sox, who had lost five in a row.
Seattle dropped to 4-1 on a 10-game trip. The AL West leaders
have allowed one run in each of their last five games.
The start of the game was delayed for 1 hour, 35 minutes because
of rain. There was more precipitation in the final innings.
Seattle threatened in the eighth, loading the bases with one
out. But Cam Booser escaped the jam by striking out pinch-hitter
Mitch Garver and retiring Julio Rodríguez on a flyball to
center.
Rodríguez hit a grand slam off Booser in the eighth inning of
the Mariners' 5-1 victory on Monday night in the series opener.
Jordan Leasure handled the ninth for his first save of the
season.
Chicago scored its only run in the third. Meidroth singled,
swiped second and scampered home on Palacios' grounder into
right field.
Miguel Vargas followed with another single off Casey Lawrence
(1-2), but Luis Robert Jr. bounced into an inning-ending double
play.
Key moment
Donovan Solano hit a two-out double for Seattle in the ninth.
But Leasure fanned Leody Taveras for the final out.
Key stat
Meidroth is batting .419 (13 for 31) during an eight-game
hitting streak.
Up next
Mariners right-hander Logan Evans (2-1, 2.57 ERA) and White Sox
right-hander Shane Smith (1-3, 2.05 ERA) pitch on Wednesday in
the series finale.
All contents © copyright 2025 Associated Press. All rights
reserved |
|
|
