Red-hot bats and more Luis Robert Jr. magic help the White Sox get back-to-back wins
The South Siders handed Houston a huge loss in the series opener
Don’t look now, but the White Sox have won TWO games in a row! In the series opener, the Astros couldn’t keep up and lost in a big way, even with one of their best pitchers on the mound. Maybe these silly Bulls jerseys are giving the South Siders some of that ’90s power.
Chase Meidroth came out swinging in the bottom of the first, putting the ball into center field for a single. Luis Robert Jr. followed up with a walk. Edgar Quero doubled on a line drive to Jose Altuve, allowing Meidroth to score.
Robert tried to get home, but was thrown out instead. Andrew Vaughn grounded out, of course — but the White Sox had struck first to get on the board.
As Chris Getz was blathering on in the television booth, the South Siders somehow weathered a throwing error by Miguel Vargas and a missed-catch error from Lenyn Sosa to keep Houston scoreless. And in the bottom of the second singles from Bobby Dalbec, Brooks Baldwin and Meidroth gave the White Sox a 2-0 lead.
In the fifth, Robert continued ramping up his trade value with his 500th career hit — a two-out, solo home run.
That's 500 career hits for Robert Jr. done with authority via home run No. 93 for his career. 3-1 White Sox.
— Scott Merkin (@scottmerkin) May 3, 2025
Vargas kept the inning alive with a walk, and quickly took second after a wild pitch. Quero singled to center to send Vargas home, padding the lead.
Then the whole death, taxes, Vaughn ends the inning happened.
On a related note, a Charlotte update!
TIM ELKO IS IN THE ZONE!!
— Charlotte Knights (@KnightsBaseball) May 3, 2025
Knights are back within four heading to the 7th! pic.twitter.com/nIKAHyZZLz
After two singles and only one out, the White Sox bullpen started to stir in the sixth, with Cannon sitting at 86 pitches. The Astros managed to score a run to cut the lead in half, but with the Good Guys were still up, 4-2.
In the eighth, Yainer Diaz collected his third home run of the season, off of longball villain Jordan Leasure, aided by Robert being unable to make the catch at the wall.
The White Sox would strike back and pad their one-run lead, as Quero worked a walk to start the bottom half of the eighth, and Vaughn followed with another. Sosa produced a sacrifice bunt to advance the runners, cuing Jacob Amaya — yes, Jacob Amaya — for an RBI single on a 3-1 count, giving the Sox a much-needed insurance run.
Joshua Palacios, who stepped in to run for Vaughn, scampered home aggressively on a Baldwin ground out, adding another to the total.
Bennett Sousa. Once a White Sox always a White Sox!
— BZ (@BezBeyondThePen) May 3, 2025
Then Michael A. Taylor kept the rally going with a two-out RBI double, sending Amaya home before Meidroth grounded out to end the inning. The Sox had tacked on plenty of insurance runs, leading by four going into the ninth.
Cam Booser stepped in to face 8-9-1 of the Astros lineup. He walked Smith in five pitches, but the defense kept Houston in check for a quick ending.
The White Sox have collected back-to-back wins, giving them their second two-game winning streak of the season — and maybe some 2005 World Series magic.
Futility Watch
White Sox 2025 Record 9-23, tied third-worst start in White Sox history and tied for 49th-worst start in baseball history. An 9-23 record projects to 46-116 over a full season.
All-Time White Sox Record (1901-2025, 19,238 games) 9,603-9,635 (.4992). It’s been 77 games since the White Sox had an all-time winning record.
- Race to the Worst “Modern” 162-Game Record (2024 White Sox, 41-121)
- Race to the Worst “Modern” Record in a 162-Game Season (1962 Mets, 40-120-1, finished three percentage points worse than the 2024 White Sox)
- Race to the Most White Sox Losses (2024, 121)
- Race to the Worst White Sox Record (2024, 41-121)
5 games better, in all cases
Race to the Worst Post-1899 Record (1916 A’s, 38-124 adjusted to 162 games) 8 games better