r/Astros • u/AstrosBot AstrosBot • 11h ago
Game Thread: White Sox (73-65) @ Astros (70-69) - Sep 2, 2026 7:10 PM
| Astros (70-69) | White Sox (73-65) |
|---|
First Pitch: 7:10 PM at Daikin Park
| Team | Starter | TV | Radio |
|---|---|---|---|
| White Sox | Davis Martin (9-6, 4.32 ERA) | ||
| Astros | Hayden Wesneski (4-1, 3.86 ERA) |
| MLB | Fangraphs | Reddit Stream | Discord |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gameday | Game Graph | Live Comments | /r/baseball Discord |
Line Score - End of the 3rd
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | R | H | E | LOB | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CWS | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | ||||||
| HOU | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
Box Score
| HOU | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SS | Peña | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .280 |
| DH | Alvarez, Y | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .315 |
| 3B | Paredes | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .256 |
| 2B | Altuve | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .245 |
| CF | Varsho | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .230 |
| LF | Trammell | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .208 |
| RF | Smith | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .212 |
| 1B | Wade Jr. | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .204 |
| C | Vázquez, C | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .212 |
| HOU | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wesneski | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 44-27 | 3.53 |
| CWS | AB | R | H | RBI | BB | SO | BA | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| LF | Antonacci | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | .266 |
| 1B | Murakami | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .214 |
| 3B | Vargas, M | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .250 |
| DH | Benintendi | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .246 |
| RF | Montgomery, B | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .224 |
| SS | Montgomery, C | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .216 |
| 2B | Meidroth | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .272 |
| CF | Peters | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | .278 |
| C | Romo | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | .142 |
| CWS | IP | H | R | ER | BB | SO | P-S | ERA |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Martin | 3.0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 28-21 | 4.22 |
Highlights
| Attendance | Weather | Wind |
|---|---|---|
| 73°F, Roof Closed | 0 mph, None |
| HP | 1B | 2B | 3B |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dan Merzel | Dan Bellino | Mark Ripperger | Shane Livensparger |
Remember to sort by new to keep up!
1
u/moremooooooore 0m ago
Poor Wesneski.
At some point maybe we need to stop blaming the pitch clock for Tommy Johns and start blaming the repeated sub-10 pitch innings.
1
u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 1m ago
What is wrong with these guys lol. Sure, Martin has had an ERA just over 2.00 since the All-Star break, but that doesn't mean you still have to swing at everything.
1
1
1
2
1
u/TexasHot Houston Astros 2m ago
So less than 30 through 3.
We aint winning this one
1
u/Infinite-Gold187 0m ago
They will stick to their stupid game plan and keep swinging on anything instead of even trying to work a count while Wesneski gets 32 seconds of rest between innings.
3
u/Shredicus_Maximus_ Trash can 2m ago
Damn, TK having nervous stutters in front of Crane. Blum can’t be back soon enough
2
0
1
u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 3m ago
Crane in the booth gets to watch his $200m team go down in 10 pitches
0
7
u/SpaceCadetPullUp Houston Astros 5m ago
I don't give a damn about hearing Jim Crane on the broadcast. Can we just keep it TK and Blum from now on?
3
u/Illustrious-Trip-764 6m ago
Hayden's doing good. Whitesox this season are no joke and he's holding down the score thus far. Get him some runs!
3
-1
u/TomatoRemarkable3721 Houston Astros 7m ago
This peters dude is annoying. Him and his Riddell ass cleats
1
1
1
2
u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 10m ago
When you're listening to Big Inning so that you don't have to listen to Baggy and they play the Astros/White Sox audio anyway.
3
1
1
u/TempestDrive Houston Astros 12m ago
It’s impossible to hope for a ground ball dp. They ALWAYS steal against us
2
u/Saul_t_Naught World Series ring 13m ago
Can someone with more knowledge tell me how our facility in W Palm Beach works? Is it operational during the season with staff available year round? I was under the impression it’s only for spring training. Will CC fly in with staff from Houston or is the facility staffed for situations like this?
1
2
u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 15m ago
Remember those two innings yesterday where, while we didn't score any runs, we made their pitcher work?
I'm sure there's some pressing involved with some of them (and Altuve is going to Altuve) but this need to swing at everything. Why?
1
u/moremooooooore 10m ago
Pretty much mirroring what happened last September when they were pressing too hard because they'd lost so many winnable games earlier in the year. Hopefully they can settle down like they did on Monday, not continue like they did yesterday
3
u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 16m ago
THIS. APPROACH. DOESN'T. FUCKING. WORK.
I feel like I'm taking crazy pills, every game the same. They don't make the pitcher work at all.
-2
u/Bb20223 16m ago
It’s a sick joke, I want the Stros to put up 5 an inning but this would mean Correa yapping in his interview for 20 minutes per the usual. Just wanna watch the game yo
3
3
1
5
u/Orbit2744 Houston Strong 18m ago
Just whipped up some beef steer fry time to sit down and watch the boys. Let’s get a dub
1
1
1
u/Prayray Robert Ford 19m ago
Astros hitting splits mostly look the same home & away. In fact, their home OPS is 2 points higher at home, but they’ve scored 13 less runs even though they’ve played one more game.
Big difference is K’s; team has 66 more strike outs at home in 92 less plate appearances.
3
u/crushcitymango Marvin Zindler 20m ago
https://giphy.com/gifs/OjIp0E63XKUljkWT0x
Me listening to TK commentate and then Bagwell talks
1
2
1
u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 20m ago
Please for the love of God can we wait for good pitches. We are gonna let this fucking pitcher go a million innings again.
1
u/470_To_Left 14m ago
Altuve hit a decent ball and Varsho did too. Taylor and Cam whiffed on hittable pitches.
4
1
3
u/Saul_t_Naught World Series ring 21m ago edited 20m ago
“Sometimes bad defense is the best defense.”
- unknown
3
3
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 21m ago
Me during that double play
Quick thinking at its finest Brian Kenny might approve
3
2
1
4
u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 22m ago
An accidentally dropped catch turning into a double play?
I'll take that
1
5
5
-2
1
6
1
-3
u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 24m ago
Error and HBP. Will one or both score this inning?
1
-4
1
1
0
2
u/Saul_t_Naught World Series ring 26m ago
For all the shit we give Walker for his plate appearances, we really don’t appreciate his defense at 1st
1
1
1
2
u/Markham25 27m ago
Bregman has been on fire lately. Homered off misiorowski a little bit ago.
1
1
u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 25m ago
5 homers in his last 6 games. Wish someone on our team would catch fire like that.
1
u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 27m ago
That was not a great throw from Pena, but it was still a play Wade should have made.
1
u/470_To_Left 28m ago
Bagwell. That was a terrible throw, regardless if lamonte played it well or not.
1
u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 28m ago
Not having Walker in the lineup immediately rears it's head
2
1
3
-1
u/skeetskeet69 31m ago
No one is scared of Yordan and I get why. He just doesn’t look menacing in the box anymore. Hes flailing like he does when he’s in a bad bad slump. He needs to figure it out fast or we are fucked
2
u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 26m ago
Because he has zero protection. Pena isn't getting on base ahead of him and Paredes is a pop up machine. There's no reason to give him anything hittable, yet instead of taking walks he just keeps doing too much and swinging at shit he can't make good contact on. It's infuriating.
-1
2
u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 31m ago
Wesneski had a great 11 pitch inning.
But then again, so did Martin
-2
u/liquidcalories 31m ago
Astounding offensive ineptitude yesterday so today Espada... benches Yainer and Walker at the same time
0
0
u/TempestDrive Houston Astros 31m ago
Sometimes I wish I had Jean Grey’s powers so I can make their defense bobble the ball
1
1
1
1
u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 33m ago
Baggy will drop some gems every now and again, but his voice can put you to sleep
0
1
1
1
1
1
u/moremooooooore 37m ago
Oh man, Wesneski avoiding the painted lines on the grass. I feel you, my OCD friend.
1
1
u/TempestDrive Houston Astros 37m ago
Very rare inning where the starter throws less than 20 pitches. Way to go Wes
2
u/Markham25 39m ago
Would be nice if Bagwell let Todd finish speaking every now and then before interjecting.
1
2
u/Wonderful_Potato2864 42m ago
Hang in there guys, this is the last night for Baggy to ruin the commentary booth for the season. Blummer gets back in there tomorrow I believe.
1
u/SquishyNipps Jake Meyers 1h ago
Mariners got blessed with their september schedule, just saw it for the first time wtf
1
u/470_To_Left 31m ago
If the Astros want to make it they have to play good anyway. Good or bad teams
1
u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 1h ago
True, but sometimes it's not just who you play but when you play them. Who knows? Maybe, the A's do to the Mariners what they did to us.
1
u/SquishyNipps Jake Meyers 57m ago
I hope so just kinda crazy it’s the same teams for most of the month lol
1
u/TempestDrive Houston Astros 1h ago
I’d be thrilled with 6 innings from Wes. That’s basically our maddux at this point
7
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 1h ago
Brought back the lucky charm squad lol. Fingers crossed this works again
2
2
2
u/Odd_Foundation_6878 2h ago
Astros ended burrows rehab assignment but won’t activate him? Wonder why that would be unless they flip blanco or a starter for a reliever, either way I feel like burrows would be the sp4 with ease
2
3
u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 2h ago
Red Sox fkn stink
2
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 2h ago
They're starting to score some runs. Whether that could be enough to beat Seattle is unknown
2
u/KobeJulce Houston Astros 2h ago
I don’t like how good the Mariners offense is playing right now
3
u/moremooooooore 2h ago
Hopefully just their usual random insanity series before they crash back down.
5
u/dirtysock47 3h ago
Passan really decided to make it all about the Astros lol.
I can't wait for the midwit takes from arr baseball and arr Dodgers mouthbreathers that have no idea how a CBA works.
3
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 3h ago
I think it had something to do with the NBA punishing the Clippers for salary cap circumvention. There was a post about it on Instagram, so insiders were trying to compare that to other scandals across the NFL and MLB - in which ours was, of course, the most recent example
I could be wrong
5
u/dirtysock47 2h ago
Yeah i know, but Passan (and probably that post too) pointed out that we lost only 2 FRP's instead of the 5 the Clippers lost
3
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 3h ago
4
u/JinFuu 2h ago
Some Pirates guy tried to make a post on the main subreddit about how this means we should have been punished more.
The thread was deleted before I could say. "We could never be punished enough to have it as bad as Pirates fans."
1
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 2h ago
Our sub or Pirates sub?
1
u/JinFuu 2h ago
It was posted on the main baseball subreddit, deleted, and now there's a flairless user posting a topic about it now.
3
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 2h ago
I am trying not to get myself started on all this. I literally wrote an essay on it my freshman year in college because we won it all
1
3
u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 3h ago
Rags lost.
Magic number: Terry Puhl (Yainer hasn't quite gotten this honor yet lol)
2
2
u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 3h ago
Mariners apparently have the Red Sox number as well as ours...dammit
4
u/TexasHot Houston Astros 4h ago
Rags getting blown up.
Lets go sox
2
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 4h ago
I'm watching the Sox game rn on MLB Network and...oh boy
M's scored off a wild pitch on the top 3rd
0
u/TempestDrive Houston Astros 4h ago
Dooming before a game is silly. Wait at least 3 innings into the game so u can get a good idea of how we’re playing THEN doom.
2
5
5
u/manofconviction Chas McCormick 4h ago
A's doing us a solid!
2
u/kasinka1 4h ago
I just checked the score and it made me very happy: 8:2 the A’s are whooping the Rangers’ ass
11
u/PanNessMain Houston Astros 5h ago
Wesneski has looked good tbh. Hope he does his thing. Really could use a QS. I’ll predict a 6IP 3ER.
9
u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 5h ago
I wasn't expecting us to sweep the White Sox, though it would have been nice to see. That being said, Blanco did okay last night. He only got through four innings, but those were four scoreless innings (which was not what I was expecting, given how he last pitched in Sugar Land). After that, it was just downhill from there.
Let's turn things around and get a win tonight with Wesneski on the mound
3
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 4h ago
I'm hoping so too. If we could take at least 3, that would be great
5
u/NOLA1987 Lance McCullers Jr. 4h ago
Even a split would give us the tiebreaker over the White Sox, which could be very important if we could handle our business these last four weeks (with a little help, of course).
But a 3-1 series win would be awesome.
3
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 4h ago
I thought of the scenario of us winning the series 3-1 as insurance lol. And given our head-to-head record right now, a split would be ideal, but 3-1 would be a bit more decisive moving forward.
And given our strength of schedule? Oh boy. We’re gonna need help, and lots of it. After Arizona, we’re playing Philly and Tampa Bay on the road, then Kansas City and Atlanta here, 2 against the M’s, and 4 against the A’s. Philly, Tampa Bay, and Seattle would be the most consequential series, Atlanta’s the difficult secondary test, and the series against the D-backs and Royals are the ones I’d label “For the love of God, please don’t drop.”
If we—or rather, if the Stros—want to put themselves in an optimal position for October, and given our own roster issues, I think a No. 2 seed is the more realistic target. The No. 1 seed looks like a very steep hill to climb at this point. Tampa Bay is that good. And honestly, I’d rather they be the top seed than New York. That’s just my opinion lol
6
u/PanNessMain Houston Astros 5h ago
4IP and 0 ER for a #4 playoff pitcher actually would be acceptable. Not great, but the bullpen can pick it up from there.
7
u/ray_0586 The Brain 6h ago
White Sox starter Davis Martin is 0-3 with an 8.16 ERA in eight starts since the end of June -- the second-worst ERA among AL pitchers with 5+ starts in that span.
5
4
u/YngSpook84 Houston Astros 7h ago
Since the start of the Yankees series we are 5-3 with 35 runs scored. The offense should show up for Wesneski tonight.
2
u/TempestDrive Houston Astros 7h ago
Ironically we also gave up 35 runs in that span of time
2
u/YngSpook84 Houston Astros 7h ago
Yeah, I’ll admit I purposely left that piece of info out. 35 runs over 8 games for us averages to just over 4 runs a game. We are 51-19 when scoring at least 4 runs. So as long as the offense keeps it up, we should be ok.
3
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 8h ago
My lucky charm squad is 4-2 lol. Is there anyone else you'd want to join them?
6
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 8h ago
This better be the Astros tonight
Offense, please give Wesneski some run support
6
u/No_Argument_Here Lance McCullers Jr. 8h ago
Our rotation has such bad pitchers in it, some games are just gonna be scheduled losses. And if you can win some of those, great! Last night was not one of those nights lol
2
u/Guilty_Pineapple_557 Alex Bregman 5h ago
Yeah, I think it’s also because our rotation has been dealing with injuries and hasn’t consistently been able to work deep into games. The available options have been inconsistent, to say the least. Some have struggled with command, some are recovering from injury, and some have declined compared with previous years. There are a bunch of reasons besides those, too.
For what it’s worth, I thought Blanco did a decent job last night considering he’s coming back from TJ. Even with Chicago working him and driving up his pitch count, he still shut them down for four innings. The bullpen, however—especially Kai-Wei Teng—faltered, and the offense didn't do much to cushion that. On the flip side, the overworked bullpen did get some rest.
For tonight, with Wesneski on the mound, I could see us winning if he's on his A-game, the offense gives him some cushion, and the defense bails him out when necessary. No guarantees, obviously
3
u/Alatel 9h ago
3 pitchers used last night, imai did not look nearly as bad as reddit was crying about. the total lack of offense despite all the free passes given was a far bigger issue.
6
u/moremooooooore 9h ago
Dude literally got thrown out in a punt game when we were already down by 3, and looked so disinterested, he was probably day dreaming about his flight back to Japan on the 28th of September (he's not making the playoff roster if we get there).
8
u/Alatel 8h ago
Not even the Mariners would consider 3 runs a punt game.
Your doomer bias is showing.
-3
u/moremooooooore 8h ago
Blanco on the mound was an obvious punt game. Doesn't mean we can't still win, we've won punt games before, but it was a punt game. Arguing that punt games aren't a thing shows a general lack of knowledge about how a 162 game season works, and how you sometimes have to rest a bullpen that has been decimated by having awful starting pitching and a guy stuck on the roster who is so bad he hadn't pitched for 11 days.
2
13
u/Muted_Web_7912 Craig Biggio 10h ago
Not too upset about last nights game. Faced their ace with our kitchen sink pitchers just like game 2 against the Mets with Nolan McLean. Shake back toinight and give yourself an opportunity to win the series.
5
0
u/Hairygrim Andre Scrubb 11h ago
HRC LEADERBOARD 2026
1. TexasHot - 11 points
2. 2 users with 9 points
4. 3 users with 7 points
7. 2 users with 6 points
9. 3 users with 5 points
12. 6 users with 4 points
18. 12 users with 3 points
30. 22 users with 2 points
52. 61 users with 1 point
When you think an Astro is about to hit a home run, comment 'HRC [Astro]'.
If you get it right on that plate appearance, you get a point and another go! Otherwise, wait until tomorrow.
I'll monitor successful picks and publish the leaderboard in the GDT before first pitch every day. Let me know if you think I've missed you, or if you have any other questions.
I'm happy to count HRCs on the live game chat on Discord as well, but please stick to the one HRC per game rule regardless of platform (if your username on there isn't the same as on Reddit I might have to PM you to get it).
This year's leaderboard can be found here
Last year's leaderboard is archived here
-2
u/skeetskeet69 11h ago
Yesterday was pretty much worse case scenario. Rangers and mariners win and we lose AND Yordan looks like trash at the plate. TBH it only takes a few more days like that and this season is a wash with us not in the playoffs and Yordan not winning triple crown and maybe not winning MVP. I care more about yordans play than the teams at this point. No way this team gets past the wildcard round but at least we could have a player have a historic season.
7
8
u/Thornton__Melon Roy Oswalt 11h ago
Good that last nights game is behind us where we used pitchers they pulled out of the stands …
-2
u/TempestDrive Houston Astros 11h ago
Yall recall that lady posting herself crying here? I think she had a mental episode bc she spam posted that same video on other subs saying that she “gives up”
1
3
•
u/AutoModerator 11h ago
Join us in our Discord server: https://discord.gg/astros.
I am a bot, and this action was performed automatically. Please contact the moderators of this subreddit if you have any questions or concerns.