late thursday: Houston 4, Chicago White Sox 3

Chicago AB R H BI SO AVG

Meidroth 2b 5 0 0 0 1 .287

Vargas 3b-1b 4 2 3 0 0 .242

Slater lf 5 0 0 0 5 .213

Quero c 4 0 3 2 0 .274

Robert cf 3 0 1 0 1 .187

Elko 1b 3 0 0 0 3 .155

b-Benintendi ph 1 0 0 0 0 .240

Rojas 3b 0 0 0 0 0 .179

Palacios dh 4 0 0 0 3 .203

M.Taylor rf 2 0 1 0 1 .214

a-Tauchman ph-rf 2 1 1 1 0 .280

Capra ss 4 0 1 0 2 .174

TOTALS 37 3 10 3 16

Houston AB R H BI SO AVG

Pena ss 4 1 2 0 0 .324

Paredes 3b 3 2 1 1 1 .255

Dubon 3b 0 0 0 0 0 .239

Altuve lf 3 1 2 2 0 .275

Melton lf 0 0 0 0 0 .185

Diaz c 4 0 3 1 0 .248

Walker 1b 4 0 1 0 1 .218

Meyers cf 4 0 0 0 1 .289

Caratini dh 4 0 1 0 1 .252

C.Smith rf 4 0 0 0 1 .246

Rodgers 2b 3 0 0 0 1 .183

TOTALS 33 4 10 4 6

Chicago 001 010 001 3 10 0

Houston 003 010 00x 4 10 1

a-flied out for M.Taylor in the 6th. b-lined out for Elko in the 8th. E: Rodgers (3). LOB: Chicago 9, Houston 7. 2B: Vargas 2 (17), M.Taylor (8), Altuve 2 (9), Diaz (8), Caratini (7). 3B: Vargas (1). HR: Tauchman (4), off Hader; Paredes (15), off Martin. RBIs: Quero 2 (16), Tauchman (12), Altuve 2 (27), Diaz (28), Paredes (42). SB: Vargas (2), Altuve (6). Runners left in scoring position: Chicago 4 (Slater, Elko 2, Meidroth); Houston 5 (Meyers, Rodgers, Walker 2, C.Smith). RISP: Chicago 2 for 8; Houston 2 for 12. Runners moved up: Diaz. GIDP: Paredes. DP: Chicago 1 (Vargas, Meidroth, Elko).

Chicago IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Martin, L, 2-7 6 7 4 4 2 5 3.79

Altavilla 1 1 0 0 0 0 0.00

G.Taylor 1 2 0 0 0 1 0.00

Houston IP H R ER BB SO ERA

Valdez, W, 7-4 5 7 2 2 1 12 3.10

Dubin, H, 5 1 0 0 0 0 0 1.65

King, H, 14 1 0 0 0 0 1 2.79

Abreu, H, 18 1 1 0 0 0 1 1.50

Hader, S, 18-18 1 2 1 1 0 2 1.55

HBP: Valdez (Robert). WP: Valdez. Umpires: Home, Brennan Miller; First, John Tumpane; Second, Jeremie Rehak; Third, Chris Conroy. T: 2:32. A: 28,003 (41,000).