Chicago White Sox vs Houston Astros, Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series

MLB

White Sox

84-78

6-3

Final

Astros

81-81

Daikin Park

TV: Sportsnet

Team	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R
CHW	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	6
HOU	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3

Who won: White Sox 6-3

The Chicago White Sox beat the Houston Astros 6-3 in Game 1 of the AL Wild Card Series on Tuesday, September 29, 2026 at Daikin Park. The White Sox lead the series 1-0. The White Sox outscored the Astros 2-0 in the 2nd inning. Colson Montgomery went 1-for-3 with a home run and 1 RBI for the White Sox. Nelson Velazquez went 1-for-3 with a home run and 2 RBI for the Astros.

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Scoring

1st Inning

Murakami hit sacrifice fly to right, Antonacci scored.

1-0

2nd Inning

Antonacci singled to left, B. Montgomery scored and Meidroth scored, C. Montgomery to second.

3-0

4th Inning

C. Montgomery homered to center (432 feet).

4-0

5th Inning

Meidroth reached on infield single to shortstop, Murakami scored, B. Montgomery to second, Peters to third.

5-0

Velázquez homered to left (388 feet), Spence scored.

5-2

7th Inning

Wild Pitch

Murakami scored on Sousa wild pitch, Grichuk to third on wild pitch by Sousa.

6-2

Murakami scored on Sousa wild pitch, Grichuk to third.

6-2

8th Inning

Peña scored, Altuve safe at first on throwing error by third baseman Vargas, Alvarez to second. Chicago White Sox challenged: call on the field was upheld.

6-3

Scores shown as CHW-HOU.