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Houston Astros (43-37) vs. Chicago White Sox (40-40), July 2, 2016, 3:10 PM CDT
TV: Root Sports SW
Online: MLB.TV
Radio: KBME SportsTalk 790 AM, La Nueva 94.1 FM (En Español)
Chicago White Sox SB Nation Blog: South Side Sox
Pitching Matchup
RHP Doug Fister (8-4, 3.36 ERA, 1.20 WHIP) vs. LHP Chris Sale (13-2, 2.79 ERA, 0.98 WHIP)
Preview
The Astros continued their hot streak, pushing their streak to 11 out of their last 12 games. The Astros are full of sports cliques at the moment, the offense is getting the job done and the pitching is doing just enough. That may not matter as the Astros face Chris Sale on Saturday.
Sale as been one of the best pitchers in the American League in 2016. He already has three complete games including a May 19th start against Houston in which he allowed one run on four hits while striking out nine.
Sale came down to earth a bit during the month of June, opening things with up with three starts with at least three runs given up. But he has rebounded by allowing just three runs over his last 15 innings.
| HOUSTON ASTROS CAREER STATISTICS VS. CHRIS SALE | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jose Altuve | 18 | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 4 | 0.333 | 0.368 | 0.389 | 0.757 |
| Carlos Correa | 7 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0.143 | 0.143 | 0.143 | 0.286 |
| Evan Gattis | 6 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.833 | 1.167 |
| Carlos Gomez | 6 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.167 | 0.333 |
| Marwin Gonzalez | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Tony Kemp | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Jake Marisnick | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Colby Rasmus | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.667 | 0.000 | 0.667 |
| George Springer | 8 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.375 | 0.625 |
| Luis Valbuena | 4 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.250 | 0.500 |
| Tyler White | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Danny Worth | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0.500 | 0.667 | 0.500 | 1.167 |
The Astros will counter with arguably the team's best pitcher at the moment in Doug Fister. Fister has been on a roll lately, going 4-1 with a 2.45 ERA in five June Starts. Fister is 3-1 with a 3.58 ERA in six starts at home this season.
Fister is 3-4 with a 3.77 ERA in 10 career starts against the White Sox. Current White Sox are batting .308 (20x65) against Fister with a 3.33 FIP, .364 BABIP, 14.9 K%, and 10.8 BB%.
| CHICAGO WHITE SOX CAREER STATISTICS VS. DOUG FISTER | ||||||||||||
| BATTER | AB | H | 2B | 3B | HR | RBI | BB | SO | AVG | OBP | SLG | OPS |
| Jose Abreu | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.333 | 0.667 |
| Alex Avila | 7 | 3 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 0.429 | 0.636 | 1.000 | 1.636 |
| Melky Cabrera | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0.412 | 0.412 | 0.588 | 1.000 |
| Adam Eaton | 3 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.000 | 1.667 |
| Todd Frazier | 10 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 0.400 | 0.500 | 0.400 | 0.900 |
| Leury Garcia | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Avisail Garcia | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |
| Austin Jackson | 17 | 2 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 4 | 0.118 | 0.118 | 0.176 | 0.294 |
| Brett Lawrie | 6 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0.000 | 0.143 | 0.000 | 0.143 |
| Justin Morneau | 28 | 9 | 3 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 0.321 | 0.321 | 0.536 | 0.857 |
| Dioner Navarro | 3 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 0.667 | 1.333 |
| J.B. Shuck | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 | 0.000 |