Chi White Sox at Houston — MLB September 29, 2026

6 – 3

Final

Daikin Park, Houston, TX

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHW	1	2	0	1	1	0	1	0	0	6	11	1
HOU	0	0	0	0	2	0	0	1	0	3	6	1

Decisions

Win J. Hicks CHW

1.1 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 1 K · 3.94 ERA

Loss A. Blubaugh HOU

0.2 IP · 0 H · 0 ER · 0 K · 3.66 ERA

Recap

Highlights

WHITE SOX vs. ASTROS: Wild Card Full Game 1 Highlights (September 29) | 2026 MLB (Munetaka Murakami)

White Sox vs. Astros Wild Card full game highlights from 9/29/26, presented by @essilor.global

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Scoring plays All plays ›

Play	CHW	HOU
Top 1st Munetaka Murakami out on a sacrifice fly to right fielder Cam Smith. Sam Antonacci scores.	1	0
Top 2nd Sam Antonacci singles on a line drive to left fielder Taylor Trammell. Braden Montgomery scores. Chase Meidroth scores. Colson Montgomery to 2nd.	3	0
Top 4th Colson Montgomery homers (1) on a fly ball to center field.	4	0
Top 5th Chase Meidroth singles on a ground ball to shortstop Jeremy Peña. Munetaka Murakami scores. Tristan Peters to 3rd. Braden Montgomery to 2nd.	5	0
Bottom 5th Nelson Velázquez homers (1) on a fly ball to left field. Lucas Spence scores.	5	2
Top 7th Wild pitch by pitcher Bennett Sousa. Munetaka Murakami scores. Randal Grichuk to 3rd.	6	2
Bottom 8th White Sox challenged (play at 1st), call on the field was upheld: Jose Altuve reaches on a throwing error by third baseman Miguel Vargas. Jeremy Peña scores. Yordan Alvarez to 2nd.	6	3

Closing line

Box score

Chi White Sox

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
S. Antonacci LF	3	1	1	2	1	0	.277
B. Doyle CF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.233
K. Teel C	5	0	1	0	0	0	.210
M. Vargas 3B	4	0	0	0	1	1	.250
M. Murakami 1B	3	2	1	1	1	2	.207
A. Benintendi DH	1	0	0	0	1	1	.240
R. Grichuk PH-DH	3	0	2	0	0	0	.287
L. Acuña PR-DH	0	0	0	0	0	0	.229
T. Peters CF-LF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.265
B. Montgomery RF	4	1	2	0	0	2	.226
C. Meidroth 2B	4	1	2	1	0	0	.276
C. Montgomery SS	3	1	1	1	0	1	.197
Totals		6	11		4	8

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
H. Smith	3.0	2	0	0	0	1	38
J. Hicks W	1.1	0	0	0	0	1	17
S. Newcomb	1.0	2	2	2	0	0	19
D. Sandlin	1.1	0	0	0	1	0	22
G. Taylor	2.1	2	1	0	1	5	54

Houston

Batting	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	K	AVG
J. Peña SS	4	1	1	0	0	0	.277
Y. Alvarez DH	4	0	1	0	0	0	.316
I. Paredes 3B	4	0	1	0	0	1	.262
J. Altuve 2B	4	0	0	0	0	0	.250
Y. Diaz C	4	0	0	0	0	2	.285
C. Walker 1B	2	0	0	0	2	0	.226
L. Spence CF	4	1	1	0	0	2	.218
C. Smith RF	4	0	1	0	0	1	.210
T. Trammell LF	0	0	0	0	0	0	.192
N. Velázquez PH-LF	3	1	1	2	0	1	.188
Totals		3	6		2	7

Pitching	IP	H	R	ER	BB	K	PC
A. Blubaugh L	0.2	0	1	0	3	0	27
B. King	0.1	4	2	2	0	1	22
M. Ullola	3.0	1	1	1	0	4	31
J. Hendrickson	1.2	3	1	1	1	0	37
L. VanWey	0.1	0	0	0	0	0	3
B. Sousa	1.0	2	1	1	0	1	13
B. Abreu	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	11
J. Hader	1.0	1	0	0	0	1	11