Astros 5 - 2 White Sox
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White Sox, Astros meet in rematch of 2005 World Series

Jun 8, 2007 - 2:53 PM Houston (24-35) at Chi White Sox (26-30) 8:11 pm EDT

CHICAGO (Ticker) -- It may be a rematch of the 2005 World Series, but neither team is playing like a league champion these days.

Both the Chicago White Sox and Houston Astros will try to get back on track when they open a three-game interleague series here on Friday.

Houston has been awful lately, losing 16 of 20 including a 7-6 defeat in Colorado on Thursday where the Rockies rallied to win with three runs in the ninth. Meanwhile, Chicago has lost 10 of 12 and three straight.

John Danks (3-5, 4.34 ERA) will start for the White Sox, who own one of the better all-time interleague records at 101-77. The 22-year-old rookie has won three of his last five starts and allowed two runs or less in four of those outings.

The Astros counter with Chris Sampson (5-5, 3.43), who has been one of the team's more reliable starters this year. The righthander has pitched six or more innings and allowed three runs or less in each of his last five starts.

While Houston has had its offensive struggles this season with a .250 team batting average, the White Sox own the worst batting average in the majors at .233.

The teams met in interleague play for the first time last season - the White Sox won two-of-three games here. Houston is 5-18 in its last 23 road games.








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    FINAL
    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    HOUSTON 1 0 0 1 1 1 1 0 0 5 9 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 1 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 0 2 6 2 (FINAL)

    BATTERIES: HOU - CHRIS SAMPSON, TREVER MILLER (7TH), BRAD LIDGE (8TH), DAN
    WHEELER (9TH) AND ERIC MUNSON
    CHA - JOHN DANKS, NICK MASSET (6TH), DEWON DAY (7TH),
    BOBBY JENKS (9T

    Jun 8 10:59 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY MARK LORETTA SCORED LUKE SCOTT.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, M LORETTA ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 5
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 TOP, 7TH
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: M ENSBERG (.228, 0-FOR-3)

    Astros vs. White SoxJun 8 10:14 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ADAM EVERETT SCORED MORGAN ENSBERG.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, A EVERETT ON FIRST, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 4
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 TOP, 6TH
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: C BIGGIO (.229, 1-FOR-3, HR, RBI)

    Astros vs. White SoxJun 8 9:49 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY LUKE SCOTT SCORED HUNTER PENCE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, L SCOTT ON SECOND, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 3
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 TOP, 5TH
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: C LEE (.311, 1-FOR-2)

    Astros vs. White SoxJun 8 9:29 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SINGLE BY ROB MACKOWIAK SCORED A.J. PIERZYNSKI.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, R MACKOWIAK ON FIRST, 1 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 2
    CHI WHITE SOX 2 BOTTOM, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: L TERRERO (.250, 1-FOR-1)

    Astros vs. White SoxJun 8 9:17 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    DOUBLE BY CHRIS BURKE SCORED CARLOS LEE.
    SITUATION: 1 RUN IN, C BURKE ON SECOND, M ENSBERG ON THIRD, 2 OUT
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 2
    CHI WHITE SOX 1 TOP, 4TH
    DUE UP FOR HOUSTON: E MUNSON (.286, 0-FOR-0, BB)

    Astros vs. White SoxJun 8 9:12 PM


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    AT CHI WHITE SOX - SCORING UPDATE
    SOLO HOME RUN BY TADAHITO IGUCHI (3) TO LEFT WITH 1 OUT IN
    THE 1ST OFF CHRIS SAMPSON.
    CURRENT SCORE: HOUSTON 1, CHI WHITE SOX 1
    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J THOME (.288, 8 HR, 21 RBI)

    Astros vs. White SoxJun 8 8:21 PM


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    1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 R H E
    - - - - - - - - - - - -
    HOUSTON 1 1 1 0
    CHI WHITE SOX 0 0 0 (BOT 1)

    CURRENT PITCHERS: HOU - CHRIS SAMPSON
    CHA - JOHN DANKS

    DUE UP FOR CHI WHITE SOX: J OWENS (.200, 0 HR, 0 RBI)
    T IGUCHI (.249, 2 HR, 15 RBI)
    J THOME (.288, 8 HR, 21 RBI)

    Astros vs. White SoxJun 8 8:16 PM

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