White Sox 回復する against Astros in possible プレーオフ preview
In a matchup between two of the American League's 最高の，を越す teams, Lucas Giolito and Carlos 棒?n helped the Chicago White Sox fight 支援する against Houston's powerful 罪／違反.
Giolito pitched a three-hitter in Chicago's 10-1 victory Saturday, then 棒?n 許すd one 攻撃する，衝突する in seven innings Sunday as the White Sox blanked Houston 4-0. Those two victories （機の）カム after the Astros swept a four-game series against the White Sox last month and （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域 Chicago 7-1 on Friday night.
The White Sox (56-36) now have the best 記録，記録的な／記録する in the American League, and they lead the AL Central by eight games. Houston (56-38) has a 3 1/2-game advantage 頂上に the AL West. The Astros lead the major leagues in runs にもかかわらず Alex Bregman's 傷害 problems and George Springer's offseason 出発.
Houston finished the 2020 正規の／正選手 season with a sub-.500 記録，記録的な／記録する but still （機の）カム within a victory of reaching the World Series thanks to the 拡大するd プレーオフs. The Astros again look formidable this year.
If they 直面する Chicago in the プレーオフs, that matchup would 炭坑，オーケストラ席 Houston's Dusty パン職人 against Tony La Russa of the White Sox in a matchup of two of the most famous 経営者／支配人s of this 時代 - and this 週末, Chicago certainly showed it has the pitching to compete.
NEVER A DULL MOMENT
Chicago White Sox 救済 投手 Liam Hendriks, left, celebrates with catcher Seby Zavala after they 敗北・負かすd the Houston Astros in a baseball game in Chicago, Sunday, July 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
A week in the life of the New York Mets:
Monday - 強打者 Pete Alonso 勝利，勝つs the Home Run Derby.
Friday - 星／主役にする shortstop Francisco Lindor leaves the game against Pittsburgh with soreness on his 権利 味方する. New York loses 4-1 in a game that 含むs a （法廷の）裁判-（疑いを）晴らすing 出来事/事件.
Saturday - Lindor goes on the 負傷させるd 名簿（に載せる）／表（にあげる）. エース Jacob deGrom's status is also up in the 空気／公表する because of forearm tightness. The Mets take a 6-0 lead into the 底（に届く） of the eighth before Pittsburgh 得点する／非難する／２０s five runs to make a game of it. It's 7-5 in the 底（に届く） of the ninth when New York closer Edwin Diaz 許すs a game-winning （野球の）満塁ホームラン，（テニスなどの）グランドスラム by Jacob Stallings that gives the 著作権侵害者s a 9-7 victory.
Sunday - 経営者／支配人 Luis Rojas says deGrom is going on the IL. In the first inning against Pittsburgh, the Mets 許す three runs to 得点する／非難する／２０ on an 内野 dribbler because 投手 Taijuan Walker, thinking the ball was foul, batted it toward the 著作権侵害者s dugout. The ball was called fair, and Rojas is 排除する／（飛行機などから）緊急脱出するd in the 続いて起こるing argument. New York 追跡するs 6-0 at the end of the inning, then 半導体素子s away at the 赤字 until Michael Conforto's two-run ホームラン in the ninth gives the Mets a 7-6 勝利，勝つ.
New York still leads the NL East by two games, and one can only imagine what these next couple months have in 蓄える／店 for the Mets.
TRIVIA TIME
The Astros (加える 129) and White Sox (加える 124) 階級 first and second in the AL in run differential. Who is No. 3?
BUYERS
While the Mets were taking their fans on a roll er coaster ride, 分割 競争相手 Atlanta was trying to 打ち勝つ its 傷害 woes 経由で the 貿易（する） market. The 勇敢に立ち向かうs acquired Joc Pederson from the Chicago Cubs and Stephen Vogt from the Arizona Diamondbacks.
Atlanta recently lost Ronald Acu?a Jr. to a season-ending 膝 傷害, but the 勇敢に立ち向かうs aren't giving up. They 追跡する the Mets by four games.
TRIVIA ANSWER
The Toronto Blue Jays (加える 95) have the third-best run differential in the AL. They （機の）カム out of the All-星／主役にする break in impressive fashion, （警官の）巡回区域，受持ち区域ing Texas three times by a 連合させるd 得点する／非難する／２０ of 25-2. Toronto is still in the third place in the AL East, however, six games behind 分割-主要な Boston.
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Umpire 法案 Miller, left, 会談 with Chicago White Sox 経営者／支配人 Tony La Russa during the seventh inning of the team's baseball game against the Houston Astros in Chicago, Sund ay, July 18, 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
Houston Astros 救済 投手 Andre Scrubb, left, celebrates with catcher ツバメ Maldonado after the Astros 敗北・負かすd the Chicago White Sox 7-1 in a baseball game in Chicago, Friday, July 16, 2021. (AP Photo/Nam Y. Huh)
