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Rookie Ryan Gusto, the beneficiary of the outpouring of offense, responded with his first quality start in the majors. Gusto threw six innings of two-run ball. Two relievers, Bryan King and Steven Okert, finished the win he started.

Christian Walker had three hits, including a two-run homer, and drove in four runs, and Jose Altuve had a pair of hits, including the 2,300th of his career, to lead the Astros to a 10-2 win over the White Sox on Wednesday night at Daikin Park.

Chicago White Sox starter Shane Smith allowed one run in six innings during Tuesday’s 4-2 win against the Houston Astros. The rookie lowered his ERA to 2.37.

During his weekly general audience in St. Peter's Square on June 11, noted White Sox fan Pope Leo XIV donned a Chicago cap to take a picture with a newly married couple, the groom also sporting a White Sox hat.

Through seven games of his return to the Houston Astros after an absence of two-plus seasons, Lance McCullers Jr. has had outings that went very well and quite badly. Tuesday night against the Chicago White Sox was one that McCullers lumped into the "weird" category.

The issue with Melton is his plate discipline. Though the outfielder cut his chase rate from 33.1 percent last season to 24.1 percent this season in Triple-A and has one of the higher bat speeds on the Astros at 73.3 mph, he will need to live up to his potential.