Just one of those nights where you get hit around a little bit,” Burke said. “They hit some pitches that I made mistakes on, and they hit some pitches that I thought I made some decent pitches on.”

From staff reports HOUSTON — Owen White (Carson) pitched in his first game for the Chicago White Sox on Wednesday against the Houston Astros. White, a 25-year-old right-hander, was promoted recently from the Charlotte Knights.

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.

As the White Sox rebuild continues, MLB debuts have become a common occurrence for some of their top prospects. During Tuesday's 4-2 win over the Astros, it was right-handed pitcher Grant Taylor's turn,

Luis Robert Jr. homered and drove in two in support of another stellar effort from Shane Smith during a 4-2 White Sox victory over the Astros Tuesday at Daikin Park. It was the opener of a six-game road trip through Texas for the South Siders.