David has stunned Goliath.
Let’s check out the results for the Astros-White Sox Wild Card series.
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AL Wild Card: Astros vs. White Sox
Series Winner
White Sox: -245 (bet $10 to win $14.08 total)
Astros: +195 (bet $10 to win $29.50 total)
Game 1 — CHW 6, HOU 3
Spread: Astros -1.5 (CHW covers)
Moneyline: Astros -123, White Sox +102 (CHW wins)
O/U: 8 (Over hits)
Game 2 — CHW 7, HOU 3
Spread: Astros -1.5 (CHW covers)
Moneyline: Astros -147, White Sox +122 (CHW wins)
O/U: 7.5 (Over hits)
Here’s what to know about the Astros-White Sox odds:
Season Series: Houston won five of the seven regular-season matchups against Chicago, including three of the last four. The White Sox last made the playoffs in 2021, and last won a playoff series in 2005, the same year they last won the World Series. As for the Astros, they finished 81-81 in the regular season, but it was still good enough to win the AL West. The Astros are the only team in the postseason that had a negative run differential in the regular season, having been outscored by 32 runs.
Game 1: Would you believe that, prior to this season, Chicago had at least 100 losses in each of the last three seasons? It had 102 last year, a modern-era record 121 in 2024, and 101 in 2023. It’s for that reason that absolutely no one came into this season thinking they had a chance to make the playoffs. But here they are, and they have a 1-0 lead on Houston in the wild-card round, after winning Game 1, 6-3. Chicago took a 3-0 lead in the first two innings behind a sacrifice fly from Munetaka Murakami and a 2-run single from Sam Antonacci. It essentially cruised from there, bolstered by a solo home run from Colson Montgomery in the top of the fourth.
Game 2: The White Sox picked up in Game 2 right where they left off in Game 1, scoring four runs in the first inning. The Astros fought back to cut the deficit to 4-3, but Chase Meidroth’s three-run homer in the sixth propelled the White Sox to their first ALDS appearance since 2021.