San Francisco Giants at Chicago White Sox

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San Francisco Giants

45-38, 20-21 Away

Final
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Chicago White Sox

27-56, 18-24 Home

Houser goes 7 and Benintendi homers as White Sox blank Giants 1-0

San Francisco Giants vs. Chicago White Sox: Game Highlights

Houser (3-2) allowed four hits and a walk while striking out five before giving way to Grant Taylor. He fanned two in two hitless innings for his second save in his eighth career appearance.

Benintendi hit his 10th home run — a two-out shot to right-center field on a 2-0 pitch from Robbie Ray (8-3), who gave up four hits and struck out six in six innings.

Michael A. Taylor had a one-out double in the Chicago seventh but was thrown out at home by right fielder Mike Yastrzemski on Josh Rojas' hit when Taylor slid and failed to touch the plate.

Giants rookie Christian Koss batted in the leadoff spot for the first time and had the only hit off Houser through five innings. Koss finished 2 for 4.

It was the fourth 1-0 loss this season for San Francisco (45-38), which has lost 11 of its last 15 games.

Chicago (27-56) won for the fourth time in 16 games.

Key moment Brett Wisely and Koss had consecutive singles off Houser to begin the sixth and both advanced on a balk. Rafael Devers struck out on a foul tip and catcher Edgar Quero threw to third to pick off Wisely for the second out. Heliot Ramos flied out to end the inning.

Key stat Chicago evened the series 1-1 and is 19-11 all-time against San Francisco.

Up next The White Sox hadn't announced who will start Sunday's series finale opposite Giants RHP Justin Verlander (0-5, 4.52).

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Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Smith struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Ramos grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Devers struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Benintendi grounded out to second.
	8th Inning	Vargas struck out swinging.
	8th Inning	Slater reached on infield single to third.

Statistics

SF		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	0
8	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	8
0	Runs Batted In	1
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
4	Hits	7
0	Stolen Bases	0
1	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
0	Runs	1
0	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	29
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
6	Runners Left On Base	13
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
15	Fly Balls	10
0	Caught Stealing	0
119	Pitches	131
0	Games Started	0
1	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
4	Total Bases	11
31	Plate Appearances	31
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
0	Extra Base Hits	2
-0.3	Runs Created	2.9
.133	Batting Average	.241
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.133	Slugging Percentage	.379
.033	Secondary Average	.207
.161	On Base Percentage	.290
.295	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.670
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	1.1
-0.3	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	3.4
4.0	Batter Rating	16.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	29.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
3.84	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	4.23
.000	Isolated Power	.138
0.14	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.25
.032	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.065
-.100	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	-.034
0.0	Runs Produced	2.0
0.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.2	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.3
59.0	MLB Rating	72.0
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0