Josh Hader remains flawless in 2025, earning his 18th save in the Astros’ 4-3 win over the White Sox while further backing his elite status.

The Sox (23-46) dropped Thursday’s game 4-3 against the Astros, losing the series. It was a frustrating day for the Sox’ offense. They struck out 16 times, and when they made hard contact it found the gloves of Astros defenders.

Isaac Paredes hit a solo homer and Jose Altuve doubled twice and had two RBIs to lead the Houston Astros over the Chicago White Sox 4-3 on Thursday night. Houston led 4-2 entering the ninth before Mike Tauchman homered to right field off closer Josh Hader to get Chicago within 4-3.

Although the Houston Astros (38-30) hold a four and a half game lead in the American League West, they still do not look quite like themselves at this point of the 2025 MLB season. The lineup is specifically an enigma,

There's still a lot of road left in the season, but we wanted to see progress,” assistant general manager Josh Barfield told the Sun-Times. “We knew that we had some of these young guys coming up here,

The White Sox called up the No. 6-ranked prospect in their organization, right-hander Grant Taylor, on Tuesday. Chicago selected Taylor's contract from Double-A Birmingham and designated right-hander Bryse Wilson for assignment.

Perhaps the solution to the White Sox pitching woes is a little penguin named Pepe. Before Sunday’s game against the Royals, Chicago trotted out Pepe to accompany Dr. Mike Adkesson, president and CEO of the Brookfield Zoo, for the ceremonial first pitch at Rate Field.