CHICAGO _ Three days, three blowout losses to the Astros.
The only difference Sunday is that there were some beanings, with Houston right-hander Lance McCullers plunking Wellington Castillo and Yolmer Sanchez. The White Sox bullpen was so wild in Chicago's 7-1 defeat, you couldn't tell the brushbacks from the plain old balls.
Nate Jones came in high and tight on lumberjack Evan Gattis, but that was part of botched seventh inning that featured four Sox pitchers allowing five runs, four hits, two walks, a passed ball and a wild pitch.
With the Sox pitching in the eighth, a camera panned to a couple snoozing on a sunny and relatively comfortable day at Guaranteed Rate Field.
Manager Rick Renteria should hope that his players are not comfortable after falling to 4-15. The White Sox have lost seven straight and 14 of their last 16. They're 1-8 at home.
They actually took a 1-0 lead in the second when Sanchez drove in Matt Davidson with a liner to right.
Their next best chance to score came when Yoan Moncada tried to get home on a Jose Abreu single.
Josh Reddick's throw beat Moncada by several steps, but Moncada flew in head-first, creating a dust bowl at the plate. It appeared that Moncada got his right hand in under Max Stassi's tag, but a replay review confirmed the out call.
Sox pitchers walked seven batters, becoming the first American League team to reach 100.
The ugly numbers from this series: Houston outscored the Sox 27-2.
