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Chicago White Sox vs Houston Astros Starting Lineups — September 30, 2026
Batting orders, positions, season stats, splits against the opposing starter's hand and batter-versus-pitcher history with sample size for both clubs.
5:00 PM ET · Daikin ParkFinal lineups locked · Sep 30, 4:45 PM ETStats updated Oct 29, 4:32 AM ET
Lineup strength vs today's starter
Weighted by batting-order spot. Season rates are regressed toward league average before they enter the model.
CWS.746
−27 ptsOPS edge
HOU
.773
Slight edge: HOU
Power
Season HR
161vs176
Discipline
Adj. OBP
.333vs.329
Top of order
Slots 1–4
.773vs.822
Bottom of order
Slots 7–9
.708vs.719
CWS wins 3 of 9 batting-order slots · HOU wins 6
CWSSlotHOU
Sam Antonacci.759
1.788Jeremy Peña
Kyle Teel.706
2.993Yordan Alvarez
Miguel Vargas.822
3.796Isaac Paredes
Munetaka Murakami.809
4.704Jose Altuve
Andrew Benintendi.716
5.761Yainer Diaz
Tristan Peters.765
6.725Christian Walker
Chase Meidroth.759
7.761Lucas Spence
Braden Montgomery.674
8.677Cam Smith
Colson Montgomery.690
9.720Nick Allen
7 of 9 Chicago White Sox hitters have the platoon advantage vs Hunter Brown (2 of 9 for Houston Astros)
Chicago White Sox
- Platoon advantage in 7 of 9 spots
- Real power throughout the lineup
Houston Astros
- Strong top of the order
- Real power throughout the lineup
- Handedness works against them today