Cueto and López leave the Astros in three hits, White Sox triumph

Dominicans Johnny Cueto and Reynaldo Lopez combined for a three-hit effort and the Chicago White Sox sailed smoothly Saturday to crush the Houston Astros 7-0.

Luis Robert matched a career high with four RBIs and the White Sox attacked Justin Verlander early.

Cueto (1-3) allowed two hits and five strikeouts over seven innings, his longest strikeout of the season. He had not won since July 29, when he was a member of San Francisco.

Robert matched his season high with three hits and countryman Jose Abreu drove in a pair of runs for Chicago, which took a 7-0 lead after just four innings for its fourth win in five games.

Lopez gave up one hit and no runs for two innings to complete the shutout.

Verlander (8-3) entered the day tied for the lead in the majors with eight wins, but had an unusually poor start to what has been a splendid season that marked his comeback since missing two years with Tommy John surgery. .

For the White Sox, the Cubans Robert 5-3 with a run scored and four RBIs, Abreu 4-1 with two RBIs.

For the Astros, the Venezuelan José Altuve 4-2. Cubans Yordan Álvarez 3-0, Yuli Gurriel 3-0, Aledmys Díaz 2-0. Honduran Mauricio Dubón 1-0. The Dominican Jose Siri 3-0. Puerto Rican Martin Maldonado 1-0.

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