Last year, Rafael Montero was a brilliant man out of the Astros bullpen. He finished the regular season with a 2.37 ERA and 14 saves over 69 1/3 innings and 73 strikeouts. This season hasn’t been the same for him, though. On Saturday night, the righty was hard hit to get his third loss of the campaign and see Houston go down 3-1 against the White Sox.
To start the game, Brandon Bielak did everything you could have hoped for. Despite surrendering eight hits, including a solo shot from Luis Robert Jr., the Astros right-hander went five innings of one run, no walks, and four strikeouts.