Altuve homers, Astros top White Sox 3-1 for 5th straight Collin McHugh made his first start in 11 days and nailed it. The right-hander pitched five steady innings in his return from a detached fingernail, and the Houston Astros extended their winning streak to five games Tuesday night with a 3-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox. Jose Altuve homered and Alex Bregman hit an RBI double for the AL West champions. McHugh (3-2) allowed one run and five hits with five strikeouts, an encouraging sign as the Astros prepare for the playoffs. "He felt really good. He felt strong," Houston manager A.J. Hinch said. "I thought McHugh threw the ball really well. I thought his pitch-making ability was really good." It was the right-hander's first outing since detaching a fingernail on his pitching hand Sept. 8. "Obviously when you're warming up it was the biggest thing for me, making sure I wasn't feeling it, I wasn't compensating for my finger in any way," McHugh said. "It was all good today. I didn't have any issues and I didn't think about it when I was out there. Mentally getting over that was probably the biggest part." McHugh has made only 10 starts this season after also Houston Astros Jerseys missing time Los Angeles Dodgers jerseys with a shoulder issue. "Overall I think we did some good things," he said. "Made some pitches when we needed to. I had a better curveball than I've had in Chicago Cubs Jerseys a while. Made a handful of mistakes but for the most part I felt like I executed pitches really well." Will Harris, Luke Gregerson and Chris Devenski each threw a scoreless inning before Ken Giles pitched the ninth for his 32nd save. Altuve went the other way for his 24th home run, a solo shot to right field in the fourth. Bregman knocked in Marwin Gonzalez later in the inning to give the Astros a 2-1 lead. George Springer made New York Yankees jerseys it 3-1 in the eighth, just getting his fingertips on home plate and avoiding Kevan Smith's tag. On the play, Altuve grounded out to third and was thrown out at first, but Smith never tagged Springer after taking the throw from first baseman Jose Abreu. After Springer was initially called out, the play was reviewed and the call was overturned. If you want to know more about 2017 world baseball information, see http://www.2017worldbaseballjersey.us, you can get it!