Gamethread: Astros at White Sox

Here we go, quick and dirty 4/20 gamethread, on the road.

James Shields attempts to avoid a “reverse Buehrle” (?!?) by not picking up two losses in the space of three days.

Is Adam Engel’s back against the wall? If so, at least he has a say about getting backed up, batting ninth tonight for the South Siders:

The Astros are 13-7 and in second place in the AL West, probably wondering why the first-place Los Angeles Angels of Southern California are killing their cakewalk-to-a-second-World-Series buzz.