The White Sox had baseball's third-worst groundball rate this season at 46.1%. That played right into the hand of Lance McCullers, who forced grounders on 63.2% of batted balls today.

Framber Valdez, the Astros' Game 2 starter, worked a MLB-leading 70.3% GB rate (min: 130 IP).

— Chris Emma (@CEmma670) October 7, 2021