CHICAGO (AP) -- Geovany Soto hit a tiebreaking home run in the seventh inning, leading Jose Quintana and the Chicago White Sox over Houston 4-1 Wednesday night and handing the Astros their seventh straight loss.George Springer went 5 for 5 for AL West-leading Houston. Astros starter Vincent Velasquez made his major league debut, pitching three-hit ball for five scoreless innings.Jose Abreu and Adam LaRoche also homered for Chicago.Quintana and Velasquez combined for the third pitchers' duel of the series. Quintana (3-6) earned his first win since May 13, allowing one run and six hits in seven innings. 
David Robertson got his 13th save in 16 tries as the White Sox completed a three-game sweep.Soto's home run came off Tony Sipp (2-3). Abreu added a two-run shot in the eighth off Pat Neshek.Velasquez struck out five, walked four and threw 89 pitches. The 23-year-old righty exited with a 1-0 lead, but LaRoche tied the game in the sixth with his homer off Will Harris.Velasquez was recalled from Double-A Corpus Christi earlier Wednesday, and his debut was the second for a highly touted Houston prospect in three days, following Carlos Correa's first game Monday. Correa, who had driven in Houston's only three runs of the series before Wednesday, was 1 for 4.Besides Springer, Houston batters did little. They had only seven hits and scored two runs or fewer for the sixth time in their seven losses.Houston went ahead 1-0 in the second on Jake Marisnick's sacrifice fly.An inning after LaRoche's eighth home run of the season, Houston's Preston Tucker might have been denied a homer. Left fielder Melky Cabrera reached up at the wall to grab Tucker's fly ball for the second out of the inning.
David Robertson got his 13th save in 16 tries as the White Sox completed a three-game sweep.Soto's home run came off Tony Sipp (2-3). Abreu added a two-run shot in the eighth off Pat Neshek.Velasquez struck out five, walked four and threw 89 pitches. The 23-year-old righty exited with a 1-0 lead, but LaRoche tied the game in the sixth with his homer off Will Harris.Velasquez was recalled from Double-A Corpus Christi earlier Wednesday, and his debut was the second for a highly touted Houston prospect in three days, following Carlos Correa's first game Monday. Correa, who had driven in Houston's only three runs of the series before Wednesday, was 1 for 4.Besides Springer, Houston batters did little. They had only seven hits and scored two runs or fewer for the sixth time in their seven losses.Houston went ahead 1-0 in the second on Jake Marisnick's sacrifice fly.An inning after LaRoche's eighth home run of the season, Houston's Preston Tucker might have been denied a homer. Left fielder Melky Cabrera reached up at the wall to grab Tucker's fly ball for the second out of the inning.
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