Astros pretty pissed off about boos, low attendance in Game 1 loss to White Sox

The White Sox took Game 1 in Houston, but all the team could talk about after was their fans – or lack thereof, apparently.The Astros heard the boo birds during their 6-3 loss at Dalkin Park, where the announced crowd was 34,011 — about 21 percent below a sellout for the playoff game. Reliever Bennett Sousa called the fan base “definitely spoiled,” having made the ALCS seven times straight from 2017-23.The Astros have the worst record of any playoff team (81-81) in MLB history, having snuck into the playoffs after winning the floundering AL West.“As a team and as a staff, we know how we feel about our guys.And if that’s felt differently from the outside — that’s OK.

We can live with that,” Sousa told reporters, per The Athletic.“But as a team, we know that we lay it on the line every day.

We’ve been working our ass off.We’ve been playing hard.

We got in the playoffs.We just really need the support of our fans.”They employed a bullpen game to start this series and the boos began in the first two innings.Those boos became increasingly louder by the seventh inning, drowning out any cheers that may have been coming while the Astros tried to rally. AJ Blubaugh walked three of the first five batters he faced as the opener and one scored before Chicago added two more in the second to make Houston’s bullpen plans go up in flames.For Sousa, he didn’t do a lot to inspire faith after entering a 5-2 game in the seventh inning and immediately allowing two base runners. When Braden Montgomery stepped into the box with runners on second and third with out, Sousa threw two sliders to catcher Yanier Diaz, who couldn’t handle them, and one run scored on a wild pitch.“I’m not going to lie to you, I was pretty pissed off in the dugout when I came in, about the boos,” Sousa said, according to The Atheltic.

“This team has laid a lot on the line to be in this position to give the fans a playoff game — a playoff series.We want their support...