PITTSBURGH - They needed nearly five hours to win the night before. This time, they waited for 3½ hours just to play. Time is running out on the Houston Astros, ...

Houston Astros right-hander Hunter Brown is set to start against the White Sox on the heels of a sterling April in which he won four of five starts while pitching to a 0.87 ERA.

So far, so good. Brown's performance Sunday helped the Astros avoid a three-game sweep. In Chicago, he will aim to slow a White Sox lineup that has scored 15 runs over the past two games.