Chicago White Sox at Houston Astros

It’s no secret the Astros have been struggling to find offensive production from their outfielders throughout this season. Houston has started 10 different players in left field and eight different players in center field, with Cam Smith getting the overwhelming amount of starts in right field. Astros outfielders entered Monday with a .660 OPS that ranked 29th from among the 30 teams, trailing only the Reds (.654). Houston added center fielder Daulton Varsho in a trade from the Blue Jays a month ago, but he has a .539 OPS in 93 at-bats with the Astros. Three players who are no longer in the organization -- Dustin Harris, Shay Whitcomb and Dustin Johnson -- were given starts in the outfield this year, along with prospect Lucas Spence (No. 12) and rookie Zach Cole. The search goes on. But the Astros got two big swings from a pair of outfielders in Monday’s 6-3 win over the White Sox at Daikin Park, with left-fielder Nelson Velázquez clubbing a two-run go-ahead homer in the fourth inning and Smith hitting a two-run double with the bases loaded in the fifth. Houston has won four of its last five games to improve to 70-68 and remain two games ahead of the second-place Rangers in the American League West. “Big swing by Velázquez, Cam Smith drove the ball and had some hard contact,” manager Joe Espada said. “We had some really good at-bats against \[White Sox starter Anthony\