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HOUSTON -- Houstons Lucas Harrell was drafted by the Chicago White Sox and spent his first seven years with the organization before the Astros claimed him off waivers in 2011. He still hasnt forgotten the snub, which made Saturday nights win particularly sweet. Harrell pitched into the seventh inning and Jason Castro and Chris Carter homered in the fourth inning to give Houston the lead and the Astros held on for their third straight victory, 4-3 over the White Sox. Harrell (5-7) allowed seven hits and three runs with a season-high seven strikeouts in 6 2-3 innings. "Its always nice to beat them," said Harrell, who is 2-0 in two starts against the White Sox. "When someone tells you that you cant play for them and they dont think youre good enough theres a little chip on your shoulder when you play them." The game was tied 1-1 when Castro launched a solo homer into the bullpen in right-centre to start the fourth inning. Carters one-out homer clanged off the foul pole in left field to extend the lead to 3-1 and leave starter John Danks (1-3) shaking his head. It was the team-leading 14th homer for Carter, who also leads the Astros with 36 RBIs. Hes the first Astro to have at least 14 home runs by June 15 since 2008. Castro, the catcher, thought the fifth inning was important to help Harrell on the mound. "That definitely took some pressure off Lucas and he was able to really focus on pitching," Castro said. "Hes really good with that lead and maintaining it. Once we got that lead you could tell that he really kind of settled in and was ready to go deep into the game." Brandon Barnes drove in a run with a double in the fifth inning to make it 4-1. Adam Dunn hit his 18th homer to start the White Sox seventh and Gordon Beckhams ground-rule double later in the inning made it 4-3. Danks yielded five hits and four runs in six-plus innings. The White Sox had runners at the corners with two outs in the eighth inning, but pinch-hitter Jeff Keppinger grounded into a force out to end the threat. Jose Veras pitched a scoreless ninth for his 13th save. He allowed a walk to start the ninth, but picked off pinch-runner Jordan Danks at second to end the game. "You practice plays like that in spring training and, lo and behold, you get this deep into the season and it ends up being a very big play in a game in which we were able to win," Houston manager Bo Porter said. The White Sox have dropped 11 of their last 12 on the road and are last in the AL-Central. "Obviously were not in a very good position right now, but theres a lot of baseball left," Danks said. Alexei Ramirez singled with one out in the first and stole second base. The White Sox took a 1-0 lead on a two-out RBI single by Paul Konerko. Harrell settled down after that, retiring the next 11 batters he faced. Chicagos next hit came when Beckham singled with one out in the fifth inning. But Harrell still faced the minimum in that inning after Tyler Flowers grounded into a double play. Porter was impressed with Harrells work. "Im extremely happy," he said. "He battled and kept those guys at bay. He continued to attack the strike zone." He threw a 1-2-3 sixth inning before running into trouble in the seventh. Dunns sixth homer this month landed in the Crawford Boxes in left field to cut the lead to 4-2. Conor Gillaspie singled with one out and took second on an error by right fielder Trevor Crowe on the play. A ground-rule double by Beckham with two outs got Chicago within 4-3. Flowers singled to chase Harrell. He was replaced by Paul Clemens, who struck out Alejandro De Aza to limit the damage. Danks plunked Carlos Pena with two outs in the second inning to end a career-long streak during which he retired 26 consecutive batters. 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