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FENWAY – (Staff and Wire Service Report) – Wilyer Abreu highlighted a 2-for-3 night with three runs and his 20th home run of the season, leading the Boston Red Sox to a 4-0 win over the visiting Chicago White Sox on Wednesday.

Sonny Gray (14-2) fired six scoreless innings as Boston won its seventh consecutive game. The right-hander allowed just three hits and two walks while striking out eight.

Tyron Guerrero, Garrett Whitlock and Jovani Moran threw one inning apiece to complete the four-hit shutout. Moran walked the leadoff batter in the ninth, then struck out the next three batters.

Abreu cranked a third-inning solo shot to the right-center-field bullpen to lead the Red Sox, who have won the first two games of the three-game series.

Jarren Duran went 2-for-3 with a double and a run, helping Boston improve to 30-5 since June 25.

FENWAY – (Staff and Wire Service Report) – The Boston Red Sox scored six runs in both the first and sixth innings en route to a 14-2 win over the visiting Chicago White Sox to open a three-game series on Tuesday night.

Seven Boston batters logged multi-hit games highlighted by Wilyer Abreu cracking two long homers, Caleb Durbin punctuating the opening frame with a grand slam and Willson Contreras recording RBI singles and scoring in both big innings.

Jarren Duran also went deep and left-handed starter Patrick Sandoval (1-0) pitched five-plus innings for the Red Sox, who have won six straight and 15 of 18 since the All-Star break. Brayan Bello recorded the final 10 outs for a save.

Boston hit a season-high four homers for the second straight game, including three off Chicago starter Davis Martin (9-6), who allowed a career-high nine runs on 10 hits across five innings.

The Red Sox showed no signs of a hangover from their weekend sweep of the Los Angeles Dodgers, sending all nine men to the plate during a six-run first.

Nick Sogard banged a leadoff double off the Green Monster and Ceddanne Rafaela was hit by a pitch. After an Abreu fly ball moved Sogard to third, Contreras’ line-drive single drove in the first run.

Masataka Yoshida continued the line with another base hit before Durbin’s big swing to left center extended the score to 5-0. Duran made it back-to-back jacks with a solo shot over the bullpens.

Chicago got traffic on the basepaths in every inning against Sandoval, but he escaped without any damage done until the fifth. The Boston southpaw stranded the bases loaded after Randal Grichuk’s leadoff double and a two-out single and walk in the fourth.

In the fifth, the White Sox nabbed their first run on a Miguel Vargas sacrifice fly before Sandoval induced an inning-ending double play. Abreu got that run right back for the Red Sox a half-inning later, depositing another solo homer out to deep center with one out.

The White Sox turned consecutive walks into another run on Braden Montgomery’s RBI grounder in the sixth. Reliever Erik Miller, making his Boston debut after being acquired from the San Francisco Giants at Monday’s deadline, entered the game and struck out pinch hitter Tristan Peters to end the threat.

It became a laugher during the six-run sixth that Andruw Monasterio sparked with a two-run single up the middle to score Durbin (walk) and Duran (single). Three batters later, Rafaela’s double drove home two more before a Contreras single and Yoshida double concluded the scoring.

CHICAGO – (Wire Service Report) – Caleb Durbin hit a two-run home run and Patrick Sandoval pitched effectively in his return as the visiting Boston Red Sox edged the Chicago White Sox 2-1 on Thursday to complete a three-game sweep.

Durbin delivered the only extra-base hit among Boston’s four hits when he connected for a two-run blast against Anthony Kay in the fourth inning. It proved enough support for Sandoval and four relievers, boosting Boston to its sixth straight victory and 11th win in the past 13 games.

Chicago collected seven hits but fell into a tie with the Cleveland Guardians atop the American League Central with its sixth loss in eight games. The White Sox were swept at home for the third time this season and first since April 14-16 against Tampa Bay,

Sandoval started and worked 4 1/3 strong innings in his club debut and first major league action since June 21, 2024, with the Los Angeles Angels.

Recovered from Tommy John surgery and other injuries, Sandoval was activated from the 60-day injured list on Monday. The left-hander threw 65 pitches, spacing one run and five hits with one walk and five strikeouts.

Sandoval was charged with his lone run in the fifth, as Andrew Benintendi grounded a pinch-hit RBI single to greet reliever Tyron Guerrero. The hit scored Luisangel Acuna, who opened the inning with a single against Sandoval.

Guerrero (1-1) escaped further trouble with a flyout to center and popup to third. He earned the victory with 1 2/3 innings of two-hit relief.

Aroldis Chapman worked a perfect ninth for his 19th save.

Colson Montgomery had two hits for the White Sox, who were limited to just two runs in the series.

Kay (6-4) scattered two runs and four hits in 5 1/3 innings. He walked two and struck out four.

White Sox pitchers Jordan Hicks, Grant Taylor and Tyler Davis combined for 3 2/3 innings of hitless relief with two walks.

Anthony Seigler returned to Boston’s lineup after leaving Wednesday’s victory with a right trap contusion following a collision at home plate.

Red Sox All-Star first baseman Willson Contreras, who departed with a left foot contusion in Wednesday’s game, served the first of a five-game suspension for his role in a benches-clearing incident against Washington on June 30. He was originally suspended for seven games but MLB reduced it to five on Thursday.

–Field Level Media

CHICAGO – (Wire Service Report) – Boston’s Andruw Monasterio and Ceddanne Rafaela homered and Payton Tolle delivered six shutout innings to lift the visiting Red Sox to an 8-1 victory over the White Sox on Tuesday. The Red Sox stretched their winning streak to four while earning their ninth victory in the past 11 games.

Monasterio and Rafaela collected two hits apiece, including second-inning home runs against Chicago starter Noah Schultz (2-6). Willson Contreras had a two-run, ninth-inning double among his two hits, while Jarren Duran punctuated a four-run ninth with his second hit, an RBI single.

Tolle (5-6) set the tone for the Red Sox pitching staff, scattering two Sam Antonacci singles over six innings. He walked one and struck out six while allowing only one White Sox baserunner to reach scoring position.

Chicago remained one game ahead of Cleveland atop the American League Central despite its fourth loss in six games. The White Sox avoided a shutout when Kyle Teel drove in a run on a seventh-inning forceout. Justin Slaten struck out Jacob Gonzalez and Tristan Peters with runners on the corners to end the threat.

Schultz — a rookie left-hander, as with Tolle — needed 33 pitches to escape a scoreless first inning in which he stranded the bases loaded.

Boston, however, reached him for three runs in the second, rallying after Schultz fanned Duran to begin the inning. Monasterio opened the scoring with a solo home run to left. Three batters later, Rafaela smacked a two-run blast to make it 3-0.

The Red Sox extended the lead to 4-0 in the fourth as Duran scored on Connor Wong’s sacrifice bunt.

Schultz allowed four runs and seven hits in five innings. He walked three, struck out three and hit one batter. He has lost four straight starts.

Antonacci finished 3-for-4 to pace Chicago and stop a three-game hitless streak.

–Field Level Media

CHICAGO – (Wire Service Report) – The Chicago White Sox will greet the visiting Boston Red Sox on Tuesday with a one-game lead atop the American League Central.

While the White Sox realize they are nowhere near the finish line, they can appreciate the perch in the final week before the All Star-break. Especially on the heels of three straight 100-loss seasons.

“We are in a good spot. It’s exciting and it just shows the kind of growth we are at,” right-hander Davis Martin said. “It doesn’t matter if we are playing bad. We still find a way to find ourselves in every game.

“It’s a great time. We love winning. We do a good job celebrating each other’s successes. We are having fun being ourselves and enjoying it.”

Chicago split a four-game series against the Cleveland Guardians, its closest Central competitor, over the weekend.

A power surge propelled the White Sox to a 7-6 victory in Sunday’s finale. Colson Montgomery and Tristan Peters belted home runs among their two hits while Kyle Teel also went deep.

Red Sox starter Payton Tolle (4-6, 3.39 ERA) will aim to limit the White Sox attack and stop a recent penchant for allowing the long ball.

Pitching against the Washington Nationals on Wednesday, Tolle was unable to build upon his previous start — seven one-hit innings during a 6-1 victory on June 26 against the New York Yankees. Washington reached him for six runs and seven hits — including two homers — in three innings in a home loss.

Tolle figured to adjust the mechanics on his four-seam fastball after finding the Nationals “were ready for it.”

“I think I was also probably just being too fine,” he added, “trying to hit spots rather than just trying to execute pitches and just flying through the zone.”

Boston’s loss to Washington marked a rare recent blip for a club that is jelling under interim manager Chad Tracy. Although the Red Sox still occupy the AL East basement, they’ve won eight of 10 after completing a three-game sweep of the Los Angeles Angels to begin a nine-game road trip before the break.

On Sunday, Boston overcame an early injury to All-Star left-hander Ranger Suarez to defeat the host Angels 7-5. Jarren Duran and Willson Contreras homered.

Contreras leads the Red Sox with 20 home runs, a milestone he has reached seven times.

“This year has been good to me,” Contreras said. “Of course, I’ve been doing my homework. I put the work in the cage and my mindset is still there.”

Rookie left-hander Noah Schultz (2-5, 5.86) is set to get the call for the White Sox. Schultz returned from right knee patellar tendinitis on Wednesday at Baltimore but endured the same result as his two previous starts before the injury: he lost.

Schultz has hurt his own cause with control issues and has a WHIP (walks plus hits per inning pitched) of 1.35.

Against the Orioles, Schultz allowed two runs and three hits in 4 1/3 innings with four walks and seven strikeouts. He has walked 26 batters and hit four with a pitch in 43 total innings.

BOSTON – (Staff and Wire Service Report) – Walker Buehler allowed one run and struck out nine in seven innings to help the Boston Red Sox defeat the visiting Chicago White Sox 4-2 on Monday in a late-morning start on Patriots’ Day in Massachusetts.

Buehler (3-1) allowed four hits, walked three and threw 100 pitches (63 strikes). Two of the four hits Buehler allowed came in the first inning, when he gave up his only run. Justin Slaten pitched a scoreless ninth to earn his third save.

Rob Refsnyder hit a home run for Boston, his first. Trevor Story had three hits for the Red Sox, while Kristian Campbell added two hits, including a two-run single.

The White Sox received a solo home run from Andrew Benintendi, who collected two of the team’s five hits. A Brooks Baldwin double in the second inning was Chicago’s only other extra-base hit.

Boston won three of the four games in series, while the loss dropped Chicago’s road record to 1-9.

White Sox starter Jonathan Cannon (0-3) surrendered four runs on six hits in six innings with four walks and four strikeouts.

Nick Maton led off the game with a single, moved to third on an Andrew Benintendi single and scored to give the White Sox a 1-0 lead on Edgar Quero’s groundout.

After Refsnyder’s solo home run tied the game in the second, the Red Sox took a 4-1 lead by scoring three times in the third. Jarren Duran doubled and scored on Trevor Story’s single to make it 2-1 before Campbell delivered a bases-loaded single that extended Boston’s lead to 4-1.

Benintendi, who began his MLB career with the Red Sox, capped the scoring when he homered against Aroldis Chapman in the eighth. It was his fourth homer of the year and just the sixth the left-handed Chapman has allowed to a left-handed hitter in his career.

BOSTON – The Chicago White Sox have now won a road game in 2025. In their ninth road game of the season, the White Sox managed an 8-4 win over the Red Sox in the third of a four game series. Boston won the first two games of the set and the teams will meet once again on Monday with the traditional 11:10am start on Patriots’ Day, as the Boston Marathon winds its way past Fenway Park.

During Saturday’s game, it took 4 1/2 innings for a runner to advance to third base. Today, it was quite the opposite.

Chicago jumped out to a 2-0 lead when catcher Matt Thaiss hit his first home run of 2025, knocking in Luis Robert Jr. who had been given a free pass by Red Sox starter Tanner Houck in the at-bat immediately before Thaiss’ blast.

In the bottom of the first, Boston struck right back, largely at the hands of Chicago’s poor fielding. Both DH Rafael Devers and third baseman Alex Bregman reached base on errors before right fielder Wilyer Abreu belted a ball 387 feet to right field to make the score 3-2, Boston.

The White Sox struck back in the seventh inning, scoring three runs after Red Sox reliever Zack Kelly allowed a lead-off single to Chicago second baseman Lenyn Sosa, then hit two batters (Joshua Palacios and Miguel Vargas). Sosa scored on a sacrifice by pinch hitter Brooks Baldwin and the two hit batsman scored when pinch hitter Edgar Quero singled and the score turned to 5-4, Chicago.

The White Sox added two more runs in the eighth inning when Luis Robert Jr. singled and first baseman Andrew Vaughn homered off Boston’s recently reactivated reliever Liam Hendriks. That made the score 7-4, Chicago, and a crowd of 32,632 fans at Fenway Park turned quiet on a gorgeous 60-degree Easter Sunday afternoon.

Chicago added an insurance run in the top half of the ninth as a combination of singles, an error on Sox third baseman Alex Bregman, a stolen base, an intentional walk, and a hit batter forced in Baldwin to make the final score 8-4, Chicago.

Bregman’s error marked the 24th error committed by the Red Sox which are the most in baseball. The Red Sox have booted at least one play in 11 of 23 games, and are 4-7 in those games..

By TERRY LYONS, Editor of Digital Sports Desk

BOSTON – Saturday’s Boston Red Sox vs Chicago White Sox was the kind of baseball game when absolutely nothing happened for the first four and a half innings. Nothin’ but a few scattered hits, three hit Red Sox batters, and six strike-outs by a sharp and effective Boston starter Garrett Crochet.

Although they left four batters on base in the first two innings, the Red Sox didn’t muster a base hit until rookie 2B Christian Campbell rocketed a single to left field in the bottom of the fourth.

Still nothing, until the home half of the fifth when No. 9 hitter Cedanne Rafaela doubled and left fielder Jarren Duran followed with a base hit to left which advanced Rafaela to third base with none out.

Red Sox slugger and designated hitter Rafael Devers cracked a 389-foot drive over the Green Monster to score Rafaela and Duran to give Boston a 3-0 lead. The home run perked-up the Fenway Park sellout crowd of 36,559 on an 83-degree Easter weekend day.

Devers chased White Sox starter Shane Smith who pitched 4.2 innings, and allowed three runs on four hits and the three hit batters. He threw 73 pitches (45 strikes) during his afternoon outing.

Crochet had a strong quality start but no decision. He threw six innings of scoreless baseball, allowing four hits on two walks and seven punch-outs. But the 3-0 lead he left the game with, vanished in the top of the seventh inning.

Boston reliever Greg Weissert walked pinch hitter Joshua Palacios who advanced to third a batter later when Boston’s Trevor Story mishandled a tag at second base. Chicago’s lead-off hitter Chase Meidroth singled, then Luis Robert Jr. parked a home run, some 375-feet to left. The homer tied the game, 3-3, and wiped a possible win off of Crochet’s pitching record.

After enduring such a costly error and allowing the game to go into extra innings, Boston first baseman Triston Casas hit a bases-loaded single off the Green Monster to drive in the winning run with one out in the 10th inning on Saturday, lifting the Boston Red Sox to a 4-3 victory over the Chicago White Sox.