After falling behind 2-0 in the top of the first inning, the Red Sox slowly but surely came back for a 4-2 victory that halted the club's second two-game streak of the season.
Jackie Bradley tied the game with his first home run off a left-hander since June 1 last year, in the second inning.
J.D. Martinez gave the Red Sox the lead for good when he launched an 0-2 pitch into the Sox bullpen in the fifth inning. The third White Sox error of the game put a runner on base for Martinez before he launched his 21st home run.
David Price (7-4) allowed two runs on two hits in the first inning, but blanked Chicago on three hits in his next five as the Sox won his sixth-straight start.
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6:52: Kimbrel finishes off the win with back-to-back strikeouts.
6:49: Nice diving snag of a sinking pop by Benintendi to retire Moncada leading off the ninth for Kimbrel.
6:26: Pinch-hit triple off the top of the wall in center by Yolmer Sanchez to make this interesting. 3-4-5 coming up for ChiSox with one out. ... Abreu fans. .... Walk to Matt Davidson. ... Kevan Smith pops out to right to end the threat.
6:21: Joe Kelly had 11 pitches in the 7th, then Martinez stung another ball in the bottom half before an inning-ending double play. The ball just sounds different off his bat. Matt Barnes in for the 8th.
5:44: Wouldn't be a series unless the Red Sox run into an out, and it happened when Eduardo Nunez — who was like the Roadrunner off first and second — was a little too aggressive on a ball back to Rodon while he was on third base.
5:33: After the White Sox' third error of the game allowed J.D. Martinez to deep into the right-center bullpen on an 0-2 pitch for a two-run bomb. That's his 21st home run and gives him 54 RBI. Both lead MLB. RUNS: Red Sox 4, White Sox 2.
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5:20: OK, that was rough. First and third, nobody out and the Sox struck out three times (Swihart, Bradley, and Benintendi).
5:16: Swihart called out looking, and he didn't like. Looked a little low. One out.
5:11: Red Sox cooking to start the bottom of the fourth. Devers singles up the middle, and then Vazquez hit a seed past third with Devers stealing. First and third no outs.
5:08: Eight-pitch inning for Price in the fourth. He's really settled down now.
4:43: Jackie Bradley just hit one on the screws to the tarps in center. Third homer of the season. First off a left since June1. RUN: White Sox 2, Red Sox 2.
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4:27: Ugly strikeout by Sam Travis on a ball up and out of the zone. And
4:24: And now we know why the White Sox have lost 40 games. A second-straight, double-play ball ends with an error, this one of the throwing variety on Moncada after getting the first out. RUN: White Sox 2, Red Sox 1.
4:23: Sox have something going after a walk to Benintendi, and Anderson booting a possible double-play ball. First and second, with J.D. Martinez coming up.
4:17: Price gets Moncada to look at a called third strike (second this inning) to leave a run at third.
4:15: Smith does his job by fighting off an inside pitch and getting a ground ball to second to plate a run. RUN: White Sox 2, Red Sox 0.
4:11: Not a good start for Price. Anderson singles to left to lead things off, then a walk to Rondon and, finally, Abreu tattooed a ball off the left-center field wall for a double. RUN: White Sox 1, Red Sox 0.
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- Mookie Betts (abdominal) took batting practice today. "He felt better about himself," Alex Cora said. "We'll see how he comes out of it." If Betts continues to feel well, he'll take BP again on Sunday, and he could make a rehab start as soon as Monday. "It seems like we're gaining momentum," Cora said. "It looked like he was able to drive the ball without hesitation."
- With a left-hander going for the White Sox, Mitch Moreland is getting a day off. Sam Travis will start at first base.