Final: Red Sox 6, Chicago White Sox 1

Following a crushing walk-off loss the previous night, the Red Sox rebounded nicely Friday, pasting the White Sox 6-1.

Rafael Devers, who made a crucial error in the ninth which led to Thursday's loss, gained some retribution with a three-run homer in the first, his first homer of the year. It was all the offense the Sox would need, but just for good measure, Michael Chavis added a two-run homer in the sixth.

Chris Sale picked up his first win of the year, shutting out the White Sox for six innings while allowing just three hits and fanning 10.

WHO: Red Sox vs. Chicago White Sox
WHEN: 8:10 p.m.
WHERE: Guaranteed Rate Field
SERIES TO DATE: White Sox 1-0
STARTING PITCHERS: LHP Chris Sale (0-5, 6.30) vs. RHP Reynaldo Lopez (2-3, 6.03)
TV/RADIO: NESN; WEEI 93.7 FM

IN-GAME OBSERVATIONS:

11:03 Colten Brewer has the eighth with a 6-0 lead....and proceeds to walk two of the first three hitters.

9:58 Michael Chavis does not hit cheap home runs. He got a hanging breaking ball over the plate and cranked that 459 feet, down the line in left. Three of the four that he's hit have been well over 400 feet.

9:53 Sale bails himself out of his first jam. After putting runners on first and second (double, HBP), Sale rears back and strikes out the next three hitters in succession.

9:39 If nothing else, Reynaldo Lopez has shown that he has Mookie Betts's number. Three at-bats, with a weak groundout and two strikeouts.

9:17  It's not getting any better for Pearce, who's the very definition of "in-between'' at the plate currently -- indecisive, too slow on fastballs and out in front on breaking pitches.

9:08 Sale flashing dominant stuff (95 mph four-seamer) at times, and also being efficient after a longish first inning. He's needed just 21 pitches over the last two innings.

8:46 Awkward slide for Tzu-Wei Lin as he's thrown out trying to steal second, with his left knee seemingly stuck in the dirt as he approached the bag. He was favoring that left leg as he came off the field. We'll see if he remains in the game. UPDATE: Lin is out of the game, with Steve Pearce going to LF and Andrew Benintendi shifting over to center.

8:34 Chris Sale showed good command in the first inning, but the nine-pitch at-bat with Jose Abreu, which ended in a walk, is an early reminder of what can happen with those sort of long at-bats. Two starts ago, too many of those early in the game limited Sale to six innings because of pitch count.

8:20 Rafael Devers makes up some for Thursday night with his first homer of the season - a mammoth shot to straightaway center, scoring Martinez and Xander Bogaerts ahead of him. Devers can handle premium gas and he did so there - hammering a 94 mph fastball on the outer half and hitting it more than 430 feet.

8:15 Martinez looks more like himself the last two nights. After going hitless over 10 at-bats over the previous two games at home, Martinez had three more hits Thursday night, and just drove a double to right to continue that turnaround.

LINEUPS

RED SOX

Benintendi LF
Betts RF
Martinez DH
Bogaerts SS
Devers 3B
Chavis 2B
Moreland 1B
Lin CF
Leon C

WHITE SOX

Garcia LF
Anderson SS
Abreu 1B
McCann DH
Moncada 3B
Rondon 2B
Castillo C
Cordell RF
Engel CF

WHAT'S UP: The Red Sox saw their three-game winning streak snapped Thursday with a walk-off loss to the White Sox, 6-4...Overall, the Sox are 8-5 in the last 13 games...In each of the last seven times the Red Sox have scored five runs, they've won every time...Mookie Betts has reached base in each of his last 13 games, during which he's compiled a .533 on-base percentage...He's not struck out once in the last five games...He's reached safely multiple times in every one of the last nine games, matching the longest such streak of his career...The last Red Sox player to reach base multiple times in at least 10 straight games was David Ortiz in 2012...Meanwhile, Rafael Devers has reached base in 16 straight games, hitting .346 with a .345 OBP...Devers also committed his ninth error of the season in the ninth inning Thursday. Only Tim Beckham, with 10, has committed more errors in the majors this season...Devers has appeared in each of the team's first 32 games -- 30 in the starting lineup and two more with pinch-hitting appearances...The last Red Sox player 22 years or younger to appear in every one of the team's first 32 games in a season were Rico Petrocelli and George Scott in 1966...Michael Chavis has been on base in nine straight games...The Red Sox recorded their 10th outfield assist of the season Thursday night. Only the San Francisco Giants (11) have more this year...Matt Barnes has struck out 26 of the 51 batters he's faced this year, a rate of 51 percent -- the highest for any qualified reliever and fourth-best overall in both leagues...He's walked only three hitters this season...Brandon Workman, who had a perfect seventh inning Thursday night, hasn't allowed a hit to any of the last 28 batters. He's given up just two hits this season -- both singles -- and has yet to allow a hit to a lefthanded hitter...Lefties are 0-for-16 against him while righthanded hitters are just 2-for-27 (.074) against him...Since April 12, Red Sox starters have the lowest ERA in either league at 3.36....Those starters have allowed three runs or fewer in 17 of their last 19 games...Every one of the Red Sox' eight hits Thursday night came from the top three spots in the batting order...The Sox are winless in Chris Sale's six starts this season, though Sale has pitched better of late, allowing two earned runs on five or fewer hits in his last two outings...Tonight marks Sale's first start in Chicago since May 30, 2017...He's faced them just twice overall after being traded to the Red Sox in December of 2016...Sale has 18 strikeouts in his last two starts...Of the current White Sox, Leurys Garcia is 2-fotr-3 against him while James McCann is just 4-for-29 with eight strikeouts and Yonder Alonso is 0-for-6 with three strikeouts....Devers and Mitch Moreland are each 2-for-3 against Reynaldo Lopez while Xander Bogaerts is 0-for-3.