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FINAL Red Sox 6, White Sox 4 (10) - Boston splits series with the lowly White Sox
The Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox 6-4 on Sunday afternoon to secure the four-game series split.
KEY TAKEAWAYS:
- Overall, still a disappointing weekend splitting a series with the lowly White Sox.
- The Red Sox made three errors in the 4th inning leading to a three-run home run from Paul DeJong.
Paul DeJong! π pic.twitter.com/hlzGAqCjR4
β Chicago White Sox (@whitesox) June 9, 2024
- Boston came back to tie the game at four in the ninth with a sac fly scoring David Hamilton who led off with a double and stole third base.
- Jamie Westbrook hit a sac fly in the 10th to give Boston a 5-4 lead, and then Rob Refsnyder hit a RBI single scoring Jarren Duran making it 6-4.
Ol' reliable. pic.twitter.com/kx1yrn75aw
β Red Sox (@RedSox) June 9, 2024
- Kenley Jansen got the win going two innings, 1 H, 0 ER, 5 K and 0 BB.
- The Red Sox had an opener in Zack Kelly going today. Kelly went 2 innings, 0 H, 0 R, 0 ER, 3 K and 2 BB.
The Red Sox will welcome in the red hot Philadelphia Phillies to Fenway Park on Tuesday night to begin a thee-game series with first pitch at 7:10 p.m.
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WHO: Red Sox (32-33) at Chicago White Sox (17-48)
WHEN: 2:10 p.m.
WHERE: Guaranteed Rate Field, Chicago
SERIES TO DATE: 1-2
STARTING PITCHERS: RHP Zack Kelly 0-1 (2.00 ERA) vs. RHP Chris Flexen 2-5 (5.19 ERA)
TV/RADIO: NESN, WEEI-FM 93.7
LIVE BOX
LINEUPS
RED SOX
Duran LF
Valdez 2B
Refsnyder RF
Smith 1B
Wong DH
Hamilton SS
Dalbec 3B
McGuire C
Rafaela CF
SP Zack Kelly
OPPONENT
Julks LF
Lopez 2B
Robert Jr CF
Sheets DH
Vaughn 1B
DeJong SS
Colas RF
Sosa 3B
Maldonado C
SP Chris Flexen
WHAT'S UP
- The Red Sox have lost back-to-back games after winning each of their previous 2.
- The Sox are 10-9 in their last 19 games.
- Boston is 1-2 on a 4-game road trip to CWS that concludes today.
- The Red Sox have been outscored 13-2 the last two days by the worst team in baseball.
- The Sox have an off day tomorrow, before beginning a 6-game homestand on Tuesday vs. PHI (3 G) and NYY (3 G).
- Rafael Devers ranks 6th in the AL in OBP (.375), SLG (.557), and OPS (.932)...He leads MLB 3rd basemen in OBP, SLG, and OPS.
- He also ranks T-10th in the AL in BB (28).
- Jarren Duran ranks T-5th among MLB outfielders in fWAR (2.4)...He ranks 2nd among the group in DRS (10), and T-5th in assists (4; T-2nd in AL).
- Duran leads MLB in triples (9)...He ranks T-4th in the AL in 2B (17), T-5th in XBH (31), T-9th in hits (70), and T-5th in stolen bases (14).
His 9 triples are the most by a Red Sox player in a single season since Jacoby Ellsbury had 10 in 2009.
The Sox rank in the ALβs top 5 in triples (2nd, 18), doubles (3rd, 112), hits (4th, 550), total bases (4th, 911), SLG (5th, .409), OPS (5th, .726), and stolen bases (T-4th, 55).
Boston has hit .172 (11-for-64) with 3 runs and 1 XBH over their last 2 games, this follows a 2-game span on 6/5-6 where they hit .435 (37-for-85) with 23 runs scored and 14 XBH.
With 2 outs in an inning, the Red Sox lead MLB in AVG (.257), hits (192), and triples (6, tied)...They rank among the AL leaders in 2-out doubles (40, 2nd), SLG (.410, 5th), and OPS (.736, 4th).