White Sox - 302 000 102 - 8 12 1 Red Sox - 201 000 130 - 7 15 0Chris Sale (6-6-5-1-10, 102) had a horrible first inning for the second straight start, giving up three runs on four hits, a walk, and a hit batter, throwing 34 pitches. Nine innings later, Matt Barnes surrendered a two-run homer to Jose Abreu, which wiped out the Red Sox's 7-6 lead and resulted in an 8-7 loss.
The Red Sox trailed 5-2 and 6-3 before rallying after the seventh inning stretch. J.D. Martinez, who hit a two-run dong in the first, doubled home Rafael Devers (3-for-5, three runs) in the seventh. Mookie Betts drove in the first run in the eighth and scored, along with Brian Johnson (who pinch-ran for Brock Holt), on Xander Bogaerts's single, giving Boston what turned out to be a short-lived one-run lead.
Devers has seven hits in his last two games and is 11-for-his-last-18 (.611). He's batting .477 (21-for-44) since June 14.
The Red Sox - who are nine games out of first after the MFY's 8-7 walkoff win against the Blue Jays - have two days off as they travel to London. They will play two games against the Yankees: 1 PM on Saturday and 10 AM on Sunday (both times EST). (Giancarlo Stanton will not be in New York's lineup; he lasted only six games before spraining his right knee and going back on the IL.)
Betts, RFAL East: Blue Jays/MFY, 1 PM; Rays/Twins, 8 PM. ... MFY –, TBR 6.0, BOS 8.0.
Devers, 3B
Bogaerts, SS
Martinez, LF
Bradley, CF
Chavis, 1B
Hernández, 2B
Núñez, DH
León, C
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