Red Sox Wrap: White Sox’s Five-Run Inning Lifts Chicago Over Boston
The Boston Red Sox dropped their second straight game to the Chicago White Sox, 6-1, on Saturday at Guaranteed Rate Field.
With the loss, the Red Sox fell a game below .500 to 32-33, while the White Sox improved to 17-48.
Check out the full box score here.
ONE BIG TAKEAWAY
The White Sox exploded for five runs in the fifth inning off Brayan Bello to win just their second game since May 21.
Bello had allowed just three hits and one walk through the first four innings before allowing six hits and two walks in the fifth.
With the bases loaded, Gavin Sheets launched a 399-foot home run to right field to give Chicago the 5-1 lead.
The Red Sox couldn’t capitalize on the five walks Nick Nastrini surrendered in his sixth start of the season. Boston had only five hits with 13 strikeouts in the game and stranded nine base runners in the loss, including a bases-loaded situation in the ninth.
STARS OF THE GAME
— Sheets launched his first-career grand slam in the fifth inning off Bello. He finished 3-for-4 from the dish with four RBI.
— Bobby Dalbec scored the lone run for the Red Sox when he hit his first home run of the season off Nastrini. His knock was one of five hits by Boston in the loss.
— Chicago shortstop Paul DeJong hit his seventh home run of the season to extend the White Sox’s lead to 6-1.
ON DECK AT NESN
The Red Sox close out their four-game set with the White Sox on Sunday afternoon. First pitch from Guaranteed Rate Field is scheduled for 2:10 p.m. ET, and you can watch the game on NESN, following an hour of pregame coverage.