Red Sox nip lowly White Sox to end five-game skid

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Ceddanne Rafaela crushed a two-run home run in the seventh inning to lift the Boston Red Sox past the visiting Chicago White Sox 3-1 on Friday to begin a three-game weekend series.

The 23-year-old shortstop's 15th homer of the season woke up a Boston (71-70) offense that had recorded just three of its five total hits to that point in the game.

Rafael Devers went 2-for-4 and Tr