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Yoan Moncada finished 2-for-4 with a two-run
homer. Avisail Garcia added three hits and an RBI for Chicago,
which has won six of eight and 12 of 17.
Andrew Benintendi homered for Boston's lone run. The Red Sox
lost for the first time in four games.
Heavy storms arrived in the bottom of the third inning and
forced a delay that lasted 2 hours, 9 minutes. Neither team's
starting pitcher returned after the lengthy interruption.
White Sox starter Michael Kopech looked good in his third career
outing -- two of which have been shortened by rain. He allowed
one hit in three scoreless innings, walking one and striking out
one.
Dylan Covey (5-12) stepped in for Kopech after the rain delay
and pitched three more scoreless innings. He allowed three hits,
walked one and struck out three to earn his first victory since
July 21. Covey had been 0-7 in his past eight outings.
Red Sox starter Nathan Eovaldi (5-7) was less effective as he
gave up three runs on three hits in two innings. Southpaw Drew
Pomeranz stepped in after the delay and pitched four scoreless
innings to keep the game close.
Davidson quickly changed that with a three-run homer to
left-center field in the seventh off reliever Tyler Thornburg.
The 426-foot shot, which increased Chicago's lead to 6-0, was
Davidson's 19th home run of the season.
Benintendi snapped the shutout with a solo home run off Juan
Minaya that sneaked over the wall in left field in the eighth.
The White Sox jumped to a 3-0 lead in the bottom of the first.
Garcia doubled down the left field line to score Yolmer Sanchez
from first base. Two batters later, Moncada belted a two-run
home run into the Chicago bullpen.
The blast was Moncada's 17th homer of the season. The switch
hitter has hit 15 of his homers from the left side.
Red Sox shortstop Xander Bogaerts drew his first career ejection
for arguing a called third strike in the eighth.
--Field Level Media
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