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Facing the club with which he spent the first
seven seasons of his career, Sale (1-5) emerged victorious in
his seventh start of the season. The left-hander scattered three
hits and one walk while throwing 70 of his 104 pitches for
strikes to help Boston to its fourth win in five games.
Devers delivered the only offense Boston needed, smacking his
first home run of the season with two on and two outs in the
first inning. The Red Sox rallied after Reynaldo Lopez retired
the first two batters of the game, as J.D. Martinez hit a
ground-rule double and Xander Bogaerts singled ahead of Devers.
Lopez settled down for the next four innings before Boston
scored three more runs in the sixth, including two on a Michael
Chavis home run against Lopez. Lopez (2-4) allowed six runs on
eight hits in five innings with three walks and six strikeouts.
White Sox second baseman Yoan Moncada, who was involved in the
trade that sent Sale from Chicago to Boston following the 2016
season, broke up Sale's no-hit bid with a two-out single to
center in the fourth.
Moncada was caught stealing, however, as Sale regrouped. The
White Sox appeared to have something brewing when Jose Rondon
doubled and Welington Castillo was hit by a pitch to open the
fifth, but Sale struck out the side to escape further trouble.
James McCann, who had two hits, delivered an RBI single in the
eighth for Chicago's lone run.
Martinez went 3-for-5 to pace Boston's 11-hit attack, while
Andrew Benintendi, Bogaerts, Devers and Chavis had two hits
apiece.
Red Sox center fielder Tzu-Wei Lin left the game in the second
inning with left knee soreness. He was injured while sliding
into second base on a stolen-base attempt.
--Field Level Media
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