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Chicago stopped Boston's season-high six-game winning streak
behind a resilient attack and a sharp outing from Giolito, who
spaced five hits, four walks and seven strikeouts to earn his
third victory in four May starts.
Giolito (3-1) limited the Red Sox to 1-for-7 with men in scoring
position while stranding seven runners and lowering his ERA to
2.63. He retired the final seven batters he faced. The Red Sox
stranded 12 men overall.
Hitless against Boston left-hander Rich Hill through the first
four innings, the White Sox sprang to life in the fifth. Jose
Abreu started the inning with a double before AJ Pollock reached
base on third baseman Rafael Devers' throwing error.
Burger followed by drilling an 0-2 breaking ball into the left
field bleachers, putting Chicago ahead by the final margin.
Hill fell to 1-2 after yielding three runs, two earned, and two
hits in five innings with one walk and one strikeout.
Boston took a 1-0 lead in the first inning on Alex Verdugo's RBI
single. The Red Sox rallied with two outs, as a J.D. Martinez
single and Xander Bogaerts walk preceded Verdugo's hit.
More two-out heroics for the Red Sox were not to be in the
seventh. Reliever Kendall Graveman retired the first two Boston
hitters he faced before two singles and a walk loaded the bases
for Verdugo, who grounded out to second base to end the threat.
White Sox closer Liam Hendriks recorded the final four outs for
his 14th save in 17 opportunities. He worked around a pair of
walks in the ninth by retiring Bogaerts on a flyout to right to
end the game.
Hendriks entered the game sooner than anticipated, as Joe Kelly
left the field with a trainer in the eighth inning upon
suffering left hamstring tightness. Kelly struck out the only
two batters he faced before grabbing for his left hamstring.
Martinez had two hits for Boston.
--Field Level Media
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