Boston Red Sox at Chicago White Sox

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Boston Red Sox

32-33, 18-15 Away

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Chicago White Sox

17-48, 12-22 Home

Sheets hits grand slam as the White Sox beat the Red Sox 6-1 for 2nd straight win

Sheets capped a five-run fifth with his seventh homer of the season, a 399-foot drive to right off Brayan Bello that gave Chicago a 5-1 lead.

Paul DeJong added a solo drive in the seventh against Chase Anderson, and the White Sox earned consecutive wins for the first time since beating Washington on May 14 and 15. Chicago is a major league-worst 17-48.

“We're a strong clubhouse, it's been like this since spring training,” Sheets said. “There's two ways we could have gone with this. We could have broken during that streak or pulled together. Everybody in here is going through it together. We all support each other. Just a really close group.”

Boston’s Bobby Dalbec homered leading off the fifth. But manager Alex Cora got ejected by plate umpire Alan Porter after pinch-hitter Jamie Westbrook struck out looking at a pitch in the lower part of the zone for the third out of the inning.

Cora kicked dirt on the plate before heading off the field after being thrown out for the first time this season and 14th in six years leading the Red Sox. He said he reviewed the pitch later and agreed that it was, in fact, a strike.

Chicago's Nick Nastrini surrendered two hits in 4 1/3 innings. The right-hander struck out five and walked five after becoming the fifth pitcher in franchise history to lose each of his first five major league starts.

Tanner Banks (1-2) recorded five outs. He came in with runners on the corners in the fifth and immediately picked Jarren Duran off first before striking out Westbrook.

“I've always had that in my back pocket,” Banks said. “Not to give away any secrets, but if I see a guy that's too far off the bag, it's a little quicker than a leg lift and a throw, so if I can steal an out however I can, I'll take it.”

Michael Kopech pitched out of a bases-loaded jam in the ninth, striking out Ceddanne Rafaela and Jarren Duran, as the White Sox won for the third time in 21 games.

Bello (6-3) allowed nine hits and walked three in 4 2/3 innings.

The Red Sox were 1 for 11 with runners in scoring position, and they've been outscored a combined 13-3 the past two games.

“Weird game,” Cora said. “We walk, we put pressure on them, the pickoff didn't help. I was very aggressive with pinch-hitting there. I felt that it was going to be a grinder and then Banks with that pickoff, putting it at two outs. And then Westy — I looked at the pitcher later. And my bad, it was actually a strike.”

The White Sox sent 11 batters to the plate in the fifth and had seven in a row reach with two out, with Sheets delivering the big blow right after Andrew Vaughn drove in a run with an infield single.

“It’s exciting,” Sheets said. “It was fun. We fed off the energy of the fans today, had a good crowd. It was a big moment, so that was fun.”

TRAINER'S ROOM

Red Sox: 3B Rafael Devers was lifted for a pinch-hitter in the eighth because his ailing left knee was bothering him. Cora said he probably won't play Sunday. “Nothing serious, but when he expressed that, we have to be smart about it,” he said. ... OF Tyler O’Neill (right knee) is going to rest for a couple days before the Red Sox decide on a possible return to the injured list. Cora said the team hopes to have him back in the lineup Tuesday against Philadelphia. ... DH/OF Masataka Yoshida (strained left thumb), on the IL since late April, began a rehab assignment with Triple-A Worcester on Saturday.

White Sox: OFs Tommy Pham (left ankle sprain) and OF Andrew Benintendi (left Achilles tendinitis) will likely get some at-bats at the team's complex in Arizona before they are eligible to come off the injured list, manager Pedro Grifol said.

The White Sox send RHP Chris Flexen (2-2, 5.12 ERA) to the mound. The Red Sox had not announced a starter.

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Matchup Prediction

White Sox: 36.0%

Red Sox: 64.0%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Duran struck out swinging.
	9th Inning	Rafaela struck out looking.
	9th Inning	Hamilton singled to right, Dalbec to second, Smith to third.
	9th Inning	Dalbec walked, Smith to second.
	9th Inning	Smith hit by pitch.
	9th Inning	Wong lined out to center.

Statistics

BOS		CHW
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
1	Hit By Pitch	0
6	Ground Balls	12
13	Strikeouts	3
1	Runs Batted In	6
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
5	Hits	10
3	Stolen Bases	1
6	Walks	4
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	6
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
30	At Bats	33
1	Home Runs	2
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	1
21	Runners Left On Base	12
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
0	Doubles	1
11	Fly Balls	18
0	Caught Stealing	0
178	Pitches	141
0	Games Started	0
2	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
1	Is Qualified In Steals	1
8	Total Bases	17
37	Plate Appearances	37
162.0	Projected Home Runs	324.0
1	Extra Base Hits	3
3.4	Runs Created	6.3
.167	Batting Average	.303
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.267	Slugging Percentage	.515
.400	Secondary Average	.364
.324	On Base Percentage	.378
.591	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.894
0.5	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.7
3.5	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	7.1
15.0	Batter Rating	43.0
30.0	At Bats Per Home Run	16.5
1.00	Stolen Base Percentage	1.00
4.81	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.81
.100	Isolated Power	.212
0.46	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	1.33
.162	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.108
.233	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.061
2.0	Runs Produced	12.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.4	Patience Ratio	0.6
0.3	Balls In Play Average	0.3
67.0	MLB Rating	92.8
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0