Chicago White Sox at Boston Red Sox

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Chicago White Sox

32-110, 14-56 Away

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Boston Red Sox

71-70, 32-38 Home

Red Sox snap 5-game skid, hand White Sox 110th loss, with 3-1 win

Triston Casas drove in the other run with a fourth-inning single for the Red Sox, who ended a season-high five-game losing streak and have stumbled in the race for the AL's third and final wild-card spot by going 6-10 in their last 16 games.

“That was huge for the team, to help the team. That was pretty good,” said Rafaela, who hit a first-pitch slider after a 12-pitch walk before him. “I was just looking for the best pitch I can.”

Jacob Amaya had an RBI single for the White Sox who are 32-110, and are on pace to surpass the New York Mets' record of 120 losses in 1962, the most in a season post-1900. After beating Baltimore on Wednesday, they lost for the 13th time in 14 games.

Chicago also lost for the 43rd time this season after scoring first and fell to 5-39 since the All-Star break.

The White Sox (0-14) haven’t won a series since the break.

Rafaela hit his 15th off Matt Foster (0-1) into the second row of Monster seats where a fan stood up and made a nice barehanded catch after Enmanuel Valdez's walk.

Zack Kelly (6-2) pitched a scoreless inning for the victory. Josh Winckowski got the final three outs for his first save of the season.

White Sox starter Davis Martin and Boston’s Nick Pivetta each went six strong innings. Martin gave up a run on three hits, striking out three, walking one and hitting three batters. Pivetta allowed a run, five hits, with six strikeouts and three walks.

“We played good defense behind him and he gave us a chance to win,” Red Sox manager Alex Cora said of Pivetta.

Martin gave up Casas' single after hitting consecutive batters on the back foot with breaking pitches.

“At the end of the day, our goal is to try to get down there. You call back-foot sliders, back-foot curves for a reason, sometimes they hit a back foot,” he said. “Today, was just one of those days. ... I'm not upset with the execution at all.”

TRAINER’S ROOM

White Sox: OF Luis Robert Jr. was back in the lineup after leaving the previous game with right hamstring tightness. … RHP Drew Thorpe underwent season-ending surgery to remove a bone spur in the right elbow. He’s expected to return in February for spring training without any restrictions.

Red Sox: CF Jarren Duran fouled off a pitched that bounced directly up and into the side of his face near his left ear, but he stayed in the game. … Cora said “there’s a good chance” that infielder Trevor Story could come off his rehab assignment and start at shortstop Saturday. His return would come after what was expected to be season-ending shoulder surgery on April 12. The recovery time was expected to be six months.

LHP Garrett Crochet (6-10, 3.61 ERA) is slated to face Red Sox RHP Cooper Criswell (5-4, 4.14) on Saturday night.

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Matchup Prediction

Red Sox: 71.1%

White Sox: 28.9%

*According to ESPN's Basketball Power Index

Scoring Summary

	9th Inning	Robinson lined out to right.
	9th Inning	Fletcher grounded out to second.
	9th Inning	Sosa grounded out to third.
	9th Inning	Winckowski relieved Bernardino
	9th Inning	Sogard at second base.
	8th Inning	Casas struck out looking.

Statistics

CHW		BOS
1	Games Played	1
1	Team Games Played	1
0	Hit By Pitch	3
14	Ground Balls	11
7	Strikeouts	5
1	Runs Batted In	3
0	Sacrifice Hit	0
6	Hits	5
0	Stolen Bases	0
3	Walks	2
0	Catcher Interference	0
1	Runs	3
1	Ground Into Double Play	1
0	Sacrifice Flies	0
32	At Bats	28
0	Home Runs	1
0	Grand Slam Home Runs	0
12	Runners Left On Base	11
0	Triples	0
0	Game Winning RBIs	1
0	Intentional Walks	0
1	Doubles	0
11	Fly Balls	12
0	Caught Stealing	0
142	Pitches	124
0	Games Started	0
0	Pinch At Bats	0
0	Pinch Hits	0
0.0	Player Rating	0.0
1	Is Qualified	1
0	Is Qualified In Steals	0
7	Total Bases	8
35	Plate Appearances	33
0.0	Projected Home Runs	162.0
1	Extra Base Hits	1
1.4	Runs Created	2.4
.188	Batting Average	.179
.000	Pinch Hit Average	.000
.219	Slugging Percentage	.286
.125	Secondary Average	.179
.257	On Base Percentage	.303
.476	OBP Pct + SLG Pct	.589
1.3	Ground To Fly Ball Ratio	0.9
1.4	Runs Created Per 27 Outs	2.7
12.0	Batter Rating	20.0
0.0	At Bats Per Home Run	28.0
0.00	Stolen Base Percentage	0.00
4.06	Pitches Per Plate Appearance	3.76
.031	Isolated Power	.107
0.43	Walk To Strikeout Ratio	0.40
.086	Walks Per Plate Appearance	.061
-.063	Secondary Average Minus Batting Average	.000
2.0	Runs Produced	6.0
1.0	Runs Ratio	1.0
0.3	Patience Ratio	0.4
0.2	Balls In Play Average	0.2
66.5	MLB Rating	72.3
0.0	Offensive Wins Above Replacement	0.0
0.0	Wins Above Replacement	0.0