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

BOSTON (AP) Ceddanne Rafaela hit a tiebreaking two-run homer over the Green Monster in the seventh inning and the Boston Red Sox handed the Chicago White Sox their 110th loss of the season, 3-1 on Friday night.

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.

UP NEXT

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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	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
White Sox CHW32-110	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
Red Sox BOS71-70	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	3	5	0

Fenway ParkBoston, MA

W: Z. Kelly (6-2)L: M. Foster (0-1)S: J. Winckowski (1)
HR: BOS - C. Rafaela (15)

CHWWhite Sox

BOSRed Sox

.N. PivettaNick Pivetta
P
6.0 IP, ER, 3 BB, 6 SO, 97 P
.D. MartinDavis Martin
P
6.0 IP, ER, BB, 3 SO, 86 P

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
N. Lopez 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.241	.313	.299	.611	1.0
L. Robert CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.220	.274	.396	.670	0.5
A. Benintendi LF	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.218	.282	.374	.656	1.5
A. Vaughn DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.236	.292	.390	.682	0.5
G. Sheets 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	.242	.314	.363	.677	0.5
L. Sosa 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.223	.253	.300	.554	2.5
D. Fletcher RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.212	.261	.273	.534	-0.5
C. Robinson C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.163	.182	.163	.345	1.0
J. Amaya SS	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1.5

HITTERS	AB
N. Lopez 2B	4
L. Robert CF	4
A. Benintendi LF	3
A. Vaughn DH	3
G. Sheets 1B	3
L. Sosa 3B	4
D. Fletcher RF	4
C. Robinson C	4
J. Amaya SS	3

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Duran CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.292	.351	.521	.871	-0.5
R. Devers 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.355	.544	.899	2.0
T. O'Neill LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.253	.346	.511	.857	0.5
W. Abreu RF	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.265	.331	.488	.819	1.5
M. Yoshida DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.284	.355	.417	.772	2.0
T. Casas 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.247	.347	.440	.787	1.5
C. Wong C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.281	.335	.422	.757	0.0
E. Valdez 2B	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.228	.285	.394	.679	3.0
N. Sogard 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.306	.268	.574	0.0
C. Rafaela SS	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	.253	.282	.407	.690	6.5

HITTERS	AB
J. Duran CF	4
R. Devers 3B	4
T. O'Neill LF	3
W. Abreu RF	3
M. Yoshida DH	2
T. Casas 1B	4
C. Wong C	3
E. Valdez 2B	2
N. Sogard 2B	0
C. Rafaela SS	3

2B - L. Sosa (10)
RBI - J. Amaya
2-Out RBI - J. Amaya
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - G. Sheets 2 (2)

HR - C. Rafaela (15)
RBI - T. Casas (19), C. Rafaela 2 (65)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - M. Yoshida

DP - (Lopez-Amaya-Sheets)

DP - (Valdez-Casas)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
D. Martin	6.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	3.29	1.28	14.5
M. Foster (L, 0-1)	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	3.38	1.13	-8.0
F. Ellard	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.46	1.31	1.5
P. Berroa	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.14	1.29	3.5

PITCHERS	IP
D. Martin	6.0
M. Foster (L, 0-1)	0.1
F. Ellard	0.2
P. Berroa	1.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
N. Pivetta	6.0	5	1	1	3	6	4.38	1.15	15.0
Z. Kelly (W, 6-2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.78	1.09	9.0
B. Bernardino (H, 12)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3.83	1.38	3.5
J. Winckowski (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	1.37	10.0

PITCHERS	IP
N. Pivetta	6.0
Z. Kelly (W, 6-2)	1.0
B. Bernardino (H, 12)	1.0
J. Winckowski (S, 1)	1.0

Pitches-Strikes - D. Martin 86-51, M. Foster 16-10, F. Ellard 10-8, P. Berroa 12-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - D. Martin 9-4, M. Foster 0-1, F. Ellard 1-0, P. Berroa 1-0
Batters Faced - D. Martin 24, M. Foster 3, F. Ellard 3, P. Berroa 3

Pitches-Strikes - N. Pivetta 97-63, Z. Kelly 17-11, B. Bernardino 17-13, J. Winckowski 11-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - N. Pivetta 7-3, Z. Kelly 4-0, B. Bernardino 1-0, J. Winckowski 2-0
Batters Faced - N. Pivetta 25, Z. Kelly 4, B. Bernardino 3, J. Winckowski 3

.N. PivettaNick Pivetta
P
6.0 IP, ER, 3 BB, 6 SO, 97 P
.D. MartinDavis Martin
P
6.0 IP, ER, BB, 3 SO, 86 P

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
White Sox CHW32-110	0	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	6	0
Red Sox BOS71-70	0	0	0	1	0	0	2	0	X	3	5	0

Fenway ParkBoston, MA

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
N. Lopez 2B	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.241	.313	.299	.611	1.0
L. Robert CF	4	0	1	0	0	1	1	.220	.274	.396	.670	0.5
A. Benintendi LF	3	0	1	0	1	1	1	.218	.282	.374	.656	1.5
A. Vaughn DH	3	0	0	0	1	1	2	.236	.292	.390	.682	0.5
G. Sheets 1B	3	0	0	0	1	1	3	.242	.314	.363	.677	0.5
L. Sosa 3B	4	1	1	0	0	1	1	.223	.253	.300	.554	2.5
D. Fletcher RF	4	0	0	0	0	1	1	.212	.261	.273	.534	-0.5
C. Robinson C	4	0	1	0	0	0	1	.163	.182	.163	.345	1.0
J. Amaya SS	3	0	1	1	0	1	1	.250	.250	.250	.500	1.5
Total	32	1	6	1	3	7	12	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
N. Lopez 2B	4
L. Robert CF	4
A. Benintendi LF	3
A. Vaughn DH	3
G. Sheets 1B	3
L. Sosa 3B	4
D. Fletcher RF	4
C. Robinson C	4
J. Amaya SS	3
Total	32

HITTERS	AB	R	H	RBI	HR	BB	SO	LOB	AVG	OBP	SLG	OPS	FPTS
J. Duran CF	4	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	.292	.351	.521	.871	-0.5
R. Devers 3B	4	0	2	0	0	0	0	0	.279	.355	.544	.899	2.0
T. O'Neill LF	3	0	0	0	0	1	1	1	.253	.346	.511	.857	0.5
W. Abreu RF	3	1	0	0	0	0	1	2	.265	.331	.488	.819	1.5
M. Yoshida DH	2	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.284	.355	.417	.772	2.0
T. Casas 1B	4	0	1	1	0	0	1	1	.247	.347	.440	.787	1.5
C. Wong C	3	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	.281	.335	.422	.757	0.0
E. Valdez 2B	2	1	1	0	0	1	0	2	.228	.285	.394	.679	3.0
N. Sogard 2B	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	.250	.306	.268	.574	0.0
C. Rafaela SS	3	1	1	2	1	0	1	1	.253	.282	.407	.690	6.5
Total	28	3	5	3	1	2	5	11	-	-	-	-	-

HITTERS	AB
J. Duran CF	4
R. Devers 3B	4
T. O'Neill LF	3
W. Abreu RF	3
M. Yoshida DH	2
T. Casas 1B	4
C. Wong C	3
E. Valdez 2B	2
N. Sogard 2B	0
C. Rafaela SS	3
Total	28

2B - L. Sosa (10)
RBI - J. Amaya
2-Out RBI - J. Amaya
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - G. Sheets 2 (2)

HR - C. Rafaela (15)
RBI - T. Casas (19), C. Rafaela 2 (65)
Runners left in scoring position, 2-Out - M. Yoshida

DP - (Lopez-Amaya-Sheets)

DP - (Valdez-Casas)

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	HR	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
D. Martin	6.0	3	1	1	1	3	0	3.29	1.28	14.5
M. Foster (L, 0-1)	0.1	1	2	2	1	0	1	3.38	1.13	-8.0
F. Ellard	0.2	1	0	0	0	1	0	3.46	1.31	1.5
P. Berroa	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	0	5.14	1.29	3.5
Total	8.0	5	3	3	2	5	1	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
D. Martin	6.0
M. Foster (L, 0-1)	0.1
F. Ellard	0.2
P. Berroa	1.0
Total	8.0

PITCHERS	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO	ERA	WHIP	FPTS
N. Pivetta	6.0	5	1	1	3	6	4.38	1.15	15.0
Z. Kelly (W, 6-2)	1.0	1	0	0	0	0	2.78	1.09	9.0
B. Bernardino (H, 12)	1.0	0	0	0	0	1	3.83	1.38	3.5
J. Winckowski (S, 1)	1.0	0	0	0	0	0	4.10	1.37	10.0
Total	9.0	6	1	1	3	7	-	-	-

PITCHERS	IP
N. Pivetta	6.0
Z. Kelly (W, 6-2)	1.0
B. Bernardino (H, 12)	1.0
J. Winckowski (S, 1)	1.0
Total	9.0

Pitches-Strikes - D. Martin 86-51, M. Foster 16-10, F. Ellard 10-8, P. Berroa 12-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - D. Martin 9-4, M. Foster 0-1, F. Ellard 1-0, P. Berroa 1-0
Batters Faced - D. Martin 24, M. Foster 3, F. Ellard 3, P. Berroa 3

Pitches-Strikes - N. Pivetta 97-63, Z. Kelly 17-11, B. Bernardino 17-13, J. Winckowski 11-8
Ground Balls-Fly Balls - N. Pivetta 7-3, Z. Kelly 4-0, B. Bernardino 1-0, J. Winckowski 2-0
Batters Faced - N. Pivetta 25, Z. Kelly 4, B. Bernardino 3, J. Winckowski 3

SCORING

ALL PLAYS

2ND INNING
Amaya singled to left center, L. Sosa scored 1 0
4TH INNING
Casas singled to left center, W. Abreu scored, Yoshida to second 1 1
7TH INNING
C. Rafaela homered to left center, E. Valdez scored 1 3

2ND INNING
	Amaya singled to left center, L. Sosa scored	1	0

4TH INNING
	Casas singled to left center, W. Abreu scored, Yoshida to second	1	1

7TH INNING
	C. Rafaela homered to left center, E. Valdez scored	1	3

1ST INNING
White Sox
N. Pivetta Pitching:
N. Lopez: Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Lopez lined out to shortstop
L. Robert: Strike swinging, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Robert struck out swinging
A. Benintendi: Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Benintendi walked
A. Vaughn: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Ball, Ball, Vaughn walked, Benintendi to second
G. Sheets: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Sheets struck out swinging
Middle of the 1st (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Red Sox
D. Martin Pitching:
J. Duran: Duran grounded out to second
R. Devers: Strike looking, Devers singled to right center
T. O'Neill: Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Devers to second on wild pitch, Ball, Foul, Ball, Ball, O'Neill walked
W. Abreu: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Abreu struck out swinging
M. Yoshida: Yoshida lined out to center
End of the 1st (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
2ND INNING
White Sox
N. Pivetta Pitching:
L. Sosa: Sosa doubled to left center
D. Fletcher: Foul, Strike swinging, Fletcher grounded out to first, Sosa to third
C. Robinson: Robinson grounded out to pitcher
J. Amaya: Strike looking, Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Amaya singled to left center, L. Sosa scored
N. Lopez: Lopez grounded out to pitcher
Middle of the 2nd (1 Run, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
Red Sox
D. Martin Pitching:
T. Casas: Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Foul, Casas grounded out to pitcher
C. Wong: Wong flied out to center
E. Valdez: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Valdez singled to deep right
C. Rafaela: Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Rafaela struck out swinging
End of the 2nd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
3RD INNING
White Sox
N. Pivetta Pitching:
L. Robert: Robert flied out to deep right
A. Benintendi: Strike looking, Ball, Benintendi singled to right
A. Vaughn: Strike (foul tip), Foul, Strike swinging, Vaughn struck out swinging, Benintendi to second on wild pitch
G. Sheets: Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Sheets lined out to center
Middle of the 3rd (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Red Sox
D. Martin Pitching:
J. Duran: Ball, Foul, Duran grounded out to pitcher
R. Devers: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Devers grounded out to pitcher
T. O'Neill: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, O'Neill struck out looking
End of the 3rd (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
4TH INNING
White Sox
N. Pivetta Pitching:
L. Sosa: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Ball, Strike swinging, Sosa struck out swinging
D. Fletcher: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Strike looking, Fletcher struck out looking
C. Robinson: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Foul, Robinson singled to right center
J. Amaya: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Strike swinging, Amaya struck out swinging
Middle of the 4th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Red Sox
D. Martin Pitching:
W. Abreu: Strike looking, Ball, Ball, Abreu hit by pitch
M. Yoshida: Strike looking, Foul, Ball, Ball, Yoshida hit by pitch, Abreu to second
T. Casas: Ball, Casas singled to left center, W. Abreu scored, Yoshida to second
C. Wong: Strike swinging, Strike swinging, Ball, Wong lined out to center
E. Valdez: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike looking, Valdez grounded into double play second to shortstop to first, Casas out at second
End of the 4th (1 Run, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
5TH INNING
White Sox
N. Pivetta Pitching:
N. Lopez: Strike looking, Lopez grounded out to first
L. Robert: Robert singled to center
A. Benintendi: Ball, Benintendi flied out to left
A. Vaughn: Strike looking, Foul, Vaughn reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Robert out at second
Middle of the 5th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Red Sox
D. Martin Pitching:
C. Rafaela: Ball, Ball, Ball, Foul, Rafaela flied out to deep center
J. Duran: Duran grounded out to second
R. Devers: Ball, Ball, Devers grounded out to pitcher
End of the 5th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
6TH INNING
White Sox
N. Pivetta Pitching:
G. Sheets: Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Ball, Sheets walked
L. Sosa: Ball, Strike looking, Ball, Sosa grounded into double play second to first, Sheets out at second
D. Fletcher: Fletcher flied out to deep right
Middle of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Red Sox
D. Martin Pitching:
T. O'Neill: Foul, Ball, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, O'Neill flied out to center
W. Abreu: Strike looking, Abreu grounded out to first
M. Yoshida: Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Yoshida hit by pitch
T. Casas: Strike swinging, Ball, Ball, Casas flied out to deep center
End of the 6th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
7TH INNING
White Sox
Zack Kelly relieved Nick Pivetta
C. Robinson: Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Robinson grounded out to shortstop
J. Amaya: Strike swinging, Ball, Amaya grounded out to pitcher
N. Lopez: Ball, Ball, Lopez singled to center
L. Robert: Strike looking, Robert reached on fielder's choice to shortstop, Lopez out at second
Middle of the 7th (0 Runs, 1 Hit, 0 Errors)
Red Sox
Matt Foster relieved Davis Martin
C. Wong: Ball, Ball, Wong fouled out to first
E. Valdez: Ball, Strike looking, Foul, Foul, Ball, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Foul, Ball, Valdez walked
C. Rafaela: C. Rafaela homered to left center, E. Valdez scored
Fraser Ellard relieved Matt Foster
J. Duran: Ball, Foul, Foul, Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Duran struck out swinging
R. Devers: Strike looking, Devers singled to deep right
T. O'Neill: Foul, O'Neill reached on fielder's choice to second, Devers out at second
End of the 7th (2 Runs, 2 Hits, 0 Errors)
8TH INNING
White Sox
Brennan Bernardino relieved Zack Kelly
A. Benintendi: Strike looking, Ball, Strike swinging, Ball, Strike swinging, Benintendi struck out swinging
A. Vaughn: Strike looking, Foul, Vaughn lined out to second
G. Sheets: Ball, Foul, Strike swinging, Foul, Ball, Foul, Foul, Foul, Sheets grounded out to catcher
Middle of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
Red Sox
Prelander Berroa relieved Fraser Ellard
W. Abreu: Strike looking, Ball, Foul, Abreu popped out to third
M. Yoshida: Ball, Strike (foul tip), Yoshida grounded out to first
T. Casas: Foul, Ball, Ball, Strike swinging, Strike looking, Casas struck out looking
End of the 8th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)
9TH INNING
White Sox
Nick Sogard at second base
Josh Winckowski relieved Brennan Bernardino
L. Sosa: Ball, Ball, Strike looking, Strike swinging, Sosa grounded out to third
D. Fletcher: Ball, Foul, Fletcher grounded out to second
C. Robinson: Strike looking, Foul, Robinson lined out to right
Middle of the 9th (0 Runs, 0 Hits, 0 Errors)