The White Sox put the game away early when Tim Anderson hit the first pitch of the game onto the Mass Pike. The fans booed as Adam Eaton hit the second pitch of the game off the Monster for a double. Jose Abreu moved Eaton to third with a grounder and Adam scored on the fly out to left by Melky Cabrera. Todd Frazier walked but Buchholz got Brett Lawrie to swing and miss at a nasty change for strike three to end the inning. The White Sox had put the game away early 2-0.
Sale got the ball in the bottom of the first and Mr. Mookie Betts began with a ground out to second on the first pitch. Dustin Pedroia hit a rocket but snared by a diving Lawrie and Xander Bogaerts hit a dribbler to Sale to end the inning.
Dioner Navarro pulled a single into right to start but was thrown out at second trying to steal on the strikeout by Avisail Garcia. JB Shuck popped up to left to end the inning. Sale cruised in the bottom of the second as Hanley Ramirez grounded out to third to start. Jackie Bradley Jr took a curveball down the middle and Chris Young popped up to right to end the inning.
Buchholz cruised in the top of the third as Anderson grounded out to short to start. Eaton grounded out to first and Abreu grounded out to third to end the inning. The BoSox rallied in the bottom of the third as Travis Shaw ripped a base hit to right to start. Sandy Leon dumped a bloop single to right and Deven Marrero moved Shaw to third with a fly out to center. Shaw scored on the liner to left by Mr. Mookie and Pedroia lashed a base hit to left. Bogaerts walked to load the bases but Hanley whiffed on a 94 mph slider to end the inning with the White Sox ahead 2-1.
Buchholz got tagged in the top of the fourth although Cabrera grounded out to first to start. The .198 hitting Frazier clobbered his 20th home run of the season to the Klingon Homeworld to increase the lead. Buchholz came back to strike out Lawrie and Navarro swinging to end the inning but it was 3-1 Chicago.
The Sox got beat up in the bottom of the fourth as JBJ was plunked to start. Young whiffed but Shaw hit a foul ball off his own shin to send the trainer sprinting to the plate. Shaw heroically got up and got back in the game...but took strike three. Leon whiffed to end the inning.
Shaw remained in the game and made a great diving stab on a Garcia grounder to start the top of the fifth. JB Shuck looked to have beat out a grounder to short while NESN analyst Guerin Austin flapped her gums with Mookie Betts' father so Sox manager John Farrell wanted the play reviewed. Sure enough, replays showed that Shuck was out and the umpires reversed the call. Anderson whiffed to end the inning and that was it for Buchholz. He had thrown 78 pitches in his first start in nearly a month and Farrell didn't want to push him any further.
Marrero whiffed to start the bottom of the fifth and Betts hit a rocket....but to short. Pedroia grounded out to short to end the inning.
Matt Barnes came in to pitch the top of the sixth and Eaton grounded out to first to start. Abreu hit a routine grounder to first but Shaw missed it an entirely and it went down the right field line. It was credited as a double but Abreu stayed there as Cabrera was frozen for strike three. Frazier whiffed to end the inning. The BoSox did nothing in the bottom of the sixth as Bogaerts hit a 410 foot out to dead center to start. Ramirez whiffed again and JBJ grounded out to short to end the inning.
Barnes returned for the top of the seventh and Lawrie lined out to right to start. Navarro grounded out to first and Garcia grounded out to first to end the inning. Sale returned for the bottom of the seventh and Young lined out to left to start. Shaw sprayed a double into the left field corner but Leon and Marrero both whiffed to end the inning. Sale was great and its a shame the BoSox don't have him.
Barnes returned briefly for the top of the eighth and Shuck grounded out to second to begin. Anderson hit a little roller up the middle for a base hit to chase Barnes. Tommy Layne came in and Eaton beat out a double play ball but Abreu grounded out to second to end the inning. Nate Jones came on for the bottom of the eighth and Mr. Mookie popped up to first in foul territory to start. Pedroia lashed a base hit into right and Bogaerts singled in the exact same spot. Ramirez earned Jackass honors by taking a curveball down the middle for strike three and that was it for Jones. David Robertson got JBJ to ground out to second to end the inning.
Layne returned for the top of the ninth and Cabrera waived at strike three to start. Frazier also waived at strike three and Sox manager John Farrell came out to ask if he can keep going. Layne told him he could and Farrell went back to the dugout. Lawrie walked but was picked off to end the inning. The BoSox had one last chance in the bottom of the ninth although Young popped up to third in foul territory to start. Shaw popped up to short but David Ortiz pinch hit for Leon. Ortiz walked and Ryan LaMarre pinch ran for him. Marco Hernandez pinch hit for Marrero and LeMarre took second on defensive indifference. Hernandez struck out swinging to end the game with the White Sox winning it 3-1.
Jackass of the Night is Hanley Ramirez. He was 0 for 4 with a hat trick of 3 strikeouts including leaving the bases loaded in the third inning and two men on in the eighth.
The Good:
Dustin Pedroia was 2 for 4.
Xander Bogaerts was 1 for 3 with a walk.
Travis Shaw was 2 for 4 with a run scored.
Sandy Leon was 1 for 3.
David Ortiz walked as a pinch hitter.
Matt Barnes tossed 2 1/3 scoreless innings.
Tommy Layne tossed 1 2/3 scoreless innings.
The Bad:
Chris Young was 0 for 4 with a strikeout.
Deven Marrero was 0 for 3 with 2 strikeouts.
Marco Hernandez struck out as a pinch hitter to end the game.
The Ugly:
Mookie Betts was 0 for 3 but drove in a run.
Jackie Bradley Jr was 0 for 3 with a strikeout but was hit with a pitch.
Clay Buchholz took the loss by allowing 3 runs in 5 innings of work. He made just two mistakes.
Honorable Mention:
Ryan LeMarre pinch ran for Ortiz in the bottom of the ninth.
Final Thoughts:
Who would have thought the BoSox leaving the bases loaded in the bottom of the third would turn out to be the difference in the game? Boston had Sale on the run but let him off the hook. Sale was almost unhittable the rest of the way. The Sox still had a chance in the eighth inning but Hanley failed on that one. The Sox lack of bench strength due to injuries bit them in the ninth as they had to resort to Marco Hernandez to pinch hit with the game on the line. The Sox are in the midst of a June swoon and getting slapped around by the lowly Chicago White Sox is not a good look. The BoSox are now 7-11 in the month of June and the loss dropped them to 39-31 on the season. A shocking collapse by the Baltimore Orioles tonight to the San Diego Padres have the Sox only one game behind in the AL East race. Tomorrow it doesn't get any better for the Red Sox as they have to face Jose Quintana, one of the league leaders in ERA. Eduardo Rodriguez goes for the BoSox and the game begins at 7:10 PM at Fenway Park.
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