CHICAGO (Interstat) — Payton Tolle pitched six innings of two-hit, shutout ball and the Boston Red Sox defeated the Chicago White Sox 8-1 on Tuesday at Guaranteed Rate Field. Ceddanne Rafaela homered in the second inning, and Willson Contreras doubled in two runs during a four-run ninth. Boston improved to 41-48, while Chicago fell to 47-43.

Tolle (5-6) struck out six and allowed only two hits, rebounding from a rough previous start. He was backed by 11 Boston hits, including two each from Andruw Monasterio, Rafaela and Contreras. Monasterio hit a solo home run. Noah Schultz (2-6) took the loss, giving up four earned runs over five innings with three strikeouts.

Chicago scored its only run in the seventh on a fielder’s choice. Boston had opened a 3-0 lead in the second on Rafaela’s homer, then added a run in the fourth on a sacrifice bunt. The Red Sox broke the game open in the ninth with four runs on Contreras’ double, Romy Gonzalez’s double and Jarren Duran’s single. Attendance was 25,392. Time of game: 2:53.