Sonny Gray Shines as Red Sox Shut Out White Sox
BOSTON (Interstat) — Sonny Gray pitched six scoreless innings and Wilyer Abreu homered and scored twice as the Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on Wednesday at Fenway Park.
Gray allowed three hits and struck out eight to improve to 14-2. Sean Burke took the loss, falling to 7-6 after surrendering two earned runs in 4 1/3 innings.
Abreu scored the game’s first run on Willson Contreras’ single in the first inning, then homered in the third. Andruw Monasterio added a sacrifice fly in the seventh and Caleb Durbin singled home Abreu in the eighth.
Jovani Morán, Tyron Guerrero and Garrett Whitlock combined for three scoreless relief innings for Boston. Sean Newcomb and Huascar Brazobán worked scoreless relief for Chicago, while Chris Murphy allowed an earned run.
The Red Sox improved to 62-51, while the White Sox dropped to 59-54. Boston outhit Chicago 7-4. The game drew 37,517 and lasted 2:37.