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CHICAGO —snapped out of his early season funk to earn his first win with an impressive performance against his former team, tossing six scoreless innings of three-hit ball in the Boston Red Sox's 6-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox 6-1 on Friday night.
Sale entered with a 6.30 ERA through six starts, but was dominant against Chicago in striking out a season-high 10. The left-hander retired seven of the first eight White Sox batters and didn't allow a hit untillaunched a three-run homer deep to centre offadded two-run shot to the top of the left field stands in the sixth as Boston won for the fourth time in its last five games.
Sale walked one and hit two batters as he improved to 2-1 against Chicago, who dealt the seven-time All-Star to Boston in December 2016 for four prospects, including Moncada.Rondon, an infielder, pitched a scoreless ninth for Chicago despite giving up two singles as Chicago lost for the second time in its last seven. McCann drove in Chicago's run in the eighth with single off Colten Brewer, the second of three Boston relievers.
Lopez allowed six runs and eight hits through five-plus innings. In his previous start, the right-hander yielded only an unearned run and struck out a career-high 14 in six innings.bounced a ground-rule double over the right-centre wall andreached on a sharp infield single. Devers then ripped Lopez's first pitch, a belt-high fastball, 430 feet to centre for his first homer and a 3-0 Boston lead.
Chavis' homer, his fourth, with no outs in the sixth, travelled 459 feet off a slider from Lopez to make it 5-0.
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