White Sox Rally Past Boston
BOSTON (AP) — Brett Lawrie hit a go-ahead homer in the eighth inning after Melky Cabrera had a tying, two-run shot, lifting the resurgent Chicago White Sox over the Boston Red Sox, 8-6, on Wednesday night.
Cabrera went 4-for-5 with four RBIs and Todd Frazier hit his 21st homer — a two-run drive — for the White Sox.
Chicago has won three of the first four games in this series against Boston, one of the AL's top teams this season. The White Sox (36-36) are back to .500 after having their strong start derailed by a 10-26 stretch prior to this series at Fenway Park.
Xander Bogaerts had three hits and three RBIs, and Hanley Ramirez hit a solo homer after being dropped in the order for Boston.
Dan Jennings (3-1) got four outs for the win. Zach Duke got the final three for his first save and third of his career.
Cabrera tied it with a drive into Chicago's bullpen off Koji Uehara (2-3). After Frazier struck out, Lawrie also homered against Uehara, hitting it completely out of Fenway Park over the Green Monster seats.
Red Sox manager John Farrell shuffled the order after it scored two or fewer runs in three straight games for the first time this season, flipping Ramirez to seventh and Chris Young up to fifth.
Ramirez homered into Boston's bullpen leading off the sixth after Frazier's two-run shot tied it at 4 in the top half. Bogaerts added a run-scoring single.
Boston starter Eduardo Rodriguez allowed four runs — three earned — on four hits over six innings, striking out seven with two walks.
Jose Quintana walked a career-high six, giving up a season-high six runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.
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