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08/05 21:09 CDT Abreu homers again, Gray gets 14th victory as Red Sox beat
White Sox 4-0 for 7th straight win
Abreu homers again, Gray gets 14th victory as Red Sox beat White Sox 4-0 for
7th straight win
BOSTON (AP) --- Wilyer Abreu homered for the fourth time in three games, Sonny
Gray struck out eight in six innings for his 14th win, and the surging Boston
Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 4-0 on Wednesday night.
Boston has won seven straight, tied with Atlanta for the longest active streak
in the majors, and has won 25 of 28. The Red Sox have also won nine consecutive
series, the second-longest streak in franchise history behind an 11-series run
in 1912.
Gray (14-2) allowed three hits and walked two, moving into a tie with
Philadelphia's Cristopher Snchez for the major league lead in victories.
Willson Contreras had an RBI single in the first inning that brought Abreu in
from second.
Chicago threatened to tie it in the third. Miguel Vargas reached on an infield
single to third baseman Caleb Durbin. First baseman Contreras fielded the throw
off the bag and then threw to the plate, where catcher Connor Wong tagged Sam
Antonacci for the third out.
Abreu homered to right-center in the third, his 20th of the season. Andruw
Monasterio had a sacrifice fly in the seventh, and Durbin made it 4-0 with an
RBI single in the eighth.
Relievers Tyson Guerrero, Garrett Whitlock and Jovani Morn worked an inning
apiece to complete a four-hitter, Boston's 11th shutout of the season.
Sean Burke (7-6) allowed two runs on five hits in 4 1/3 innings for the White
Sox, who were blanked for the eighth time.
Contreras left in the fifth due to illness, the Red Sox said. Anthony Seigler
entered the game at second base and Nick Sogard moved to first.
Up next
RHP Luis Castillo (3-9, 5.06 ERA) makes his White Sox debut following a trade
from Seattle, and LHP Ranger Suarez (4-3, 3.15) goes for the Red Sox in the
series finale Thursday.
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