The Red Sox ended their season-high 5-game losing streak with a 3-1 victory over the Chicago White Sox in the series opener at Fenway Park on Friday night.  It's the Sox 29th comeback win of the season and with the win the Sox avoid falling to a game below .500.  The Sox have 21 games left in the Regular Season and 5 games remaining on the Homestand.    

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On the Board 1st: The White Sox got on the board and scored their only run against Red Sox starter Nick Pivetta in the 2nd Inning.  Lenyn Sosa led off the Inning with a Double and scored on a 2-out Single from Jacob Amaya.    

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Sox on the Board:  The Red Sox evened the game at 1-1 in the home 4th Inning.  Wilyer Abreu and Masa Yoshida both reached after getting hit by pitches.  Triston Casas picked up an RBI with a single into left field that plated Abreu from 2nd-Base.  Sox were looking for more but Enmanuel Valdez hit into an inning-ending Double Play.

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Taking the Lead with a Bomb:  The Sox took their 1st lead of the night on a 2-run Home Run from Ceddanne Rafaela in the Bottom of the 7th Inning.  It was Rafaela's 15th of the season and 6th on the season at Fenway Park.  Rafaela's Home Run also snapped 4-Game stretch without a Home Run for the Red Sox.       

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Still Can't Get to 10: Sox collected only 5 hits (4 Singles & 1 Home Run) in the opener Fright night.  Sox have gone 17 straight games without collecting 10 or more hits in a game.  Club has Single-Digit hit totals in 24 of its last 29 Games.      

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Nick's Night: Nick Pivetta gave up just the 1 run over his 6 innings of work.  He ended up with a no-decision.  Sox are now 12-10 in Pivetta's 22 starts.

He walked 3 and struck out 6.  

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The Pen: Zack Kelly gave up a hit in working a scoreless 7th inning and he managed to pick up the win.  Brennan Bernardino worked a 1-2-3 8th Inning after the Sox had taken the lead in the Home 7th. Josh Winckowski got the 9th and recorded his 1st Save of the season by retiring the side in order with 2 groundball outs and a line out.  

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Some #'s to Chew On: Wilyer Abreu went 0-for-3 with a run scored in the opener Friday night.  Abreu has gone 17 games without hitting a Home Run.  The Red Sox are now 13-15 on the season against AL Central Club's with Friday night's win.  The Red Sox are now 14-0 on the season when Rafaela hits a Home Run. With Friday night's win, the Red Sox are now 7-16 in series-openers at Fenway Park.       

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A Look Ahead: The White Sox and Red Sox continue their Series Saturday night at Fenway Park.  The Series wraps with a day game on Sunday.  The Orioles and Red Sox will start a 3-Game Series at Fenway on Monday night.    

Probable Starting Pitchers:  

Saturday:    Cooper Criswell   vs.     LHP Garrett Crochet 

Sunday:      Brayan Bello        vs.     RHP Chris Flexen         

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