Boston 6, Chi. White Sox 1

Boxscore | Recap
Monday, September 27, 2010 8:10 PM
Location - U.S Cellular Field
Temperature - 61°
Umpires - Home Plate - Jim Wolf, First Base - Jim Joyce, Second Base - Marvin Hudson, Third Base - Derryl Cousins,
Attendance - 19750

Final Scoring Summary

Final 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 X R H E
Boston 2 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 6 16 0
Chi. White Sox 0 0 0 0 1 0 0 0 0 1 6 0

Team Records

Team W/L Home Away Streak
Boston 87-69 44-34 43-35 W1
Chi. White Sox 83-73 40-35 43-38 L1

Recap

Clay Buchholz pitched eight strong innings for his 17th win of the season as the Boston Red Sox cruised past the Chicago White Sox 6-1 Monday night.

The win, coupled with the New York Yankees’ loss at Toronto, kept Boston mathematically alive in the AL wild-card standings. Boston trails New York by 5 1/2 games with six games to play.

Buchholz (17-7) allowed five hits and a run while fanning five. He lowered his ERA to 2.33, second in the American League.

Adrian Beltre had four hits and two RBIs for Boston, which jumped out to a 2-0 lead on a two-run double by David Ortiz in the first inning. Both Ortiz and Beltre reached 100 RBIs for the season in the contest.

Marco Scutaro and Victor Martinez both had three of Boston’s 16 hits.

Mark Buehrle (12-13) took the loss. He allowed 11 hits and four runs in six innings.

Top Game Performances

Starting Pitchers
Boston   Chi. White Sox
Clay Buchholz Player Mark Buehrle
Win W/L Loss
8.0 IP 6.0
5 Strikeouts 3
5 Hits 11
1.12 ERA 6.00
Hitting
Boston   Chi. White Sox
Adrian Beltre Player Manny Ramirez
4 Hits 2
2 RBI 0
0 HR 0
6 TB 2
.800 Avg .500

Team Stats Summary

Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Boston 16 0 21 .432 15 7 6 2 1 0
Chi. White Sox 6 0 6 .194 17 5 1 1 0 0

Upcoming Games

  • Chi. White Sox will play their next game at home against Boston. The White Sox have a W/L % of .512 after a win and .556 after a loss.
  • Boston will play their next game on the road against Chi. White Sox. The Red Sox have a W/L % of .552 after a win and .565 after a loss.
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