Major League Baseball
Boston 7, Chi. White Sox 5
When: 7:15 PM ET, Saturday, September 7, 2024
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 71°
Umpires: Home - Mike Muchlinski, 1B - Andy Fletcher, 2B - Jansen Visconti, 3B - John Bacon
Attendance: 31691

Tyler O'Neill ripped two home runs and combined with Romy Gonzalez for six of the 10 Boston Red Sox hits in a 7-5 win Saturday over the visiting Chicago White Sox.

O'Neill's first round-tripper highlighted a four-run first inning for the Red Sox (72-70), who have won the first two contests in the three-game series. He finished 3-for-4 with three RBIs and three runs scored.

Gonzalez, meanwhile, also had three hits, including an RBI double, scored twice and stole three bases to support starter Cooper Criswell (6-4), who pitched five innings of two-run ball.

Trevor Story made his return to the Boston lineup after being sidelined since April 6 due to a left shoulder injury. The shortstop went 1-for-4 with an RBI.

Andrew Benintendi and Andrew Vaughn each homered as part of 3-for-4 efforts to lead the White Sox (32-111). The duo combined for all five of Chicago's RBIs.

A back-and-forth first inning saw Chicago plate a pair of two-out runs against Criswell. After Benintendi lined a single to right, Vaughn crushed a two-run homer to deep left-center field.

The Red Sox responded with an immediate big inning, never looking back after scoring four times while forcing Chicago's Garrett Crochet (6-11) to throw 36 pitches.

Jarren Duran's leadoff single and a Rafael Devers double put Boston in prime scoring position right away. Rob Refsnyder's RBI grounder plated the first run. O'Neill then flipped the advantage with a two-run homer into the Green Monster seats. Gonzalez then drove a single to right before stealing second and third and crossing the plate on Connor Wong's RBI double off the left field wall, giving the Red Sox a 4-2 lead.

After Gus Varland relieved Crochet, a two-run third padded the Boston lead. O'Neill hit a leadoff single to left and scored on Gonzalez's double into the right field corner. Gonzalez swiped third then scored the sixth Red Sox run as Story dropped a single into shallow center.

O'Neill led off the home fifth with another big swing, depositing the first pitch over the Monster for a 7-2 Boston lead.

Criswell worked around four combined hits after the opening frame, but finished his five-inning outing without allowing another run.

After a leadoff walk to Chuckie Robinson and Nicky Lopez dunking a base hit into center, Benintendi hit a three-run homer into the bullpen in the White Sox seventh.

Kenley Jansen logged his 26th save with a perfect ninth.

--Field Level Media

Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. White Sox   Boston
Garrett Crochet Player Cooper Criswell
Loss W/L Win
2.0 IP 5.0
3 Strikeouts 0
5 Hits 6
18.00 ERA 3.60
Hitting
Chi. White Sox   Boston
Andrew Benintendi Player Tyler O'Neill
3 Hits 3
3 RBI 3
1 HR 2
6 TB 9
.750 Avg .750
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. White Sox 10 2 16 .278 15 6 5 3 0 0
Boston 10 2 19 .312 12 11 7 4 3 1