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Chicago White Sox @ Boston Red Sox

2026-08-04 · Night game · Fenway Park · Att: 37669 · 82°F, Clear · Wind 2 mph, Out To CF · 2:40

Boston Red Sox defeated Chicago White Sox 14–2. Boston Red Sox opened the scoring in the 1st — Willson Contreras singles on a fly ball to center fielder Brenton Doyle. Nick Sogard scores. Ceddanne Rafaela to 2nd. The game's biggest swing came in the 1st: Caleb Durbin hits a grand slam (11) to left center field. Ceddanne Rafaela scores. Willson Contreras scores. Masataka Yoshida scores — worth 17% in win probability.

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Line score

	1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	R	H	E
CHA	0	0	0	0	1	1	0	0	0	2	6	1
BOS	6	0	0	0	1	6	0	1	0	14	15

Chicago White Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Chase Meidroth SS	3	1	1	0	1	1
Munetaka Murakami 1B	4	0	1	0	0	3
Miguel Vargas 3B	2	0	0	1	1	2
Randal Grichuk LF	4	0	1	0	0	0
Colson Montgomery DH	3	1	1	0	1	0
Joey Bart C	3	0	0	0	1	1
Brenton Doyle CF	2	0	1	0	0	0
Sam Antonacci 2B	2	0	0	0	0	0
Braden Montgomery RF	3	0	0	1	1	0
Tristan Peters CF	2	0	0	0	0	1
Jose Acuna SS	2	0	1	0	0	0

Boston Red Sox — batting

Batter	AB	R	H	RBI	BB	SO
Nick Sogard 1B	4	2	2	0	1	0
Eli White CF	1	0	0	0	0	0
Ceddanne Rafaela CF	3	2	1	2	0	0
Wilyer Abreu RF	4	2	2	2	1	0
Willson Contreras 1B	4	2	2	2	0	1
Anthony Seigler 2B	1	0	0	0	0	0
Masataka Yoshida DH	4	1	2	1	0	0
Caleb Durbin 3B	3	2	2	4	1	0
Jarren Duran LF	4	2	2	1	0	1
Andruw Monasterio SS	4	1	2	2	0	0
Connor Wong C	4	0	0	0	0	0

Chicago White Sox — pitching

Pitcher	IP	H	R	ER	BB	SO
Davis Martin	5.0	10	9	9	2	1
Erick Fedde	3.0	5	5	4	1	1

Boston Red Sox — pitching