Rafaela, Monasterio Homer As Boston Beats Chicago 8

The Boston Red Sox beat the Chicago White Sox 8-1 on Tuesday night, July 7, climbing out of last place. The Red Sox have won 4 straight and 9 of their last 11 games.

Payton Tolle pitched 6.0 innings of 2 hit baseball to pick up the win, improving his record to 5-6. He struck out 6 and walked just 1.

Andruw Monasterio hit his 4th homer in the 2nd inning. He finished 2-4.

Ceddanne Rafaela hit a 2-run homer in the 2nd inning, his 8th of the season. He finished 2-5.

Willson Contreras, who was named as an injury-replacement to the All-Star game, was 2-4 with his 16th double of the season and drove in 2 runs.

Jarren Duran was 2-5 with a double, his 10th of the season, and drove in a run.

Romy Gonzalez had a double and drove in a run.

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Boston is now 41-48 and the Red Sox are within 7 games of .500 for the first time since May 23rd. They will take on the White Sox on Wednesday night, July 8th with the pregame starting at 6:40 on WDEA AM 1370.