Ceddanne Rafaela hit a two-run homer over the Green Monster to break the tie in the seventh inning, and the Red Sox de Boston They gave them to the White Sox de Chicago their 110th defeat of the season, beating them 3-1 on Friday.
Triston Casas singled in the other run in the fourth inning for the Red Sox, who snapped their season-long five-game losing streak that had caused them to stumble in the race for the third and final AL wild-card spot by going 6-10 in their last 16 games.
In fact, Boston fell five games behind the third and last wild card in the American League, currently occupied by the Minnesota Twins, but those managed by the Puerto Rican Alex Cora They are still within reach of a playoff spot with 21 games remaining.
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The Red Sox improved their record to 71-70, while Minnesota is playing at 76-65. Seattle is 72-70 and a half-game ahead of Boston, already 4.5 out of the third wild card spot.
Jacob Amaya produced a single for the The White Sox, who are 32-110, are on pace to surpass the 1962 New York Mets’ unwelcome losing record of 120, the most since 1900. After beating Baltimore on Wednesday, they lost for the 13th time in 14 games.
Alex Cora signed a three-year, $21.75 million contract extension with Boston in the middle of this season. (Noah K. Murray)
Chicago also lost for the 43rd time this season after scoring first and fell to 5-39 since the All-Star break.
The White Sox (0-14) have not won a series since the break.
For Chicago, Venezuelan Lenyn Sosa went 1-for-4 with one run scored. Cuban Luis Robert Jr. went 1-for-4.
For Boston, Dominicans Rafael Devers went 2-for-4 and Enmanuel Valdez went 1-for-2 with one run scored. Venezuelan Wilyer Abreu went 0-for-3 with one run scored.
