Starting pitcher Martín Pérez gave up four earned runs over three innings before exiting with an injury, as the White Sox dropped their fifth straight game in a 10-3 loss to the Red Sox.
Martín Pérez had been the White Sox’s steadiest starter through his first three outings, giving up just three earned runs over 17 innings. However, his night ended early on Friday at Fenway Park, where he exited after three innings and 52 pitches due to soreness in his left forearm during Chicago’s 10-3 loss to the Boston Red Sox.
Boston struck quickly against Pérez. Rafael Devers sparked the offense with a ground-rule double off a hanging curveball, followed by a four-pitch walk to Alex Bregman. Trevor Story then crushed a 427-foot homer to center off a changeup, giving the Red Sox a 3-0 lead in the first. The trouble didn’t end there—Rob Refsnyder singled, and Kristian Campbell walked, though Pérez escaped further damage with a groundout.
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In the second, Refsnyder extended the lead to 4-0 with a double off a cutter that caught too much of the plate. With diminished velocity compared to earlier in his career, Pérez now relies heavily on location—something that becomes a bigger issue when he’s not 100%, as was the case Friday. His final line: three innings, five hits, four earned runs, two walks, and no strikeouts.
Meanwhile, the White Sox offense offered little support early, managing just four popouts in their first six at-bats. Boston starter Hunter Dobbins was sharp, retiring the first nine batters he faced and striking out three.
Andrew Benintendi, in his first game back from a left adductor strain, finally got the White Sox on the board in the fourth with a 383-foot solo homer—his 500th career RBI. But Dobbins quickly bounced back, retiring the next three hitters to finish the frame.
Reliever Penn Murfee entered for the White Sox, but Boston stayed hot. Carlos Narvaez doubled, and Ceddanne Rafaela followed with a 406-foot two-run homer, making it 6-1.
Chicago tried to rally in the sixth, taking advantage of an error and a single to put two runners on. Josh Palacios grounded out to bring one run in, but Andrew Vaughn’s flyout ended the threat. Dobbins wrapped up six strong innings, allowing three hits, two runs (one earned), no walks, and six strikeouts.
Murfee tossed a clean fifth, and Tyler Gilbert held Boston scoreless in the sixth. But Gilbert opened the seventh with back-to-back walks, then served up a hanging slider that Story blasted over the Green Monster for a three-run homer, extending the Red Sox lead to 9-2.
Narvaez added a solo shot off Bryse Wilson in the eighth to make it 10-2. In the ninth, Vaughn led off with a single off the Green Monster, and Edgar Quero—a top prospect—delivered his first MLB hit, a pinch-hit double. Brooks Baldwin followed with an RBI single, cutting it to 10-3. But after Michael A. Taylor popped out with two on, the game was over.
The loss marked the fifth in a row for the White Sox, dropping them to 4-15 on the season and 0-7 on the road. They’ll look to bounce back Saturday at 4:10 p.m. ET at Fenway.
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