BOSTON (Neth.) – Yermín Mercedes started a three-run attack in the fourth with a panoramic homerun and the Chicago White Sox completed their doubleheader sweep by beating the Boston Red Sox 5-1 on Sunday.
Nick Madrigal had two hits and produced two touchdowns for Chicago, which bounced back to .500.
In Game 1, Tim Anderson homered on the first pitch of the game and Dallas Keuchel threw five solid innings.
JD Martinez hit an RBI-single for Boston’s lone run in the second game.
Returning to their traditional blank uniform with red letters in Game 2, the Red Sox lost a third time in four games after a nine-game winning streak.
Mercedes got caught in a speed change from Venezuelan Martín Pérez (0-1) and put him at the bottom of midfield, about 130 meters from the pentagon. Danny Mendick had an RBI-single and Madrigal doubled to make it 4-0.
Matt Foster (1-1) took out five enemies in relief to stay with the win
In the first game, Cuban Yasmani Grandal added an RBI-double and fellow countryman Yoán Moncada singled again for the White Sox, who had lost three games in a row.
It was the second loss in the last 12 games for the Red Sox.
Kiké Hernández hit a homerun past the outfield foul for Boston, which started the day with the most wins (7) from behind.
Anderson disappeared a 96.8 mile fastball from Tanner Houck.
For the White Sox, the Cubans Moncada 3-1 with an RBI; José Abreu 3-1 with one run; Luis Robert 3-0. The Dominican Yermín Mercedes 3-0; his fellow countryman Leury García 3-0. The Cuban Grandal 3-1 with an RBI.
For the Red Sox, Puerto Rican Enrique Hernández 3-1 with a run scored and an RBI. The Mexican Alex Verdugo 3-1. The Dominican Rafael Devers 3-1.
In the second game, for the White Sox, the Dominican Mercedes 4-1 with one produced and one scored; Leury Garcia 3-2 with two runs, the Cubans José Abreu scored 4-0 with one RBI; Luis Robert 4-2 and Yoán Moncada 2-1.
For the Red Sox the Puerto Rican Enrique Hernández 2-0 with a run scored. The Mexican Alex Verdugo 3-1. The Dominicans Rafael Devers 3-0; Franchy Cordero 1-0. The Venezuelan Marwin González 3-0. Puerto Rican Christian Vázquez 3-0.