July 21 at U.S. Cellular Field
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Red Sox 6 14 0
White Sox 5 9 3
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Joe Crede’s ninth-inning error, the White Sox’s third, on a dropped foul ball allowed Manny Ramirez a second chance, and he came through with a massive home run off Jose Vizcaino. Crede had tied it in the eighth with a double after Mark Buehrle failed to hold a 4-1 lead. Carl Everett, Paul Konerko and Aaron Rowand homered.
July 22 at U.S. Cellular Field
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Red Sox 4 9 2
White Sox 8 10 0
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A.J. Pierzynski and Juan Uribe hit sixth-inning homers off knuckleballer Tim Wakefield, and Jon Garland became the AL’s first 15-game winner. The six-run rally was the Sox’s biggest since they scored 10 in the sixth inning of a 12-6 victory over Arizona on June 15. Rowand homered for the second straight night.
July 23 at U.S. Cellular Field
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Red Sox 3 5 0
White Sox 0 7 0
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Wade Miller won for the first time since May 30, and Orlando Hernandez allowed a two-run homer to Ramirez. The loss was the fourth in the last six games for the Sox, who grounded into two double plays in the final three innings.
July 24 at U.S. Cellular Field
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Red Sox 4 10 0
White Sox 6 10 0
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The Sox used five relievers and scored four of their six runs on two-out hits to back Jose Contreras’ three runs in 5 2/3 innings. Dustin Hermanson picked up his 23rd save after Damaso Marte walked two batters in the ninth. Tadahito Iguchi snapped a 3-for-17 slump with three hits, including a two-run, opposite-field homer.
Aug. 12 at Fenway Park
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White Sox 8 12 0
Red Sox 9 13 1
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The Red Sox peppered Buehrle for 12 hits, and David Ortiz drove in the final four runs with homers in the seventh and eighth innings. The Sox rallied late with three runs in the ninth when Iguchi and Konerko homered off Curt Schilling, but they still fell short, thanks to Ortiz’s homers off Buehrle and rookie Bobby Jenks.
Aug. 13 at Fenway Park
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White Sox 4 9 1
Red Sox 7 13 1
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Garland was roughed up for five runs on nine hits and leadoff man Scott Podsednik remained sidelined with a strained groin muscle that caused him to miss two weeks. Konerko snapped a shutout bid by Wakefield in the seventh with his 30th homer of the season and 200th of his career.
Aug. 14 at Fenway Park
Postponed due to rain.
Sept. 5 at Fenway Park
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White Sox 5 11 2
Red Sox 3 5 0
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Brandon McCarthy pitched shutout ball for seven innings in a makeup game played on a scheduled day off. Jenks gave up a three-run homer to Tony Graffanino with two outs in the ninth. Iguchi laid down a successful suicide-squeeze bunt, and Konerko and Uribe homered as Schilling started for only the third time.Dave Van Dyck
Sox batters vs. Red Sox
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PLAYER AVG G AB R H RBI
Konerko .429 7 28 8 12 7
Blum .400 2 5 1 2 0
Podsednik .391 6 23 6 9 0
Rowand .360 7 25 5 9 6
Uribe .350 7 20 3 7 5
Iguchi .286 6 21 3 6 5
Everett .276 7 29 5 8 5
Gload .250 2 4 0 1 1
Crede .238 6 21 1 5 1
Pierzynski .227 6 22 2 5 3
Perez .214 4 14 1 3 1
Dye .125 2 8 1 1 1
Widger .000 1 4 0 0 0
Harris .000 1 3 0 0 0
Ozuna .000 2 7 0 0 0
TEAM .291 7 234 36 68 35
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Doubles: 14 (Konerko, Rowand 3; Podsednik, Iguchi, Crede 2; Gload, Uribe, 1
Triples: 2 (Blum, Rowand 1)
Home runs: 15 (Konerko, 4; Rowand, 3; Uribe, Iguchi, Everett, 2; Pierzynski, Dye 1)
Stolen bases: 4 (Podsednik, 3, Perez 1)
Sox pitchers vs. Red Sox
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PITCHER ERA IP H R ER BB SO
Cotts 0.00 2.2 1 0 0 1 4
McCarthy 0.00 7.0 3 0 0 1 7
Politte 0.00 3.2 1 0 0 0 4
Hernandez 2.70 6.2 4 2 2 3 3
Vizcaino 4.50 2.0 2 2 1 2 2
Contreras 4.76 5.2 8 3 3 2 6
Garland 5.25 12 16 7 7 5 9
Marte 6.00 3.0 2 2 2 4 3
Buehrle 6.23 13 22 11 9 5 3
Jenks 9.00 2.0 3 5 2 1 5
Adkins 10.80 1.2 4 2 2 1 0
Hermanson 10.80 1.2 3 2 2 1 0
TEAM 4.43 61 69 36 30 26 46
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Wins: 3 (McCarthy, Contreras, Garland)
Losses: 4 (Buehrle, Hernandez, Vizcaino, Garland)
Saves: 1 (Hermanson)
Home runs allowed: 12 (Buehrle, Jenks, Garland, Contreras, 2; Hernandez, Vizcaino, Marte, Hermanson 1)STATS, Inc.
All-time series
Red Sox lead 207-189
In Boston: Red Sox 109-91
In Chicago: 98-98
