Major League Baseball
Chi. White Sox 8, Boston 6
When: 7:10 PM ET, Wednesday, June 22, 2016
Where: Fenway Park, Boston, Massachusetts
Temperature: 75°
Umpires: Home - Mike Estabrook, 1B - Dana DeMuth, 2B - Ed Hickox, 3B - Greg Gibson
Attendance: 37413

BOSTON -- The Chicago White Sox limped into Fenway Park Monday for a four-game series with their season, which had started so well, apparently on the brink and their manager said to be in trouble.

Three nights later, things look much better.

"We're resilient, man," Todd Frazier said after the White Sox pulled out an 8-6 win over the Boston Red Sox on Wednesday night -- their third victory in as many nights.

The White Sox started the season 23-10 but had gone 10-26 in their next 36 games to fall into a Central Division abyss. But Zach Duke pitched out of an impossible ninth-inning jam in Monday's 10-inning win, ace Chris Sale did his thing on Tuesday and Chicago then pulled out a wild one on Wednesday -- setting the White Sox up for a potential four-game road sweep in Thursday's matinee.

It would be the White Sox's first four-game sweep at Fenway since June 2-6, 1927.

They have also gotten back to the .500 mark.

"There was zero quit that whole game," Brett Lawrie said after his solo homer followed Melky Cabrera's two-run shot in a three-run eighth against reliever Koji Uehara (2-3). "We were up we were down, we were even ... just a great cumulative effort, no doubt."

Cabrera, in a 4-for-22 spin coming in, had four hits and drove in four runs, adding an RBI single in the ninth. He's hitting .291 and has driven in 37 runs.

"People need to understand he deserves an All-Star vote, most definitely," said Frazier, who tied the game 4-4 with his 21st homer in the sixth. "He's a guy that's been doing it all year. He definitely deserves to be on that All-Star team."

It was the fifth homer Uehara has allowed in 28 appearances this season -- two more than he gave up in 43 games in 2015. He said after the game he feels fine.

"Two splits stayed up in the strike zone," said manager John Farrell. "First one to Cabrera, the 0-1 pitch to Lawrie is the difference in this one."

Hanley Ramirez, dropped to seventh in Boston's batting order, snapped a 4-4 tie with a solo homer in the sixth, and Xander Bogaerts drove in his third run of the game later in the inning.

Bogaerts came close to re-tying the game with two out in the eighth, hitting a Michael Ynoa pitch near or at the red line atop the Green Monster. The ball was touched by a fan leaning out and ruled a double and in play before it was finally called a fan-interference double after a crew-chief review. Chris Young then just missed a three-run homer down the left field line. The Red Sox challenged the foul-ball ruling, which stood. Young struck out.

Ramirez, who reached Chicago starter Jose Quintana for his second homer since May 10, had been hitting fifth or fourth.

White Sox reliever Dan Jennings (3-1) pitched 1 1/3 scoreless innings for the win. With David Robertson and Nate Jones unavailable because of overwork, Zach Duke, the winner Monday, worked the ninth for his first save, the third of his 12-year career.

His shot handed another lead to Eduardo Rodriguez, who had just given up a game-tying two-run homer to Frazier in the top of the inning. Rodriguez, who had allowed 18 hits and 14 earned runs in 14 2/3 innings over his previous three starts, left after six innings, having yielded four hits and four runs (three earned).

Quintana, who hasn't won since May 8 (0-6 in eight starts), has been a victim of non-support, but his teammates bailed him out in this one. He walked a career-high six while allowing six runs on eight hits in 5 1/3 innings.

Boston's four-run outburst in the third inning matched the team's run total from the previous three games.

Red Sox third baseman Travis Shaw left the game with a right shin contusion after three innings. The injury puts his streak of 125 straight games in jeopardy -- the longest Red Sox run since Dustin Pedroia played in 148 straight in 2011-12.

NOTES: Boston LF Brock Holt took a scheduled night off after playing two rehab games for Triple-A Pawtucket, but Farrell said Holt is still dealing with concussion symptoms. ... Boston C Ryan Hanigan (neck strain) hopes to start a rehab assignment Thursday. ... Chicago RHP James Shields has been ripped for 31 earned runs and 32 hits -- including seven homers -- in his last four starts, three with his new team. Shields faces Boston RH Rick Porcello in the series finale. Shields is 9-13 lifetime against the Red Sox, including 2-9 at Fenway Park. ... Chicago's Melky Cabrera is 14-for-25 lifetime against Porcello and 10-8 with a 4.09 ERA against the White Sox. ... Wednesday night was Celtics Night at Fenway, with former greats John Havlicek and Tom Sanders and ex-GM Jan Volk on hand. ... The White Sox claimed RHP Juan Minaya off waivers from the Houston Astros and sent him to Triple-A Charlotte.
Top Game Performances
Starting Pitchers
Chi. White Sox   Boston
Jose Quintana Player Eduardo Rodriguez
No Decision W/L No Decision
5.1 IP 6.0
1 Strikeouts 7
8 Hits 4
10.12 ERA 4.50
Hitting
Chi. White Sox   Boston
Melky Cabrera Player Xander Bogaerts
4 Hits 3
4 RBI 3
1 HR 0
8 TB 4
.800 Avg .600
Team Stats Summary
 
Team Hits HR TB Avg LOB K RBI BB SB Errors
Chi. White Sox 10 3 22 .263 15 13 7 2 0 0
Boston 13 1 18 .351 20 5 6 8 0 1