For those like me who love a pitchers’ duel, that’s exactly what we were treated to with Davis Martin and Jake Piverra. Martin looked fantastic for the White Sox, despite plunking two players, one of which was hit twice. The game stayed tied until after the seventh-inning stretch when Matt Foster gave up a walk and allowed a two-run homer.

Pivetta started for the Red Sox and gave up back-to-back walks to Andrew Benintendi and Andrew Vaughn with two outs. Pivetta got Gavin Sheets to strike out, but only after a 28-pitch first inning. Rafael Devers found a gap for a one-out single in the bottom of the first. Devers then got to second on a wild pitch that got away from Chuckie Robinson. Martin issued a one-out walk to Tyler O’Neil to put two on. Thankfully, Martin’s new changeup befuddled Wiyler Abreu, and Luis Robert Jr. got the third out that would strand two Red Sox runners.

Lenyn Sosa started the second with a standup double. Dominic Fletcher advanced Sosa to third, and Jake Amaya found a hole to send Sosa home and put the White Sox on the board first.

Enmanuel Valdez would pick up the second hit for the Red Sox with two outs, but Martin followed up with his second punch out of the night, this time to Ceddanne Rafaela to end the inning.

Benintendi picked up a single to start the third and advanced on a pitch that got away from Connor Wong, but was left stranded. Karma came for the anti-gay slurring Jarren Duran as he plunked himself in the face. He was retired right after with a chopper straight to Martin’s glove. Martin followed up by gloving a hit from Devers and striking out O’Neil to end the inning.

Robinson hit a two-out single, but Pivetta bested the White Sox with three strikeouts in the inning. Abreu took a curve ball to the toe, drawing a walk to start the fourth. Masataka Yoshida followed by also taking a ball to the foot, putting two on base with no outs and Triston Casas up to bat. Casas singled to left field to tie the game at 1-1. Robert caught a ball from Wong, and Valdez hit right into a double play to end the inning and prevent further damage.

Robert singled in the fifth, but that was the only real highlight. Martin pulled three easy outs in the bottom of the fifth though.

Pivetta started on the wrong foot with an eight-pitch walk to Sheets, but a double play and a flyout would keep the White Sox off the board. Martin walked Yoshida again, this time by hitting him on the back with two outs.

Nicky Lopez singled with two outs, but a forceout to Robert would end the top of the seventh inning. As mentioned above, the wheels started falling off for the White Sox. Valdez drew a one-out walk from Foster. Because of course, Foster then gave up a home run to Rafaela. Now down 3-1, Fraser Ellard replaced Foster to face the top of the Red Sox batting order. Devers did single, but the White Sox were able to get a forceout after O’Neil’s hit to second.

Brennan Bernardino had a long, but easy eighth, retiring the batters in order. Prelander Berroa stepped in for the White Sox in the bottom of the eighth and had three easy outs, evening striking out Casas to end the inning.

Josh Winckowski ended the game for the Red Sox, ensuring a win, by getting the worst offense in baseball to hit two groundouts and a liner.

While Martin looked great, he advanced to 0-4 due to a lack of any halfway decent offense.