Already having hit a solo shot to center field in the 6th inning that cut the Indians' lead to 3-2, Adam Dunn blasted an 0-2 pitch into the right field seats. The three run shot gave the Sox a 5-3 lead in the 8th inning.
Naturally things got a bit interesting in the 9th, but after an RBI double off the bat of Shin-Soo Choo, Donnie Veal recorded his first save to keep the Sox alone in 1st place with the 5-4 victory.
Chris Sale gave up 10 hits in his 7 innings of work but kept the Indians down to 3 runs. He threw a lot of pitches but battled to keep the Sox in the game allowing for the comeback. Add in a few key double plays turned by the Sox infield and you have a receipe for success the Sox have seemed to forgotten the last week.
As expected, no help came from the Royals who lost 6-2 to the Tigers tonight keeping the Sox 1 game in front of Detroit. The magic number does drop to 9 as there are just 9 games left for both the Sox and Tigers.
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