Offenses overshadow Chris Sale-Jose Quintana pitching matchup in White Sox loss

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The pitching duel that was to be never materialized.

Instead, the White Sox and Boston Red Sox made Guaranteed Rate Field look small on Tuesday night against a pair of pitchers who have owned the place dating back to 2012. Boston blasted three of its six homers against Jose Quintana to provide Chris Sale with enough run support to survive a shaky outing of his own. The White Sox fell 13-7 in front of 21,852 at Guaranteed Rate Field. Todd Frazier homered off Sale, who earned the victory despite allowing six earned runs and 10 hits in five innings.

Devin Marrero crushed a pair of homers off Quintana, who allowed seven earned runs and 10 hits in 2 2/3 innings. Mookie Betts also went deep off Quintana, who has yielded 15 earned runs in his past two starts.

“We were both off,” Sale said. “I think people were expecting something a little different, but they came to a 7 o’clock batting practice session tonight. We were off. You just chalk it up as a bad night and come back tomorrow ready to rock.”

Jackie Bradley Jr., Xander Bogaerts and Mitch Moreland also homered for Boston. The offensive explosion helped Sale overcome his worst start of the season as he returned to face his old team of seven years.

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Sale nearly gave back a four-run lead in the second inning as the White Sox put together a two-out rally. Leury Garcia singled in one run and Jose Abreu had a two-run single after a lengthy battle. Tim Anderson — who later homered — singled in a run off Sale in the third inning and Frazier homered in the fourth to get the White Sox back within 7-6.

But Bradley’s three-run blast off fellow left-hander Dan Jennings in the fifth inning gave the Red Sox all the breathing room they needed.

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