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The 39-year-old Getz, who played seven seasons in the major leagues, has been serving as the White Sox’s assistant GM and player development director. According to MLB Pipeline, the White Sox have the 20th-ranked farm system, while FanGraphs puts them 11th, so there is a bit of a discrepancy in how Getz has performed in building the organization’s young talent. Still, it’s not a fresh start for Chicago as owner Jerry Reinsdorf hopes that promoting Getz from within can help get the franchise back on track.

Rafaela gave the Red Sox a 2-0 lead in the fourth inning when he took a first-pitch slider from Jesse Scholtens to left field for his third homer of the season. Rafaela has now hit safely in four of his last five games and is slashing .321/.387/.536 in his last seven games with two homers and six RBI.

Early couldn’t have asked for a much better outing in this one. The lefty was in command of the strike zone all night and held the Rays to just four hits, all of which were singles. He managed to work his way out of a bases-loaded jam in the third inning when he forced Junior Caminero to ground into a double play to end the frame, but it was mostly smooth sailing for Early on Friday. It was a much-needed rebound after he allowed five earned runs in his previous start. Early will look to build on his best outing of the season in his next start, which is scheduled for Thursday against the Phillies.

Kurtz capped off a three-run rally in the fifth inning with a two-run triple off of Kyle Bradish that gave the Athletics a 3-1 lead they would never surrender. Kurtz also singled in the ballgame. He has disappointed a bit relative to his massive expectations, but he’s still slashing a healthy .259/.415/.422 with five homers, 20 RBI and four stolen bases through his first 171 plate appearances on the season.

Wilson ignited a three-run rally in the fifth inning by reaching on an infield single to start the inning. He then scored on an RBI single off the bat of Zack Gelof. The 24-year-old shortstop also added a valuable insurance run with an RBI single of his own in the eighth. On the season, he’s now hitting a solid .299/.319/.409 with three homers, 19 RBI and a pair of stolen bases.

Perkins was summoned with a 4-2 lead to protect in the ninth. He walked Adley Rutschman to open the inning then punched out Pete Alonso and Dylan Beavers. Rutschman then advanced to second on defensive indifference before scoring on a two-out RBI single by Samuel Basallo. That’s when Hogan Harris was brought on to get out of it. After blowing a save earlier in the week, this can’t help Perkins’ job security.

Lopez struck out five opposing hitters in the ballgame while issuing a pair of walks. All of the damage done against him came via the long ball, with Pete Alonso launching a solo shot in the fourth inning and Adley Rutschman repeating the feat in the sixth. The 28-year-old southpaw got six whiffs on 91 offerings on the day, posting an underwhelming CSW of 27 percent. He’ll carry an uninspiring 6.11 ERA, 1.75 WHIP and a 28/24 K/BB ratio (35 1/3 innings) into Thursday’s showdown against the Cardinals.

Alonso opened the scoring in the ballgame with a 373-foot (107.0 mph EV) on a first-pitch changeup from Jacob Lopez in the fourth inning. That would be his only hit in the ballgame. For the season, the 31-year-old slugger is now slashing .226/.327/.459 to go with eight long balls and 22 RBI.

The 29-year-old right-hander allowed just five hits on the evening while issuing on base on balls. All of the damage done against him came in the fifth inning as Zack Gelof smacked an RBI single and Nick Kurtz added a two-run triple. Aside from that, Bradish was brilliant. He got 15 swings and misses on 96 pitches on the night, registering a strong CSW of 35 percent. Now 1-5 on the season, he’ll look to further improve upon his 4.83 ERA and 1.66 WHIP when he takes on the Yankees at home on Wednesday.

Scholtens made it through the first two innings unscathed but fell victim to a solo homer by Wilyer Abreu in the third inning and another solo homer by Ceddanne Rafaela in the fourth inning to fall behind 2-0 on the night. Scholtens would return in the fifth inning and retired the first two batters he faced, but was pulled in favor of Mason Englert after allowing the next two batters he faced to reach base. Scholtens has allowed two earned runs or fewer in all but one of his outings this season. Playing primarily out of the bullpen, it’s hard to say if he will draw another start in five days. If he does, he would get the nod on Wednesday against the Jays.

Burrows struck out six and walked one. For all of his success, he got just seven whiffs, five of which came on the changeup he threw 28 times in the 98-pitch outing. Burrows’ longest career start moved him to 2-4 with a 5.04 ERA and a 42/14 K/BB in 44 2/3 innings. He’ll face the Mariners at home next week.