Locked On Red Sox POSTCAST- O'Neill Hits 2 Home Runs & Red Sox Win 2nd Straight

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The Red Sox made it back-to-back wins with a 7-5 victory over the White Sox Saturday night at Fenway Park. Tyler O'Neill went deep 2 times and Cooper Criswell worked 5 innings in the start. The Red Sox are still 5 games below .500 at home (33-38) but have won 4 of their last 5 at Fenway.

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On the Board 1st: The White Sox got on the board 1st for the 2nd straight night and Saturday night it was Andrew Vaughn hitting a 2-out, 2-run Home Run off Criswell. It was Vaughn's 17th Home Run of the season and his 3rd against the Red Sox.

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Sox on the Board: The Red Sox wasted no time getting on the board with 4 runs in the Home 1st Inning against Garrett Crochet. Jarren Duran led off with a single and he went 1st to 3rd on a Double from Rafael Devers. Rob Refsnyder picked up an RBI with a groundout and then Tyler O'Neill put the Red Sox in front for good with a 2-run Home Run. Romy Gonzalez singled, stole 2nd, stole 3rd and scored on an RBI Double from Connor Wong that put the Red Sox up, 4-2.

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Adding On: The Sox added on with 2 more runs in the 3rd Inning. Romy Gonzalez knocked in a run with a Double and he scored on an RBI Single from Trevor Story, who was activated from the Injured List prior to the game.

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Another Tyler Bomb: Tyler O'Neill made it 7-2 with his 2nd Home Run of the game in the 5th Inning. It's the 6th time this season where O'Neill hit 2 Home Runs in a game and it's his 11th multi-home run game of his career.

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Cooper's Night: After working 4 perfect innings in his last outing Sunday at Detroit, Cooper Criswell went 5 full innings and did not give up another run after allowing the 2-out, 2-run Home Run to Vaughn in the 1st. Criswell induced 2 groundball Double Plays and got 10 groundball outs over his 5 innings. Criswell has allowed 4 runs total over his last 5 starts. Sox are now 12-7 in his 17 starts on the season.

#64's Final Line- 5.0 IP. 6 Hits. 2 R. 2 ER. 2 BB. 0 K. 79P/50 Strikes.

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Remember Andrew?: Former Red Sox 1st-round pick Andrew Benintendi made it a 2-run game with a 3-run Home Run off of Chase Shugart in the 7th Inning. It was Benintendi's 16th Home Run this season. It was his 23rd career Home Run at Fenway. Boston selected Benintendi in the 1st round (7th overall) out of the University of Arkansas (Fayetteville) in 2015.

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Streaks Snapped: The Sox snapped a streak of 17 straight games with 9 hits or less in Saturday's win. Sox had 10 hits (2 HR, 3 2B, & 5 Singles) in the win. With the 7 runs, the Sox ended a streak of 6 straight games, scoring 3 runs or less. Club still has Single-Digit hit totals in 24 of its last 29 Games.

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Closing the Door in the 9th: Kenley Jansen retired the side 1-2-3 in the 9th Inning for his 26th career save and the 446th of his career. Sox used 4 relievers in the win. Justin Slaten struck out 2 in working a perfect 8th.

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A Look Ahead: The Red Sox go for the series sweep on Sunday. Brayan Bello has been pushed back to start Monday's opener against the Orioles. Sox are TBA and could go with a bullpen game in the Series Finale. The Orioles and Red Sox will start a 3-Game Series at Fenway on Monday night.

Probable Starting Pitchers: Sunday: TBA vs. RHP Chris Flexen

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