White Sox vs. Red Sox Game Highlights (8/5/26) | MLB Highlights

It's the Red Sox and White Sox from Fenway Park as we celebrate women in baseball for the third straight season. The Red Sox looking to win their seventh in a row with Sonny Gray on the mound tonight as this toured stretch continues. As the Red Sox take the field led by their starting pitcher in Sonny Gray making already his 21st start. Sam Antonacci makes the walk into the box. Sonny Gray rocks and fires. Bouncing ball first base. Side glove by Contreras. Takes it to the bag himself. One pitch, one out. We are underway at Fenway Park. Alright Dan, walk us through what happened here on this ground out. Looks like Sam might have... What a little left elbow out there. Contreras didn't like it. Things a little testy here early. We move on. One down. Munetaka Murakami in the box here. Into left field. Duran back in front of the manual scoreboard. Foot on the track now. Both of them on the dirt. There to make the play. And Wilson's barking at Murakami. I love it. And they're two down. Two out base runner for Colson Montgomery. Miss. Good bounce back after the walk. White Sox come up empty in the top of the first. Sean Burke, the White Sox best starting pitcher. He's been so good the last month or so. Nick Sogaard switch hitting second baseman in there. Fastball sinker on the inner third. Abreu with two home runs in the game last night. Now Abreu lines it to center field. Drops in a base hit. First hit of the night for the Red Sox. One of the bright spots the entire season for the Red Sox and Wilson Contreras. Bounces off the mid of Romo and Abreu will easily take second base. Off the tip of the mid and now the Red Sox. Runner in scoring position for the first time with two away. In the bottom of the first. Drives it left center field. Drops in base hit. Wilson Contreras. Abreu scores and the Red Sox are on the board. One nothing in the bottom of the first. Okay, so it was not a home run. But I'll take an RBI single in the bottom of the first inning to get the Sox on the board. Here's Andrew Monasterio who's been one of the Red Sox best hitters during this incredible run. 2-2 and this one ripped in the left field. I mentioned how they were aligned. But he hit a line drive right through that area anyway. And there's a board with two outs. Long hold. Runner takes off. The pitch is down and the throw is late. Monasterio just stole the bag off the pitcher. Romo really didn't have much of a chance. That's his third steal. You saw the speed from Monasterio. Good blend of some power and some speed to go along with that lineup. We've got a ball called. As Monasterio is awarded third. Yeah, you can kind of see that little flinch. Sean took the signals from the catcher, came to a stop, and just kind of started moving that right shoulder a little bit. You can tell Burke just not quite comfortable in this game yet. As he faces Connor Wong, bottom of the order. Right at Montgomery. And that will strand the runner at third. After two here at Boston, White Sox trail. Midroth batting 273. Nine home runs and 40 driven in. Went at two to Midroth. Swing and a miss. He got him. Great sweeper. Sonny sits him down. He's got three strikeouts. He's behind on the count here. 0-2. Ooh. And Antonacci gets plunked. Puts a runner on for Munetaka Murakami with two outs in his third inning. The sinker missing ball four. So a hit by pitch and a walk. And the White Sox have a couple base runners with two outs. Boy, this is the guy you'd like to have up, too. On the ground, third base side. Durbin lays out for it. Throws to first. Pulls Contreras off the bag. Throw to the plate. In time. Wilson Contreras to Connor Wong. Ends the inning. What a great play by both Durbin and Contreras. Heads up by Contreras. How did Durbin get there? Heads up by both guys. But Contreras to know what was going on. Communicate with each other. And then Wong stuck the tag right in his forehead and landed on top of him. Had to have been a little bit of something on that one. I love every part of that. Is that bad base running by Antonacci? No. In that situation, you take your chance on that throw. 1-0 Red Sox in the bottom of the third. All right, here's Williers. Ripped a shot in the center his first time. Bray U. Torches it into right field. Montgomery likes a break. On the season, Red Sox expand their lead 2-0 in the third. He's 6-for-10 with four homers on this three-game hit streak he's got going right now. They come in bunches, don't they? My goodness, that got out quick. That was on a line. 1-0-9 off the bat. 390 feet on that slider he left over the middle of the plate. Top four. Colson Montgomery against Sonny Gray. It's 2-0 Red Sox. Check swing again. This time he went around for strike three. And out number one in the top of the fourth. Benintendi's at second. One out, fourth inning. One and two. Pitch is swung on and missed. A sweeper bottom of the zone. He is spinning it again, two down. That's the thing. Even if, and we told you that, you can look for that sweeper. And when it's on, you have no chance because it's a strike for so long before it breaks. 3-2 is a swing and a miss. Why not? Goes back to Uncle Charlie. And Sonny is their daddy. Got off to a tough start. The heating up of late. 2-1 is ripped on the right side. Off the glove of Murakami. This is going to be two for Duran. He's tearing around first. He is going to bear into second base. That better be a double. Duran smoked that ball down the line. And he is in business. Pitch. Inside. Did it hit him? It sounded like it. It's a break that it didn't. Duran is up to third on another wild pitch. Yeah, I think what we heard was that ticking off the glove of Romo. I don't know how it missed Mona. That was way in there. 3-2. Got him to pop it up as Murakami chasing in foul territory. He has room. And he makes the catch for out number two. Boy, just a terrific job by Sean Burke. You have to get greedy in a spot like that where runs are at a premium. Bottom of the fourth. They have a runner at third with two outs. 2-2 pitch. Got it by him. Big out right there from Sean Burke. Delivered with traffic. Well done. Emma, we just got word that Wilson Contreras was removed from the game due to an illness. The 1-2. Here's a check swing. He definitely went around. He is gone. Sonny Gray just keeps on rolling. One ball, two strikes, and two away. Swing and a miss. Strike three. Another two-strikeout inning for Sonny Gray. It's eight on the night. We head to the bottom of the fifth at Fenway. Here's Miguel Vargas facing Sonny Gray. He's thrown 73 pitches. Miguel Vargas stroked this one into left field. So, a signal to start the sixth. His second hit tonight. Just the third hit for the White Sox. Well, he has such a terrific approach. A lot of the White Sox have been going up there, swinging for the downs. Off a guy like Sonny Gray, you have to think up the middle. Three balls, two strikes. Big pitch in this game. Pitch is swung on and grounded toward third. Durbin gloves. He goes to second for one. Relay to first. Wow, they turned it. How did that happen? Was Montgomery not moving out of the box? That looked like they had no chance. But a great pick and throw from Durbin. Quick flip from Monasterio. I thought no chance and they're two away. You know, it really jammed Montgomery. Maybe that got him off balance just enough. What on earth? He also just doesn't move that great. Pitch is grounded on the right side. Played there by Soga to flip underhand to the covering Sonny Gray. Who does it again? I mean, this guy, when the chips are down, is a guy you want on your side. New kid on the block. Brazoban acquired from the Mets. Trade deadline. Having a super season for the Mets. Duran runs. The pitch is high. Throw to second. No way. And it's into the outfield. Duran heads to third, forcing the action. And insurance is 90 feet away. That's so huge, right? Even just getting him to second base is huge. But once again, Red Sox taking advantage of opponents' mistakes. One and two to Monasterio. Infield in. And a line looper to shallow left field. Coming on Antonacci. He's there to make the play. Duran is going to tag. He's going to test him. Throw. It's not in time. On himself. And it's three-nothing Red Sox. Unbelievable. You know, it's a really good read by Duran. It was shallow. And I would normally say don't go. But the left fielder comes up to make this play. And Antonacci almost overruns it. Almost has to not quite leave his feet, but reach up really high where he couldn't get rid of the ball quickly. He drew the walk. Stools second base. And that will bring up Durban. He is a line drive into right field. That is just as good. Williard's going to round third. He's going to score. Durban delivers again. And Abreu having himself a night. Insurance. Four-nothing Red Sox. What a great at bat. Right? It was a constant mix of the fastball, upper 90s, breaking balls along with it. Durban just grinded that through. Got a fastball. It was off the plate. It was a ball away. Just flipped it into right field for the RBI. It's a big run to make it four-nothing here. Sox in the eighth. Caleb Durban and I were having a conversation earlier today. He said, you know what? We can still win this division. They're not thinking wild card right now. So, we're going to miss out the play through to second. In time. Are they going to challenge that? They might. Caleb Durban pretty adamant that he is safe. Maybe he felt like he was blocking the plate a little bit. Could be. Blocking the base rather than the plate. Hooked around his ankle. Maybe he felt that Montgomery was blocking the base a little bit too much. Obstruction perhaps. I don't know if I agree with that, but nobody cares. Lefty Jovanni Moran is on for the Red Sox in the ninth. They lead four-nothing. One ball, two strikes. Moran throws. Swing and a miss. Changeup. Seven in a row. Twenty-five of the Red Sox win four-nothing. It's a ninth straight series win. They are unstoppable, these Red Sox. Abreu, Duran, Durban. So many heroes tonight. They lead, and the Red Sox are on an unbelievable magic carpet ride.