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Red Sox try to avoid the brooms in Chicago

The Boston Red Sox were able to avoid getting no-hit on Tuesday night. One day later they'll try to avoid a three-game sweep at the hands of the Chicago White Sox in the finale of a three-game series.Chicago's Jose Quintana held Boston without a hit over 6 1/3 innings and had walked just two batters before yielding a single to David Ortiz. Mike Napoli and Daniel Nava added singles to load the bases and end Quintana's night, but Jesse Crain came on in relief and struck out Will Middlebrooks and Stephen Drew swinging.Quintana's outing, coupled with a go-ahead two-run homer by Jeff Keppinger in the fifth inning led the White Sox to a 3-1 win."He was making a bunch of good pitches out there tonight and that was the difference in the game," said Ortiz about Quintana.After the Red Sox's Jarrod Saltalamacchia scored on Alexei Ramirez's fielding error in the eighth inning, Alex Rios added an RBI double in the bottom of the frame for the White Sox, who have won six of their past eight overall.C...

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