By Tiffany Williams –
At Fenway Park in Boston Saturday the Red Sox fell to the Chicago White Sox 1-0.
The solo run of the game for Chicago was at the top of the ninth with Luis Robert Jr. hitting his 38th homer of the season 311 feet.
For Boston, Nick Pivetta went seven innings only allowing just seven hits.
Pivetta retired ten of his last 11 batters faced in his 2nd longest start of the season. He’s struck out 23 batters over his last 3 starts with a 2.41 after posting a 5.87 ERA with 23 strikeouts in his previous 5 appearances from August 20 to September 6.
In the month of September, Pivetta has struck out 33 batters and walked only 4.
For Chicago, Dylan Cease went seven allowing just six hits and struck out eleven.
Saturday was Cease’s 19th career scoreless start and he set a season high in strikeouts.