CHICAGO (AP) — Boston’s rotation woes continued. And the rebuilding Chicago White Sox took full advantage.James Shields threw six scoreless innings Wei-Yin Chen Jersey , Tim Anderson and Daniel Palka homered and the White Sox beat the major league-leading Red Sox 8-0 on Sunday to split their four-game series.Anderson had three hits — including two doubles — for the White Sox, who have won seven of their last 10 games.Xander Bogaerts and J.D. Martinez had two hits apiece for Boston, which had won four of its last five.The Red Sox have the majors’ best record at 94-44 and maintained a 7½-game lead in the AL East over the New York Yankees, who lost to Detroit.With Chris Sale and David Price out with injuries, the Red Sox have just two quality starts in their last 17 games. Their starting pitchers combined to allow 12 earned runs in 14 innings in the series.“We’re going to be fine,” manager Alex Cora said. “When you start getting hurt, especially your main guys, it’s not easy to go out there with the guys that we’re throwing and keep throwing the ball well.“They did it for a month and a half right after the All-Star break. Now it’s not that way. I feel the healthier we get, the better it’s going to be.”Shields (6-15) struck out six and allowed four hits and two walks. He has thrown at least six innings in 21 of his last 25 starts. Three relievers completed the five-hitter.Five Red Sox pitchers combined to strike out 12 but gave up 15 hits.“We have the right guys in the bullpen to help us out as far as innings and all that, and I think it’s going to turn around because of that,” Cora said.Brian Johnson (4-4) allowed four runs and seven hits while recording four outs in his shortest start of the season.“I threw a lot of strikes Jeff Locke Jersey , but they weren’t where I wanted them,” Johnson said. “Fastball wasn’t cutting and my curveball had nothing on it.”Anderson hit his 18th home run this season on the first pitch with one out in the first inning. Kevan Smith’s single added another run.Matt Davidson’s two-run double chased Johnson in the second.The White Sox extended their lead to 5-0 on Adam Engel’s single off Bobby Poyner in the third inning.Palka smacked his 20th home run in the fourth off William Cuevas — four pitches after he hit a long drive just foul and completed a jog around the bases before heading back to the plate.“It was funny because the bat boy went to give me a high-five and I was like, ‘Just give me the bat,'” Palka said.“I thought it was foul by 20 feet and when he said ‘fair,’ I was like, ‘I’ll take it.’ He kind of gave me the same pitch 3-2 and I stayed back just enough.”HE GONEIn a pregame ceremony, the White Sox honored TV play-by-play announcer Ken “Hawk” Harrelson, who is concluding his 34th and final year in the booth.Harrelson played nine seasons in the majors with four teams and rose to stardom in 1967, when he helped the Red Sox win the AL pennant. The following season, he led the majors with 109 RBIs and finished third in AL MVP voting.He became a broadcaster in 1975 with the Red Sox and served a season as the White Sox general manager.Harrelson made no apologies for his ardent support for his team.“The biggest compliment you can pay me is calling me a homer because I want these guys to win every game,” he said.NOTABLE NUMBERThe White Sox won four of seven games against Boston this season.“The second half has just been a whole different team — same guys Cameron Maybin Jersey , things are just clicking more consistently,” Palka said.TRAINER’S ROOMRed Sox: LHPs Sale (mild inflammation in left shoulder) and Price (bruised left wrist) could return to the rotation as early as next weekend, Cora said. For both starters, the Red Sox are looking at their next homestand, which begins Friday with three games against Houston before three games against Toronto and three against the Mets. Sale, who has been on the DL since Aug. 15, could pitch a few innings as an “opener” as he builds up his stamina, Cora said. Sale is 12-4 with an AL-leading 1.97 ERA. “It’s going to be during the homestand, but we don’t know which series,” Cora said. … The Red Sox hope Price (14-6, 3.60 ERA) also will be able to throw off a mound this week in Atlanta as he works his way back. A line drive struck his pitching wrist against Miami on Wednesday. “It should be Houston or the next series Lewis Brinson Jersey ,” Cora said. … Cuevas (heat-related illness) exited after allowing two runs and recording eight outs. The temperature at first pitch was 87 degrees.White Sox: C Welington Castillo (right shoulder) was activated from the 10-day disabled list Sunday and is expected to start Monday against Detroit. He was suspended for 80 games May 24 after he tested positive for a performance-enhancing substance. … RF Ryan LaMarre (right hip soreness) exited after six innings. He is day to day. … RF Avisail Garcia (right knee soreness) was out of the lineup Sunday after he left Saturday’s game after six innings.UP NEXTRed Sox: RHP Nathan Eovaldi (5-7, 4.35) is scheduled to start Monday’s opener of a three-game road series against Atlanta and RHP Touki Toussaint (1-0, 1.50).White Sox: RHP Reynaldo Lopez (5-9, 4.51) is set to start against RHP Michael Fulmer (3-10, 4.71) and Detroit in Monday’s opener of a three-game series. CINCINNATI (AP) — Dodgers manager Dave Roberts didn’t breathe a sigh of relief. He could have.Yasmani Grandal and Justin Turner drove in three runs each, and Los Angeles beat Cincinnati 8-1 Wednesday to avoid a season sweep by the last-place Reds.Joc Pederson homered for the Dodgers, and Grandal had three hits.“We can beat them,” Roberts said.“When we played them in L.A., they were on a hot streak,” said Grandal, Cincinnati’s 2010 top amateur draft pick. “It didn’t really matter how we played. We were trying to figure out what to do with our guys. We had a lot of guys hurt. It seems like they played us hard all year.”Los Angeles remained 1½ games behind NL West-leading Colorado and pulled within two games of St. Louis for the second NL wild card after the Cardinals lost to Pittsburgh 4-3. The Dodgers open a four-game series in St. Louis on Thursday.“That’s a big series for us http://www.marlinsfanproshop.com/authentic-starlin-castro-jersey ,” said Grandal, who finished with three hits. “There’s a chance to make some moves in this series.”The Dodgers had been 0-6 against the Reds and were on the verge of being swept by Cincinnati in a season for the first time.“It’s more important that we got a win,” Roberts said. “Those guys have been making noise all year. Managing to get a win considering where we were at is a good thing.”Cincinnati’s Scooter Gennett went 1 for 4, keeping his league-leading batting average at .321.“We didn’t really worry about sweeping the Dodgers,” Reds interim manager Jim Riggleman said. “We just wanted to win the game at hand.”Left-hander Caleb Ferguson (6-2), the third of seven Dodgers pitchers, struck out three in the fifth.Anthony DeSclafani (7-5) retired the first nine Los Angeles batters before allowing six runs – five earned – five hits and three walks in 4 2/3 innings. He failed to last five innings for the third straight start.“I was rolling,” the right-hander said. “I felt good. It seemed like whenever somebody gets on, I can’t put a stop to it. It’s frustrating. I just have to figure out how to execute pitches. I don’t care how many times you go through the batting order, if you execute your pitches, you’ll get your outs.”Jose Peraza homered in the first J. T. Realmuto Jersey , but Pederson tied it 1-1 with a leadoff drive in the fourth, his second two games and 21st this season.“Joc’s homer gave us kind of an exhale,” Roberts said. “I’ve been talking about J.T.’s at bats every night. Yasmani had some good at bats.”Grandal hit a go-ahead double later in the inning, a ball caught by a young fan with a glove reaching over the wall with the ball still in play. Max Muncy scored from first and Reds manager Jim Riggleman argued unsuccessfully he should have been stopped at third, but the umpires’ decision was upheld in a video review.Turner hit a two-run single in a four-run fifth.SINGLEHANDEDPederson homered in back-to-back appearances for the fourth time this year, pushing the Dodgers’ streak of consecutive games with at least one home run to 20. That is the most for the team since the move to Los Angeles and four shy of the franchise record set by Brooklyn in 1953.SPOTLESS DEBUTReds RHP Jesus Reyes, recalled by Cincinnati on Tuesday, pitched a scoreless eighth inning. In two career appearances, both this season, he’s thrown three hitless innings.SEASON HIGHGrandal had three hits for the sixth time this season and first since July 24 at Philadelphia.UP NEXTDodgers: LHP Clayton Kershaw (7-5) is to make his first start of the season against St. Louis on Thursday. He is 6-5 with a 2.99 ERA in 16 starts against the Cardinals.Reds: RHP Matt Harvey (7-8) limited the Cubs to one run and five hits in 5 1/3 innings of a 10-inning Cincinnati loss on Aug. 24.