BOSTON, Sept. 14 (UPI) -- The Chicago White Sox kept pace in baseball's tightest division race Sunday as Carlos Lee homered and had three RBI in a 7-2 victory over the Boston Red Sox.
Lefthander Mark Buehrle pitched seven solid innings for the White Sox, who maintained a share of the American League Central Division lead with Minnesota. Kansas City stayed 3 1/2 games off the pace.
The second batter of the game, Lee opened the scoring with a two-run homer -- his 30th -- and made it 4-2 with an RBI double in the fifth. He left the game in the seventh with an apparent leg injury.
Frank Thomas sealed the win with a two-run double in the ninth as Chicago took two of three games in a battle of playoff hopefuls.
John Burkett (10-8) was tagged for five runs in six innings.
