With the lead changing hands on five separate occasions, Monday night's contest could have been considered a whirlwind. 

However, the Chicago White Sox were able to emerge unscathed from Fenway Park, garnering nine exta-base hits on their way to a 10-8 victory in the first matchup of a four-game set against the Boston Red Sox. 

Leadoff batter Adam Eaton, hitting in the designated hitter's spot for the first time in his career (while nursing a sore left shoulder), led Chicago with a 3-for-6 outing at the plate, finishing a home run shy of the cycle while driving in two runs and scoring once. In addition, first baseman Jose Abreu went 2 for 3 with an RBI and two runs scored, and catcher Tyler Flowers went 2 for 5 with two RBIs and a run. 

Shortstop Alexei Ramirez was the sole position player not to record a hit for the White Sox as the ball club, sitting at three games under .500, initially roughed up much-maligned Boston starter Joe Kelly (3.1 IP, 7H, 5 R, 4 ER) before extending their advantage against reliever Robbie Ross Jr. (L, 0-1), who allowed three runs on five hits in two innings. 

The Red Sox' offensive performance was not too shabby either; however, it was not enough to keep the team from dropping its 10th game in the last 13. Center fielder Mookie Betts emerged from his slump with a 3-for-5, two-RBI performance while designated hitter David Ortiz became the second American League hitter ever to reach 20 home runs in 13 consecutive seasons (the other being the notorious Babe Ruth) with his two-run blast in the first inning. 

Chicago opened up the scoring immediately against Kelly as Eaton began the game with a triple and instantaneously scored on a subsequent triple by third baseman Tyler Saladino. Left fielder Melky Cabrera then doubled home a run, and, after a hit-by-pitch issued to Abreu and a single by right fielder Avisail Garcia, the bases were loaded with none retired. 

Center fielder J.B. Shuck brought home a run on the ensuing at-bat as Kelly made an error on the mound, and Ramirez scored another with an RBI double play, increasing the White Sox advantage to 4-0 before Boston even received the opportunity to bat. 

The Red Sox showed resilience, however, scoring two runs in both the first and second innings to close the gap. Betts singled off of Chicago starter John Danks (4.1 innings, nine hits, seven runs (six earned), two strikeouts) to lead off the inning, and after shortstop Xander Bogaerts hit into a fielder's choice to place two outs on the board, Ortiz smacked a 417-foot home run to center, lessening the White Sox lead to 4-2. 

In the second inning, Boston struck once again as right fielder Rusney Castillo worked a one-out walk, followed by a double by catcher Ryan Hanigan. Second baseman Jemile Weeks then grounded out to second, scoring Castillo, and Betts doubled to left, bringing home Hanigan to tie the game at four. 

Kelly quickly relinquished the tie in the ensuing inning, however, as Cabrera began the third with a double, brought home by Abreu's subsequent single to right to give the White Sox a 5-4 lead. 

However, in yet another swing of momentum, Boston pulled ahead in the bottom of the fourth against Danks. Castillo, Hanigan, and Weeks all managed to garner one-out singles to load the bases, followed by an RBI-infield hit by Betts to knot up the game at five runs apiece. Saladino then booted a soft grounder to third hit by left fielder Hanley Ramirez, which brought home Hanigan and pushed the Red Sox to a 6-5 lead. 

Craig Breslow entered the game in relief for Boston in the fourth inning, and he proceeded to give up the lead in the fifth. Abreu recorded a one-out double, and both Garcia and Shuck walked for the White Sox, initiating the insertion of reliever Alexi Ogando on the mound. The right-hander's first offering went awry and squirted past Hanigan behind the plate, bringing home Abreu to force yet another tie. 

In typical fashion, however, the Red Sox pulled ahead yet again in the bottom of the inning. Third baseman Pablo Sandoval garnered a one-out double to end Danks' night, forcing Chicago to bring in former Boston reliever Matt Albers (W, 1-0). After a Castillo groundout pushed Sandoval to third, Hanigan reached on a throwing error by the rattled Saladino, giving the Red Sox a 7-6 lead. 

Much to manager John Farrell's chagrin, the Boston advantage didn't last. Robbie Ross, Jr., the team's fourth pitcher of the game to that point, allowed a double by second baseman Carlos Sanchez and an RBI double to Eaton to begin the sixth inning, which tied the game at seven.

Remaining in the game in the seventh, Ross yielded even more damage. Shuck lead off the inning with a double to center, scoring on a one-out RBI single by Flowers, who advanced to second on Betts' wayward throw to home plate. Flowers then proceeded to score on an Eaton single with two outs, pushing the Chicago lead to 9-7. 

Flowers then extended the White Sox advantage to 10-7 in the top of the ninth inning with an RBI double off of Red Sox reliever Tommy Layne. Boston was able to muster a run off of closer David Robertson (S, 22) in the bottom of the stanza as Sandoval knocked an RBI single to right; however, the Red Sox ultimately fell short, 10-8.