CHICAGO -- This was the epitome of a struggling offense scratching and clawing to get a badly-needed win.Their bats lacking thump yet again, the Red Sox relied on 15 walks and three sacrifice flies to pull out a 6-4, 14-inning victory over the White Sox on Wednesday night at U.S. Cellular Field.When Boston finally produced the rally to go ahead for good, the White Sox had run out of pitching.Chicago manager Robin Ventura went to utility infielder Leury Garcia to start the top of the 14th.It was Garcia's first pitching appearance in the Majors, and he actually started pretty well, retiring Grady Sizemore on a groundout and A.J. Pierzynski with a flyout to right. 
But Daniel Nava worked the righty for a walk, and so did Jonathan Herrera.With the count full, Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run double just fair into the right-field corner. That was the first extra-base hit for the Red Sox since the first inning, and just their third hit over the final 13 innings of the game.Jonny Gomes gave the Red Sox a temporary lead in the top of the 11th, hitting a sacrifice fly to deep left that scored Dustin Pedroia.That sac fly was made possible by Xander Bogaerts, who executed a strong takeout slide into second to eliminate the possibility of a double play on a grounder to first by David Ortiz.Pedroia started the rally with a walk and Bogaerts was hit by a pitch.But Edward Mujica, filling in as the closer for one more night while Koji Uehara recovers from right shoulder soreness, couldn't get the job done.Jordan Danks led off the bottom of the 11th with a walk and stole second, sliding just in front of the tag by Bogaerts.After a strikeout by Alejandro De Aza, Alexei Ramirez moved Danks to third on a fielder's-choice groundout.Mujica was one strike away from the save, but Tyler Flowers belted his 2-2 pitch off the glove of Bogaerts and into center for an RBI single to tie the game.Three outs away from their first four-game losing streak since 2012, the Red Sox also rallied in the top of the ninth.Down, 3-2, Pedroia and Bogaerts started the inning with walks against Maikel Cleto.Ventura then went to closer Matt Lindstrom, who kept David Ortiz in the ballpark with a flyout to left. Gomes then gave the Red Sox their first hit since the first inning with an infield bleeder down the third-base line.Sizemore tied the game with a sacrifice fly to left.Three of Boston's walks came in the eighth inning, when Pierzynski sliced Chicago's lead to 3-2 with -- what else? -- a sacrifice fly.Clay Buchholz turned in a strong start, limiting the White Sox to six hits and two runs over six innings. He walked to and struck out six to give the Red Sox their 11th quality start in 15 games.There was hope in the early going as the Red Sox scored in the first inning for the first time all season.In fact, the night started auspiciously for the visitors as Pedroia not only returned from his left wrist injury, but opened the game with a double into the corner in left. Bogaerts followed with an RBI single up the middle and Boston had a 1-0 lead.Buchholz gave up an unearned run in the first, thanks to a throwing error by third baseman Ryan Roberts.The game stayed in a 1-1 tie until the bottom of the sixth, when the red-hot Ramirez drilled a two-run homer over the wall in left.Ian Browne / MLB.com
But Daniel Nava worked the righty for a walk, and so did Jonathan Herrera.With the count full, Jackie Bradley Jr. hit a two-run double just fair into the right-field corner. That was the first extra-base hit for the Red Sox since the first inning, and just their third hit over the final 13 innings of the game.Jonny Gomes gave the Red Sox a temporary lead in the top of the 11th, hitting a sacrifice fly to deep left that scored Dustin Pedroia.That sac fly was made possible by Xander Bogaerts, who executed a strong takeout slide into second to eliminate the possibility of a double play on a grounder to first by David Ortiz.Pedroia started the rally with a walk and Bogaerts was hit by a pitch.But Edward Mujica, filling in as the closer for one more night while Koji Uehara recovers from right shoulder soreness, couldn't get the job done.Jordan Danks led off the bottom of the 11th with a walk and stole second, sliding just in front of the tag by Bogaerts.After a strikeout by Alejandro De Aza, Alexei Ramirez moved Danks to third on a fielder's-choice groundout.Mujica was one strike away from the save, but Tyler Flowers belted his 2-2 pitch off the glove of Bogaerts and into center for an RBI single to tie the game.Three outs away from their first four-game losing streak since 2012, the Red Sox also rallied in the top of the ninth.Down, 3-2, Pedroia and Bogaerts started the inning with walks against Maikel Cleto.Ventura then went to closer Matt Lindstrom, who kept David Ortiz in the ballpark with a flyout to left. Gomes then gave the Red Sox their first hit since the first inning with an infield bleeder down the third-base line.Sizemore tied the game with a sacrifice fly to left.Three of Boston's walks came in the eighth inning, when Pierzynski sliced Chicago's lead to 3-2 with -- what else? -- a sacrifice fly.Clay Buchholz turned in a strong start, limiting the White Sox to six hits and two runs over six innings. He walked to and struck out six to give the Red Sox their 11th quality start in 15 games.There was hope in the early going as the Red Sox scored in the first inning for the first time all season.In fact, the night started auspiciously for the visitors as Pedroia not only returned from his left wrist injury, but opened the game with a double into the corner in left. Bogaerts followed with an RBI single up the middle and Boston had a 1-0 lead.Buchholz gave up an unearned run in the first, thanks to a throwing error by third baseman Ryan Roberts.The game stayed in a 1-1 tie until the bottom of the sixth, when the red-hot Ramirez drilled a two-run homer over the wall in left.Ian Browne / MLB.com
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